Spicebush
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Northern Spicebush, Benjamin Bush
Scientific Name: Lindera benzoin (L.) Blume
Synonym:
Family: Lauraceae ...
Spicebush becomes a large, 5- to 8-foot-tall shrub that is slightly wider than tall. It is the preferred food for the black and blue spicebush swallowtail butterfly larvae.
spicebush Lauraceae Lindera benzoin (L.) Blume symbol: LIBE3
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About 80 species of aromatic, evergreen or deciduous shrubs or trees. Leaves alternate, margin entire or 3-lobed. Dioecious - male and female plants.
4. Spicebush Swallowtail - Spicebush, sassafras (Papilio troilus) (Lindera benzoin)
5. Tiger Swallowtail - Wild cherry, birch, ash (Papilia glaucus) poplar, apple, tulip tree
6. Zebra Swallowtail - pawpaw (Papilio marcellus) (Asimina triloba) ...
Japanese Spicebush ( Lindera obtusiloba )
Japanese Spiraea ( Spiraea japonica )
Japanese Spurge ( Pachysandra terminalis ) ...
Field Marks: This spicebush has aromatic leaves and red, ellipsoid drupes. It differs from the common spicebush (Lindera benzoin) by its narrower leaves rounded at the base and its distinctly veiny leaves, at least as seen from the under surface.
COMMON: Spicebush
LEAVES: Alternate, simple, evergreen, light green, 3 to 5" long, 1 to 2.5" wide, often nice yellow fall color
SIZE: 6 to 12' tall, 6 to 12' wide
HARDINESS: Zone 4 to 9
HABIT: Dense, rounded, shrub in full sun ...
Spicebush (Lindera benzoin)
Spirea (Spiraea )
Sumac, staghorn (Rhus hirta)
Summersweet clethra, sweet pepperbush (Clethra alnifolia)
Sweetleaf, horse-sugar (Symplocos tinctoria)
Sweetshrub, Carolina allspice, spicebush (Calycanthus floridus) ...
Sweetshrub (Calycanthus floridus) has many common names, including Carolina allspice, strawberry-bush, sweet bubby, sweet Betsy and spicebush. As these names indicate, it is valued for the sweet, often fruity fragrance of its flowers.
Adam's Needle - Common Perriwinkle
Common Persimmon - Northern Red Oak
Northern Spicebush - Thickspike Wheatgrass
Thin Paspalum - Yerba Mansa ...
Blueberries (Vaccinium) 4. Hawthorns (Crataegus) 5. Fruit Trees 6. New Jersey Tea (Ceanothus) 7. Privet (Ligustrum) 8. Lilac (Syringa) 9. Redbud (Cercis) 10. Spicebush (Lindera) 11. Spirea (Spirea) 12. Sumac (Rhus) ...
Sassafras (along with other members of the laurel family) is the host plant for the spicebush swallowtail butterfly.
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Veronica 'Sunny Border Blue'
Veronica repens 'Sunshine'
Viburnum
Viburnum carlesii(Koreanspice Viburnum or Korean Spicebush) ...
Examples include serviceberry (Amelanchier canadensis and A. arborea), redbud (Cercis canadensis), flowering dogwood (Cornus florida), American holly (Ilex opaca), red mulberry (Morus rubra), spicebush (Lindera benzoin), ...
* Polydamus Swallowtail
* Red Admiral (prefer white blossoms)
* Spicebush Swallowtail
* Tortoiseshell
* Two-tailed Tiger Swallowtail
* Western Checkerspot
* Western Tiger Swallowtail
* Zebra Swallowtail ...
the popularity of this plant is not debated, which common name to use might be. In addition to common sweetshrub, common names include Carolina allspice, strawberry shrub, sweet-scented shrub, Bubby blossom, Sweet Bubby, Sweet Bettie, and spicebush.
 See also: Green, Benzoin, Lindera benzoin, May, Laurel
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