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§1 Plant

Cyrilla racemiflora L.

vernacular swamp titi — species · Cyrillaceae


USDA
CYRA
GBIF
5333448
Rank
species
swamp titi (Cyrilla racemiflora)
Platephotograph · LillieCC BY-NC source · iNaturalist ↗

§2Habit & range

Habit and range

Growth habit
Shrub, Tree
Duration
Perennial
Group
Dicot
Family
Cyrillaceae Lindl.
Genus
Cyrilla
§2a

Native status, by region

  • L48 Lower 48 States Native
  • PR Puerto Rico Native
§2b

County-level range

· 224 counties across 8 states/territories
Legend Native · 224 Introduced · 0 Both · 0 Hover a county for detail.

§3Cultivation specs · USDA

Recorded by the USDA Plant Materials Program.

§3a

Tolerances

Drought
Low
Shade
Low
Fire
Medium
Salinity
Low
Anaerobic
High
CaCO₃
Low
§3b

Climate & soil

Cold tolerance
-6 °F minimum
Frost-free days
218 min.
Precipitation
40–70 in/yr
pH range
4.9–6.8
Root depth
24 in min.
Fertility need
High
Soil texture
coarse, medium, fine
§3c

Form & growth

Growth form
Thicket Forming
Growth rate
Moderate
Lifespan
Short
Mature height
30 ft
Height @ 20 y
20 ft
Foliage texture
Coarse
Foliage colour
Yellow-Green
Porosity (summer)
Moderate
Porosity (winter)
Porous
Flower colour
Yellow
Fruit colour
Brown
Fire resistant
No
N fixation
None
§3d

Reproduction

Bloom period
Mid Summer
Seed abundance
Low
Seed begins
Summer
Seed ends
Fall
Spread rate
Rapid
Stratify
Yes
Propagation
seed, cuttings
§3e

Use & availability

Commercial availability
No Known Source
Nursery stock
No
Browse palatability
High
Palatable, human
No
Protein potential
Low
Lumber
No
Fuelwood
Low
Christmas tree
No

§4Counties, by state

Recorded in 224 counties across 8 states/territories.

Alabama view state ↗ 33 N
Delaware view state ↗ 1 N
Florida view state ↗ 44 N
Georgia view state ↗ 63 N
Louisiana view state ↗ 12 N
Mississippi view state ↗ 18 N
North Carolina view state ↗ 44 N
Virginia view state ↗ 9 N

§5Sources & provenance

USDA PLANTS

Symbol, taxonomy, distribution, cultivation specs, native status. Public domain.

plants.usda.gov/CYRA ↗

GBIF Backbone

Canonical taxonomic identity, synonym resolution, cross-refs. CC0.

gbif.org/species/5333448 ↗

Record version

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