Myrica / mɪˈraɪkə / [3] is a genus of about 35–50 species of small trees and shrubs in the family Myricaceae, order Fagales. The genus has a wide distribution, including Africa, Asia, Europe, …

Myrica cerifera is a small evergreen tree or large shrub native to North and Central America and the Caribbean. Its common names include southern wax myrtle, southern bayberry, …

Myrica pensylvanica, commonly called bayberry, is a dense-branching deciduous shrub with a rounded habit which typically grows 6-10' tall. Native to North America where it is primarily …

In North Carolina this shrub is restricted to the coastal sand dunes in Dare and Currituck Counties. Further north this shrub is found inland in Ontario. Another coastal bayberry, Myrica …

Myrica is often cultivated. Myrica species were used by various tribes of Native Americans for medicinal purposes. Leaves were used for a gynecological aid and an emetic; the bark, as a …

Myrica faya, a tree native to the margins of Macaronesian laurel forests, is a serious invasive species in Hawaii. It displaces native Hawaiian trees through its ability to enrich the soil with …

Myrica L. Sp. Pl. : 1024 (1753) Wax-myrtle, bayberry, sweet gale, myrique [Greek myrike, name for tamarisk or another aromatic shrub; possibly from myrizein, to perfume]

Note: Myrica as treated in TJM (1993) split into 2 genera based on Wilbur 1994 Sida 16:93--107. Unabridged Note: Comptonia of eastern North America, Canacomyrica of New Caledonia …

Now only a few species remain in the Myrica, including Myrica gale, bog-myrtle, which is native to parts of Japan, North Korea, Russia, mainland Europe, the British Isles, and Canada and the …

Female flowers with 2-4 bracteoles adnate to ovary and enlarged, or free and not enlarged; ovary with resinous glands; style short, with 2 relatively long stigmatic branches. Fruit a drupe, often …