sweet fern
Wax Myrtle Family
Comptonia peregrina
Myricaceae
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common name
sweet fern
accepted scientific name
Comptonia peregrina
(L.) J.M. Coult.
rules for finding collection records
Comptonia peregrina (1764)
Myrica aspleniifolia (36)
family name
Myricaceae
| Image Author: ©2012 Tom Potterfield
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Category: Shrubs
Flowers: No obvious petals
Petal colors: 
Flower size is .5 to 1.5 inches
Leaf: Alternate
Plant Observed 2nd week of April thru 3rd week of October
Native
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