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Also called sorrel tree.
Part of heath / heather family Ericaceae.
Native to 🇺🇸 USA South and East. 🗺 Map by county (🇺🇸 USA-48) (color key), 🗺 map (North America, Central America), 🗺 today + with climate change (eastern 🇺🇸 USA).
Uses by native peoples(Ethnobotany database)
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🏠︎ 🌳︎ broadleaves, ╟ alternate, 🍂︎ simple non-lobed ▲▲ toothed multiple short 🌳︎🍃︎ broadleaf branches, ╟ alternate, list of attributes, no catkins thorns pods, terminal buds not larger