Buttonbush is a native, wetland plant commonly found growing in swamps, cypress ponds, and lake, pond, and river margins.. One species of Cephalanthus occurs in Florida (Wunderlin, 2003).
A buttonbush twig. Note that the leaves may be opposite or in whorls of three.
Rubiaceae / Madders Common Buttonbush (Cephalanthus occidentalis)
Plant Type: This is a shrub, it is a perennial.
Leaves: The leaf arrangement is opposite. Leaves can reach 15cm in length (6inches). Each leaf is entire.
buttonbush Rubiaceae Cephalanthus occidentalis L. symbol: CEOC2
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Buttonbush is perfect for planting in those low, soggy areas where it will create cover and food sources for wildlife - like these that have taken up residence in Jack's Cypress Pond.
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Buttonbush
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About 10 species of deciduous or evergreen shrubs or small trees. Leaves opposite or whorled, margin entire, with triangular stipules. Flowers small, 4-parted, in axillary globose heads.
BUTTON-WILLOW, BUTTONBUSH
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Cephalotaxaceae - 3 images
Cephalotaxus fortunei ...
Buttonbush, a native North American, is a little-known shrub with glossy, late-emerging foliage that is perfect for naturalizing in permanently moist to wet sites, ...
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*Cephalanthus occidentalis - Buttonbush
Chimonanthus praecox - Wintersweet
*Clethra alnifolia - Summersweet
*Cornus sericea - Redtwig Dogwood
Forsythia species - Forsythia
Fothergilla species - Fothergilla
*Ilex decidua - Possumhaw ...
A native small tree found in wetlands from Minnesota to Florida and from New England to California, buttonbush can reach 8 to 15 feet tall and is often wider than it is tall.
Cephalanthus occidentalis
Buttonbush, Button-willow, Honey Bells
Rubiaceae ...
 See also: Cephalanthus occidentalis, Green, Willow, May, Rose
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