Morella californica Calflora

Calflora

Taxon Report 9581

Morella californica (Cham. & Schltdl.) Wilbur

California wax myrtle

2008 Neal Kramer

2020 Susan McDougall

2018 Brian Charles

2014 Zoya Akulova

Morella californica, a dicot, is a shrub that is native to California, is also found outside of California, but is confined to western North America.

also called Myrica californica


	Plant Distribution Observation Search (933 records) Plant Characteristics

Bloom Period

Photos from CalPhotos / Calflora


Family:	MYRICACEAE
Genus:	Morella

Wetlands: Occurs usually in wetlands, occasionally in non wetlands

Habitat: coastal

Communities: Redwood Forest, Coastal Strand, Northern Coastal Scrub, Closed-cone Pine Forest, wetland-riparian

Name Status:
Accepted by JEF + PLANTS

Alternate Names:

JEF + PLANTS:

Myrica californica

More information about Morella californica


Nursery availability from CNPLX This plant is available commercially. Jepson eFlora USDA PLANTS Profile (MOCA6)	Search efloras.org (Flora of North America) Landscape information from Calscape Photos on PlantID.net / Google Images Consortium of California Herbaria	Add an Observation Location Suitability Planting Guide Distribution by County
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Suggested Citation

Calflora: Information on California plants for education, research and conservation, with data contributed by public and private institutions and individuals, including the Consortium of California Herbaria. [web application]. 2020. Berkeley, California: The Calflora Database [a non-profit organization]. Available: https://www.calflora.org/ (Accessed: Mar 28, 2020).