Myrica pensylvanica
Common name: 
Northern Bayberry
Candleberry
Family: 
Myricaceae
Genus: 
Myrica
Type: 
Broadleaf
Native to (or naturalized in) Oregon: 
No

See  Morella pensylvanica

  • Many of the plants in Myrica have been transferred to the genus Morella, including the Northern Bayberry, now Morella pensylvanica. 
  • Taxonomy: Myrica pensylvanica  to  Morella pensylvanica:  A recent treatment of the family Myricaceae has Myrica pensylvanica  renamed as Morella pensylvanica. Now the genus Morella has about 50 species ranging from North America, Europe, Africa, and Asia. Only few plants, such as Myrica gale, the bog-myrtle or sweet-gale of Europe and northeastern North America and Myrica hartwegii, the California native Sierra Myrtle remain in the genus Myrica   (San Marcos Growers).  As of 2023 the taxonomic treatment is not fully resolved. The ITIS (Integrated Taxonomic Information System) and the USDA Plant List has Morella pensylvanica  as the accepted name, whereas the WFO Plant List (https://wfoplantlist.org/plant-list/) has Morella pensylvanica  as synonym of Myrica pensylvanica .
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