NYSSACEAE - - Tupelo Family

Nyssa ogeche Bartram ex Marshall — Ogeechee Lime, Ogeechee Tupelo, Ogeechee Plum

Ogeechee Lime, Ogeechee Tupelo, Ogeechee Plum (Nyssa ogeche) - Tree becoming 20 m. tall, the stem crooked; leaf-blades elliptic, varying to oblanceolate or lanceolate, or rarely oval, 5—20 cm. long, usually entire; petioles about 1 cm. long; drupe 3—4 cm. long, red, longer than the pedicel; stone papery-winged. The fruits are used to make an acid drink and for a preserve. The wood is white, light, soft and tough.

Habitat:

River swamps and wet forests with peaty soils, also in upland depression ponds. A Southeastern Coastal Plain endemic.

Habitat information from:
Weakley, Alan S., Flora of the Southern and Mid-Atlantic States, Working Draft of 21 May 2015.

The range of Nyssa ogeche (Ogeechee Lime, Ogeechee Tupelo, Ogeechee Plum)

Kartesz, J.T., The Biota of North America Program (BONAP). 2015. North American Plant Atlas. (http://bonap.net/napa). Chapel Hill, N.C. [maps generated from Kartesz, J.T. 2015. Floristic Synthesis of North America, Version 1.0. Biota of North America Program (BONAP). (in press)].

The Georgia range of Nyssa ogeche (Ogeechee Lime, Ogeechee Tupelo, Ogeechee Plum)

Zomlefer, W.B., J.R. Carter, & D.E. Giannasi. 2014 (and ongoing). The Atlas of Georgia Plants. University of Georgia Herbarium (Athens, Georgia) and Valdosta State University Herbarium (Valdosta, Georgia). Available at: http://www.georgiaherbaria.org/.