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§1 Plant

Nyssa ogeche W. Bartram ex Marshall

vernacular Ogeechee tupelo — species · Cornaceae


USDA
NYOG
GBIF
5383722
Rank
species
Ogeechee tupelo (Nyssa ogeche)
Platephotograph · Snott Otter source · iNaturalist ↗

§2Habit & range

Habit and range

Growth habit
Tree
Duration
Perennial
Group
Dicot
Family
Cornaceae Bercht. & J. Presl
Genus
Nyssa
§2a

Native status, by region

  • L48 Lower 48 States Native
§2b

County-level range

· 57 counties across 4 states/territories
Legend Native · 57 Introduced · 0 Both · 0 Hover a county for detail.

§3Cultivation specs · USDA

Recorded by the USDA Plant Materials Program.

§3a

Tolerances

Drought
Low
Shade
High
Moisture use
High
Fire
Medium
Salinity
None
Anaerobic
High
CaCO₃
Low
Hedging
None
§3b

Climate & soil

Cold tolerance
-8 °F minimum
Frost-free days
270 min.
Precipitation
45–60 in/yr
pH range
4.5–6.5
Root depth
24 in min.
Fertility need
Medium
Soil texture
coarse, medium, fine
§3c

Form & growth

Growth form
Single Stem
Growth rate
Rapid
Lifespan
Short
Mature height
50 ft
Height @ 20 y
40 ft
Foliage texture
Coarse
Foliage colour
Green
Porosity (summer)
Dense
Porosity (winter)
Porous
Flower colour
Green
Fruit colour
Red
Fire resistant
No
N fixation
None
Toxicity
None
§3d

Reproduction

Bloom period
Mid Spring
Seed abundance
High
Seed begins
Summer
Seed ends
Summer
Spread rate
Slow
Stratify
Yes
Seeds / lb
1,230
Propagation
seed, bare root, container
§3e

Use & availability

Commercial availability
Routinely Available
Nursery stock
No
Palatable, human
Yes
Lumber
No
Fuelwood
Low
Christmas tree
No

§4Counties, by state

Recorded in 57 counties across 4 states/territories.


§5Sources & provenance

USDA PLANTS

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

plants.usda.gov/NYOG ↗

GBIF Backbone

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

gbif.org/species/5383722 ↗

Record version

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