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§1 Plant

Lindera benzoin (L.) Blume

vernacular northern spicebush — species · Lauraceae

USDA
LIBE3
GBIF
5371740
Rank
species
northern spicebush (Lindera benzoin)
Platephotograph · Sandy WolkenbergCC BY source · iNaturalist ↗

§2Habit & range

Habit and range

Growth habit
Shrub, Tree
Duration
Perennial
Group
Dicot
Family
Lauraceae Juss.
Genus
Lindera
§2a

Native status, by region

  • CAN Canada Native
  • L48 Lower 48 States Native
§2b

County-level range

· 1,117 counties across 31 states/territories
Legend Native · 1117 Introduced · 0 Both · 0 Hover a county for detail.

§3Cultivation specs · USDA

Recorded by the USDA Plant Materials Program.

§3a

Tolerances

Drought
Low
Shade
Medium
Moisture use
Medium
Salinity
None
Anaerobic
Medium
CaCO₃
Medium
Hedging
Low
§3b

Climate & soil

Cold tolerance
-23 °F minimum
Frost-free days
120 min.
Precipitation
32–50 in/yr
pH range
4.5–6
Root depth
18 in min.
Fertility need
High
Soil texture
medium, fine
§3c

Form & growth

Growth form
Multiple Stem
Growth rate
Slow
Lifespan
Long
Mature height
12 ft
Height @ 20 y
12 ft
Foliage texture
Coarse
Foliage colour
Green
Porosity (summer)
Moderate
Porosity (winter)
Porous
Flower colour
White
Fruit colour
Red
Fire resistant
No
N fixation
None
Toxicity
None
§3d

Reproduction

Bloom period
Mid Spring
Seed abundance
Low
Seed begins
Summer
Seed ends
Fall
Spread rate
Slow
Stratify
Yes
Seeds / lb
4,500
Propagation
seed, bare root, container
§3e

Use & availability

Commercial availability
Routinely Available
Nursery stock
No
Browse palatability
Medium
Graze palatability
Low
Palatable, human
No
Protein potential
Low
Lumber
No
Christmas tree
No

§4Counties, by state

Recorded in 1,117 counties across 31 states/territories.

Alabama view state ↗ 29 N ▾
Arkansas view state ↗ 63 N ▾
Delaware view state ↗ 2 N ▾
District of Columbia view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Florida view state ↗ 9 N ▾
Georgia view state ↗ 24 N ▾
Illinois view state ↗ 55 N ▾
Indiana view state ↗ 77 N ▾
Iowa view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Kansas view state ↗ 6 N ▾
Kentucky view state ↗ 115 N ▾
Louisiana view state ↗ 35 N ▾
Maine view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Massachusetts view state ↗ 13 N ▾
Michigan view state ↗ 39 N ▾
Mississippi view state ↗ 26 N ▾
Missouri view state ↗ 75 N ▾
New Hampshire view state ↗ 5 N ▾
New Jersey view state ↗ 19 N ▾
New York view state ↗ 43 N ▾
North Carolina view state ↗ 55 N ▾
Ohio view state ↗ 87 N ▾
Oklahoma view state ↗ 4 N ▾
Pennsylvania view state ↗ 62 N ▾
Rhode Island view state ↗ 4 N ▾
South Carolina view state ↗ 16 N ▾
Tennessee view state ↗ 76 N ▾
Texas view state ↗ 18 N ▾
Vermont view state ↗ 7 N ▾
Virginia view state ↗ 100 N ▾
West Virginia view state ↗ 50 N ▾

§5Sources & provenance

USDA PLANTS

Symbol, taxonomy, distribution, cultivation specs, native status. Public domain.

plants.usda.gov/LIBE3 ↗

GBIF Backbone

Canonical taxonomic identity, synonym resolution, cross-refs. CC0.

gbif.org/species/5371740 ↗

Record version

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