Index / Search / Pyrularia pubera
§1 Plant
Pyrularia pubera Michx.
vernacular buffalo nut — species · Santalaceae
§2Habit & range
Habit and range
- Growth habit
- Shrub
- Duration
- Perennial
- Group
- Dicot
- Family
- Santalaceae R. Br.
- Genus
- Pyrularia
§2a
Native status, by region
- L48 Lower 48 States Native
§2b
County-level range
· 180 counties across 11 states/territories§3Cultivation
No cultivation specs.
USDA has not characterised this taxon. Roughly four out of five plants in the database lack the detailed cultivation record present here — typically because they have not been the focus of NRCS Plant Materials work. Range and distribution data are unaffected.
§4Counties, by state
Recorded in 180 counties across 11 states/territories.
Alabama view state ↗ 4 N ▾
Georgia view state ↗ 28 N ▾
- Carroll 13045
- Chattooga 13055
- Cherokee 13057
- Clarke 13059
- Dade 13083
- Dawson 13085
- DeKalb 13089
- Elbert 13105
- Fannin 13111
- Forsyth 13117
- Fulton 13121
- Gilmer 13123
- Habersham 13137
- Hall 13139
- Haralson 13143
- Harris 13145
- Hart 13147
- Jackson 13157
- Lumpkin 13187
- Murray 13213
- Oconee 13219
- Pickens 13227
- Rabun 13241
- Stephens 13257
- Towns 13281
- Union 13291
- Walker 13295
- White 13311
Kentucky view state ↗ 21 N ▾
New York view state ↗ 2 N ▾
North Carolina view state ↗ 36 N ▾
- Alleghany 37005
- Ashe 37009
- Avery 37011
- Buncombe 37021
- Burke 37023
- Caldwell 37027
- Catawba 37035
- Cherokee 37039
- Clay 37043
- Cleveland 37045
- Davidson 37057
- Davie 37059
- Forsyth 37067
- Graham 37075
- Greene 37079
- Guilford 37081
- Haywood 37087
- Henderson 37089
- Iredell 37097
- Jackson 37099
- Macon 37113
- Madison 37115
- McDowell 37111
- Mecklenburg 37119
- Mitchell 37121
- Polk 37149
- Rockingham 37157
- Rowan 37159
- Stokes 37169
- Surry 37171
- Swain 37173
- Transylvania 37175
- Union 37179
- Watauga 37189
- Wilkes 37193
- Yancey 37199
Ohio view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Pennsylvania view state ↗ 3 N ▾
South Carolina view state ↗ 4 N ▾
Tennessee view state ↗ 29 N ▾
- Anderson 47001
- Blount 47009
- Campbell 47013
- Carter 47019
- Claiborne 47025
- Cocke 47029
- Cumberland 47035
- Fentress 47049
- Greene 47059
- Grundy 47061
- Hamilton 47065
- Haywood 47075
- Jackson 47087
- Jefferson 47089
- Johnson 47091
- Madison 47113
- Marion 47115
- McMinn 47107
- Monroe 47123
- Morgan 47129
- Pickett 47137
- Polk 47139
- Rhea 47143
- Roane 47145
- Scott 47151
- Sevier 47155
- Sullivan 47163
- Unicoi 47171
- Washington 47179
Virginia view state ↗ 32 N ▾
- Alleghany 51005
- Appomattox 51011
- Augusta 51015
- Bedford 51019
- Bland 51021
- Botetourt 51023
- Buchanan 51027
- Carroll 51035
- Craig 51045
- Dickenson 51051
- Floyd 51063
- Franklin 51067
- Giles 51071
- Grayson 51077
- Henry 51089
- Lee 51105
- Loudoun 51107
- Montgomery 51121
- Patrick 51141
- Pittsylvania 51143
- Pulaski 51155
- Roanoke 51161
- Rockbridge 51163
- Rockingham 51165
- Russell 51167
- Scott 51169
- Smyth 51173
- Surry 51181
- Tazewell 51185
- Washington 51191
- Wise 51195
- Wythe 51197
West Virginia view state ↗ 20 N ▾
§5Sources & provenance
USDA PLANTS
Symbol, taxonomy, distribution, cultivation specs, native status. Public domain.
plants.usda.gov/PYPU ↗GBIF Backbone
Canonical taxonomic identity, synonym resolution, cross-refs. CC0.
gbif.org/species/2889775 ↗Record version
Cached and built locally. Source version on this record:
usda-plants-mt-2026-05-26
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