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Accession Data:

Myrica gale L.

  • Common Name: Sweet Gale
  • Family: Myricaceae Blume

  • Country of Origin: circumboreal; northern and western Europe, North America
  • Habitat: acidic peat bogs

  • USDA Zone: 2b-9a

Accession Data:

  • Accession # 200700129
  • Source: Forest Farm
  • Accession Date: 08-24-2007
  • Bench: 2308 - Nearctic
    • Currently: active - healthy
    • Qty: 1 confirmed on 07-09-2024

Classification:

  • Division: Magnoliophyta
  • Class: Magnoliopsida
  • SubClass: eurosid I
  • Order: Fagales
  • SubOrder:
  • Family: Myricaceae
  • SubFamily:
  • Tribe:
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Flowering Data:

This accession has been observed in bloom on:
YearJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
2024
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References (internal):

  • Actinorhizal Plants
  • Wind Pollination (anemophily)
  • EEB Greenhouse Holdings native to: Denmark / Finland / Great Britain / Ireland / Norway / Sweden / Belgium / Germany / Netherlands / Poland / France / Portugal / Spain / Baltic States / Northwest European Russia / Kamchatka / Khabarovsk / Primorye / Sakhalin / Japan / Korea / Alaska / Northwest Territories / Yukon / Alberta / British Columbia / Manitoba / Saskatchewan / Labrador / New Brunswick / Newfoundland / Nova Scotia / Ontario / Prince Edward I. / Québec / Oregon / Washington / Minnesota / Wisconsin / Connecticut / Maine / Masachusettes / Michigan / New Hampshire / New Jersey / New York / Ohio / Pennsylvania / Rhode I. / Vermont / North Carolina

References (external):

  1. The Plant List (2013). Version 1.1. Last accessed on Tuesday, 29 October, 2019.
  2. ARS-GRIN Taxonomy. Last accessed on Tuesday, 29 October, 2019.

data regenerated on Tue, 08 Oct 2024 11:53:52 -0400 [bcm v4.0]

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Current Accessions in the Myricaceae

  • Morella cerifera
  • Myrica gale
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