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Comptonia
Also called Sweetfern, Sweet Ferns
Comptonia is a genus of shrubs in the bayberry family, represented today by the single living species sweet fern (Comptonia peregrina), a fern-like native shrub of eastern North America. It thrives in poor, sandy, acidic soils in full sun and is grown mainly for its aromatic, fern-like foliage in natural or native-plant gardens.
Comptonia is a genus of flowering plants in the family Myricaceae, native to parts of eastern North America. It has one extant (living) species, sweet fern, Comptonia peregrina, and a number of extinct species.
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