Ogeechee Tupelo (MatBio: TREES & SHRUBS - Matanzas Biodiversity)

Ogeechee Tupelo

Nyssa ogeche

Taxon biology ⁷

Cornaceae -- Dogwood family

Susan Kossuth and Robert L. Scheer

Ogeechee tupelo (Nyssa ogeche), also called Ogeechee-lime, sour tupelo-gum, white tupelo, and bee-tupelo (3), is a scarce small tree or much branched shrub found along rivers and swamps of the Coastal Plain in constantly wet soils that are often flooded. The wood is of little value, but the mature fruits and their juice are used by people. It is also an important honey tree.

Much of the information given here was contributed by L. T. Nieland, formerly State Extension Forester, Gainesville, FL, who observed Ogeechee tupelo for many years in its natural habitat and experimented with its cultivation for farm use.

Sources and Credits

(c) Biodiversity Heritage Library, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-SA), http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7347/8719553321_f063379448_o.jpg
(c) FloridaSwampFlower, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA), https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/7d/Ogeechee_Lime.jpg
(c) "<a href=""http://www.nal.usda.gov/"">National Agricultural Library</a>. Originally from <a href=""http://www.fs.fed.us/"">US Forest Service</a>. United States, SC, Charleston.", some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-SA), http://plants.usda.gov/java/largeImage?imageID=nyog_004_ahp.tif
(c) "<a href=""http://www.wpsm.net/"">USDA Forest Service</a>.", some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-SA), http://plants.usda.gov/java/largeImage?imageID=nyog_001_ahp.tif
(c) "<a href=""http://www.wpsm.net/"">USDA Forest Service</a>.", some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-SA), http://plants.usda.gov/java/largeImage?imageID=nyog_002_ahp.tif
(c) "<a href=""http://nt.ars-grin.gov/"">ARS Systematic Botany and Mycology Laboratory</a>. United States, GA, Savannah.", some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-SA), http://plants.usda.gov/java/largeImage?imageID=nyog_003_ahp.tif
(c) Unknown, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), http://eol.org/data_objects/22778893

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