Spicebush
Lindera benzoin
SPICEBUSH
Lauraceae
E. North America
Location: map coordinates M-3 (on Loop Road, just north of old barn), N 39°11'11'' W 75°32'48''; and O-13 (east of Baker Building; near gate to parking lot #6B), N 39°11'10'' W 75°32'43''
Planting history: M-3: probably planted with new Loop Road ca 2000; source probably (Terrain at) Styers (nursery), PA.
O-13: planting history presently unknown.
Description:
Native species, State Rank S5 (very common in Delaware)
SPICEBUSH
Lauraceae
E. North America
Location: map coordinates M-3 (on Loop Road, just north of old barn), N 39°11'11'' W 75°32'48''; and O-13 (east of Baker Building; near gate to parking lot #6B), N 39°11'10'' W 75°32'43''
Planting history: M-3: probably planted with new Loop Road ca 2000; source probably (Terrain at) Styers (nursery), PA.
O-13: planting history presently unknown.
Description:
- deciduous shrub
- etymology: Lindera after Johann Linder (1676-1723), Swedish botanist; benzoin from old Arabic name for another plant
- leaves alternate, oval; leaves and twigs spicy-scented, lemony. Fall foliage golden yellow
- dioecious, mostly (separate male and female plants)
- flowers small, yellow
- fruits small, red; used dried as allspice substitute; bark and fruit extracts used as medicinal tonic
- much-branched; bark lustrous yellow-green
- common in rich moist woods; along streams
Native species, State Rank S5 (very common in Delaware)
There are 2 labeled spicebush trees.
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