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Latin: Myrica pensylvanica
Other common names: northern bayberry, bayberry, candle-berry
Mature Height: 3-8 ft.
Soil / Climate: Sterile, sandy soil, but will grow in swampy soil as well.
Notes: Long, slender leaves with a few rounded teeth at the tip. Turns bronze or dark green in autumn. Great for erosion control.
Wildlife: Fruit is popular with turkey, ruffed grouse, bobwhite, pheasant, tree swallows!, several varieties of woodpeckers, and many others. Makes excellent cover for wildlife due to its nearly everygreen nature.
Cold Stream Farm supplies Northern Bayberry shrubs which are grown as bare root seedlings and transplants and sold both wholesale and retail with no minimum order.
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