| Accepted name: |
Comptonia peregrina (L.) J.M. Coult. |
| Synonym(s): |
-Liquidambar peregrina L.
-Myrica peregrina (L.) Kuntze
-Myrica asplenifolia L.
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| English names: |
Sweetfern
Fern-gale
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| French names: |
Comptonie voyageuse
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| Classification: |
Kingdom: Plantae
Divison: Magnoliophyta
Class: Magnoliopsida
Order: Myricales
Family: Myricaceae
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| OPL Code: |
WCOMPE
(to track OPL, Newmaster et al. 1998) |
| Lifeform: |
1.3 |
| Lifecycle: |
P |
| Source database: |
FOIBIS, June 2005-2012 |
| Floristic Affinities: |
- |
| Distribution: |
-
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| Ecosystem: |
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| Microhabitat: |
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| Ethnobotanical Notes: |
Leaves used for swellings and poison ivy(3). |
| Key Characters: |
- |
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