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Callicarpa americana L.
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More info for the term: shrub
American beautyberry is a large deciduous, bushy shrub. It is prostrate
to erect and reaches heights of 3 to 12 feet (1.0-3.5 m). The slender
stems are arched and the large leaves are opposite, with the smaller
leaves at the end of the twigs. The short tubular flowers are borne
along the twigs at the base of the leaf axils. The fruit is a berrylike
drupe containing four small nutlets [6,19,29].
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American beautyberry flowers between June and July; the fruit ripens
from August to November [30].
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This species is known to occur in association with the following cover types (as classified by the Society of American Foresters):
More info for the terms: hardwood, swamp
70 Longleaf pine
75 Shortleaf pine
76 Shortleaf pine -oak
78 Virginia pine - oak
79 Virginia pine
80 Loblolly pine - shortleaf pine
81 Loblolly pine
82 Loblolly pine - hardwood
83 Longleaf pine - slash pine
85 Slash pine - hardwood
87 Sweetgum - yellow poplar
91 Swamp chestnut oak - cherrybark oak
98 Pond pine
100 Pond cypress
101 Baldcypress
102 Baldcypress - tupelo
103 Water tupelo - swamp tupelo
104 Sweetbay - swamp tupelo - redbay
Barcode of Life Data Systems (BOLDS) Stats
Public Records: 1
Specimens with Barcodes: 1
Species With Barcodes: 1
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This species is known to occur in the following ecosystem types (as named by the U.S. Forest Service in their Forest and Range Ecosystem [FRES] Type classification):
FRES12 Longleaf - slash pine
FRES13 Loblolly - shortleaf pine
FRES14 Oak - pine
FRES15 Oak - hickory
FRES16 Oak - gum - cypress
United States
Rounded National Status Rank: N5 - Secure
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This species is known to occur in association with the following plant community types (as classified by Küchler 1964):
K090 Live oak - sea oats
K091 Cypress savanna
K100 Oak - hickory forest
K111 Oak - hickory - pine forest
K112 Southern mixed forest
K113 Southern floodplain forest
K114 Pocosin