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Lindera
Also called Spicebushes, Spicewood
Lindera is a genus of about 80–100 species of flowering plants in the family Lauraceae, mostly native to eastern Asia but with three species in eastern North America. The species are shrubs and small trees; common names include spicewood, spicebush, and Benjamin bush.
The genus appears to be able to occupy widely different habitats as long as its requirements for water are met. Habitat fragmentation severely affects dioecious species like Lindera melissifolia (pondberry), because populations with plants of a single sex can only vegetatively reproduce. With significant habitat loss, plants become ever more isolated, lessening the likelihood that pollinators will travel from male to female plants.
Lindera aggregata · Taiwan Spicebush · Northern spicebush · Lindera lucida · Southern spicebush · Blunt Lobe Spicebush · Lindera praecox · Bolly beech · Bog spicebush · Japanese Spicebush · Lindera wrayi
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