Symplocos tinctoria

Classification	Dicots
Family	Symplocaceae
Family (Traditional)	Symplocaceae
Genus	Symplocos
Species:	Symplocos tinctoria (L.) L'Heritier
Common Name	Sweetleaf
Growth Habit	shrub
Plant Notes	**
Characteristics	Armaments: No; Milky Sap: No; Photosynthetic: Yes; Stipules: No; Woody Herbaceous: Woody; Natural Area Presence: GM; Natural Area Presence: LGS; Duration: Perennial; General Ecology: Terrestrial; Growth Habit: shrub; Moisture Requirements: Sub-xeric; Moisture Requirements: Dry-mesic; Moisture Requirements: Mesic; Moisture Requirements: Mesic-Hydric; Moisture Requirements: Hydric; Moisture Requirements: Wetland; Region of Origin: North America; Reproductive Phenology: March; Reproductive Phenology: April; Reproductive Phenology: May; Leaf Arrangement: alternate; Leaf Complexity: simple; Leaf Dissection: 0; Leaf Fragrance: No; Leaf Persistance: Deciduous; Leaf Petiole Type: petiolate; Leaf Type: broadleaf; Leaf Venation: pinnate; Leaflet Margins: crenulate; Leaflet Margins: entire; Leaflet Margins: serrulate; Leaflet Number: 0; Base Flower Color: Green; Base Flower Color: White; Base Flower Color: Yellow; Fruit Dehiscence: No; Fruit Type: Drupe; Fruit Wet/Dry: Wet; Overall Flower Symmetry: Actinomorphic; Sporangium Arrangement: N/A
C value	6
Status	Native; AGCP (FAC), EMP (FAC) (NWPL); TN[S2] (State Rank); G5 (Global Rank)
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Species Distribution Map

This species has been reported in the counties highlighted in the interactive distribution map below. Click on a county to display the its name. Click the question mark icon () to view additional information about the ecoregions shown. In the map legend, there are links to toggle the visibility of the ecoregions and/or their labels. In addition, clicking on an ecoregion name will highlight that region on the map.

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Ecoregions

Southeastern Plains
- Blackland Prarie
Blue Ridge Mountains
Ridge and Valley
Cumberland Plateau
Cumberland Mountains
Allegheny Plateau

Interior Plateau
- Bluegrass Region
- Nashville Basin
- Pennyroyal Karst Plain
- Western Highland Rim
- Eastern Highland Rim

Interior River Valleys and Hills
- Shawnee / Caseyville Hills
Mississippi Alluvial Plain
Mississippi Valley Loess Plains
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Synonyms

No synonyms exist for this species.

Specimens and Distribution

This species has been reported in the following counties by the herbaria listed. An overview of the individual specimens are provided in the table that follows. Click on the accession number to view details; click on column headers to sort.

Counties included on distribution map: Carroll (TN), Carter (TN), Hardin (TN), Monroe (TN), Pickett (TN), Polk (TN)

Herbaria represented by specimen data listed below: APSC, ETSU, HTTU, TENN, UCHT

Range of years during which specimens were collected: 2010 - 2017

Accession No. (click for full details)	County	State	Coll. Date	Collector & Collection No.	Herbarium & Herbarium Name Used
N/A	Carter	Tennessee	04 Oct 2014	Frosty Levy	ETSU Symplocos tinctoria
UCHT022984	Polk	Tennessee			UCHT Symplocos tinctoria
APSC0030105	Polk	Tennessee	06 Nov 2010	Joey Shaw, Dwayne Estes, Eugene Wofford, Sunny Hart, Emily Blyveis, Aaron Floden, and Rob Shepard	APSC Symplocos tinctoria
N/A	Carter	Tennessee	04 Nov 2017	Frosty Levy	ETSU Symplocos tinctoria
TENN-V-0173084	Polk	Tennessee			TENN Symplocos tinctoria
TENN-V-0173080	Polk	Tennessee			TENN Symplocos tinctoria
TENN-V-0173070	Carroll	Tennessee			TENN Symplocos tinctoria
TENN-V-0173072	Monroe	Tennessee			TENN Symplocos tinctoria
TENN-V-0173071	Hardin	Tennessee			TENN Symplocos tinctoria
TENN-V-0173073	Pickett	Tennessee			TENN Symplocos tinctoria
TENN-V-0173076	Polk	Tennessee			TENN Symplocos tinctoria
TENN-V-0173082	Polk	Tennessee			TENN Symplocos tinctoria
UCHT036315	Polk	Tennessee			UCHT Symplocos tinctoria
TENN-V-0173077	Polk	Tennessee			TENN Symplocos tinctoria
TENN-V-0173083	Polk	Tennessee			TENN Symplocos tinctoria
HTTU033701	Polk	Tennessee			HTTU Symplocos tinctoria
ETSU005715	Carter	Tennessee	01 Jul 2015	Frosty Levy	ETSU Symplocos tinctoria
TENN-V-0173074	Polk	Tennessee			TENN Symplocos tinctoria
TENN-V-0173075	Polk	Tennessee			TENN Symplocos tinctoria
TENN-V-0173078	Polk	Tennessee			TENN Symplocos tinctoria
APSC0018330	Polk	Tennessee	02 Jun 2011	Joey Shaw, Dwayne Estes, Sunny Hart, Emily Blyveis, Aaron Floden, and Rob Shepard	APSC Symplocos tinctoria
TENN-V-0173079	Polk	Tennessee			TENN Symplocos tinctoria
TENN-V-0173081	Polk	Tennessee			TENN Symplocos tinctoria
HTTU028770	Polk	Tennessee			HTTU Symplocos tinctoria

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Symplocos tinctoria

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