Northern bayberry (myrica pensylvanica) seeds Species: Northern Bayberry, myrica pensylvanica.,also classified as Morella pensylvanica.
Family: Myricaceae
Type: Shrub
Moisture: dry, moist, wet
Light Conditions: full/part sun
Soil Conditions: sand, clay, loam, rocky, acidic
Northern bayberry is a deciduous shrub growing to 4.5 m tall. The leaves are 2.5–7 cm long and 1.5-2.7 cm broad, broadest near the leaf apex, serrate, and sticky with a spicy scent when crushed. This species has root nodules containing nitrogen-fixing microorganisms, allowing it to grow in relatively poor soils.
The berries can be used to make bayberry wax candles. American colonists boiled the berries to extract the sweet-smelling wax, which they used to make clean-burning candles
GROWN IN THE WILDS OF NEWFOUNDLAND AND LABRADOR
