




Morella pensylvanica
Northern bayberry is a lovely shrub that grows along the coast. It has shiny green leaves and produces small, waxy berries that are grayish-blue. Birds love to eat these berries!
Habitat: Coastal areas
The northern bayberry is a dense, semi-evergreen shrub with gray-green, aromatic leaves. It produces small, waxy, blue-gray berries in tight clusters that persist through winter, making it visually distinct from many other shrubs.





Category
PlantsRarity
Common
Danger
1/5 · Very low
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Bayberry is famous for its berries being used to make fragrant, long-burning candles!
Native Americans boiled bayberry bark to create a traditional yellow dye.
Rub a bayberry leaf and it releases a wonderful spicy, fresh scent!
The waxy coating on its berries helps keep them safe for hungry winter birds.
This plant has tough adaptations to tolerate salty ocean spray and sandy soils, thriving where others can't.
Its waxy, blue berries provide a high-energy food source for birds, even when other foods are scarce.
Frankia alni
helps fix nitrogen in roots
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Setophaga coronata
consumes energy-rich winter berries

Odocoileus virginianus
browses on its leaves and twigs
A shrub is a woody plant smaller than a tree, typically with multiple stems branching from or near the ground.
Evergreen plants retain their foliage throughout the year, never shedding all their leaves at once.
Fruit-bearing plants produce fruits, which are the mature ovaries of flowering plants containing seeds.
Salt tolerant plants can withstand and grow in conditions with elevated salinity levels in the soil or water.
Edible plants are those parts of a plant that are considered safe for human consumption.
Describes plants that are particularly attractive and beneficial to a wide range of pollinating organisms.
Coastal habitats are dynamic environments located along the interface between land and sea, influenced by tides, waves, and saltwater.
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Danger
1/5 · Very low
While the berries are fun to look at, it's best not to eat them without asking an adult.
150-300 cm
150-250 cm
0.5-1 cm
Spring
No
None
Perennial
Wind
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Delaware, US
You might spot Atlantic Horseshoe Crab and Laughing Gull.
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New York, US
You might spot Red Deadnettle, Common Milkweed, and Osprey.
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New York, US
You might spot Eastern Tent Caterpillar Moth and Common Mugwort.
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Connecticut, US
You might spot Wild Rose, American Herring Gull, and Osprey.
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Maine, US
You might spot Canadian Bunchberry, Osprey, and Saltmarsh Greenhead Flies.
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