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§1 Plant
Canella winterana (L.) Gaertn.
vernacular wild cinnamon — species · Canellaceae
§2Habit & range
Habit and range
- Growth habit
- Shrub, Tree
- Duration
- Perennial
- Group
- Dicot
- Family
- Canellaceae Mart.
- Genus
- Canella
§2a
Native status, by region
- L48 Lower 48 States Native
- PR Puerto Rico Native
- VI U.S. Virgin Islands Native
§2b
County-level range
· 3 counties across 1 state§3Cultivation specs · USDA
Recorded by the USDA Plant Materials Program.
§3a
Tolerances
- Salinity
- Medium
- CaCO₃
- Medium
- Hedging
- Low
§3b
Climate & soil
- Cold tolerance
- 40 °F minimum
- Frost-free days
- 365 min.
- Root depth
- 36 in min.
- Fertility need
- Medium
- Soil texture
- coarse, fine
§3c
Form & growth
- Mature height
- 33 ft
- Height @ 20 y
- 49 ft
- Foliage texture
- Medium
- Foliage colour
- Green
- Flower colour
- Red
- Fruit colour
- Red
- Fire resistant
- No
- N fixation
- None
- Toxicity
- None
§3d
Reproduction
- Bloom period
- Summer
- Seed begins
- Year Round
- Seed ends
- Year Round
- Stratify
- No
- Seeds / lb
- 9,979
- Propagation
- seed, bare root, container
§3e
Use & availability
- Commercial availability
- Routinely Available
- Nursery stock
- Yes
- Browse palatability
- Low
- Graze palatability
- Low
- Palatable, human
- Yes
- Lumber
- No
- Christmas tree
- No
§4Counties, by state
Recorded in 3 counties across 1 state.
Florida view state ↗ 3 N ▾
§5Sources & provenance
USDA PLANTS
Symbol, taxonomy, distribution, cultivation specs, native status. Public domain.
plants.usda.gov/CAWI ↗GBIF Backbone
Canonical taxonomic identity, synonym resolution, cross-refs. CC0.
gbif.org/species/3877834 ↗Record version
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