Native black tupelo tree confirmed growing in rural Maryland
A Black Tupelo tree was confirmed and verified by the iNaturalist community growing in Thurmont, Maryland, adding another data point to the known range of this native tree species.
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Plant family
Nyssaceae
Called “tupelo family” in GBIF
Nyssaceae is a family of flowering trees sometimes included in the dogwood family (Cornaceae). Nyssaceae is composed of 37 known species in the following five genera:Camptotheca, the happy trees: two species in China Davidia, the dove tree, handkerchief tree, or ghost tree: one species in central China Diplopanax: two species in southern China and Vietnam Mastixia: about nineteen species from South and Southeast Asia to New Guinea and Solomon Islands Nyssa, the tupelos: about 7–10 species in eastern North America and East to Southeast Asia
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