Persea palustris

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Swampbay
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Division: Magnoliophyta
Class: Magnoliopsida
Order: Laurales
Family: Lauraceae
Genus: Persea
Species: P. palustris
Binomial name
Persea palustris
(Raf.) Sarg.

Persea palustris, commonly known as the swampbay, is a tree native to eastern North America, from Texas eastwards to Florida and then extending north to Delaware. It was previously considered a subspecies of the redbay P. borbonia.

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