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Shrub, small tree, generally aromatic, evergreen or deciduous; generally monoecious or dioecious; roots generally with nitrogen-fixing bacteria; hairs generally both nonglandular, thread-like and glandular, peltate.
Leaf: simple, alternate, entire to pinnately lobed, resin-dotted; stipules generally 0.
Inflorescence: spike, catkin-like, axillary; staminate, pistillate separate.
Flower: generally unisexual, small; perianth generally 0.
Staminate flower: subtended by 1 bract, 0 [1–4] bractlets.
Pistillate flower: subtended by 1 bract, 2 or 4–6[3(8)] bractlets; ovary superior [to ± inferior], ovule 1, style 1, stigmas 2, short.
Fruit: generally drupe or nut-like, small, rough or smooth, waxy or not, sometimes winged or bur-like from fused bractlets.
4 genera, ± 45 species: generally temperate, subtrop; fruit of some Morella boiled to make fragrant wax. [Carlquist 2002 Aliso 21:7–29] Myrica as treated in TJM (1993) split into 2 genera based on Wilbur 1994 Sida 16:93–107. —Scientific Editor: Thomas J. Rosatti.
Unabridged references: [Bornstein 1997 FNANM 3:429–434]
Unabridged note: Comptonia of e North America, Canacomyrica of New Caledonia each have 1 sp.; Myrica has 2 species

Key to Myricaceae

Shrub, small tree.
Leaf: ± spicy-scented; blade unlobed, ± serrate, especially in upper 1/2.
Staminate flower: stamens generally 6–12(22).
± 40 species: Africa, e Asia, Philippines, Malaysia, North America, South America, temperate, subtrop.

Plant 2–10 m.
Leaf: generally ± narrowly lance- elliptic; tip generally sharply acute.
Staminate flower: stamens 7–16.
Fruit: few per pistillate inflorescence, 4–6.5(8) mm diam.
Coastal dunes and scrub, closed-cone pine, redwood forest; < 150 m near coast, < 500+ m inland. North Coast, w Klamath Ranges, Outer North Coast Ranges, Central Coast, w San Francisco Bay Area, South Coast;

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Citation for the whole project: Jepson Flora Project (eds.) [year] Jepson eFlora, http://ucjeps.berkeley.edu/IJM.html [accessed on month, day, year]
Citation for an individual treatment: [Author of taxon treatment] [year]. [Taxon name] in Jepson Flora Project (eds.) Jepson eFlora, [URL for treatment]. Accessed on [month, day, year].

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Chart based on elevation range in Manual and elevations and coordinates of CCH records. Data provided by the participants of the Consortium of California Herbaria. Note: About half of the CCH records include both elevation and coordinates.	Data provided by the participants of the Consortium of California Herbaria. View all CCH records   CCH collections by month Duplicates counted once; synonyms included. Species do not include records of infraspecific taxa. Blue line denotes Manual flowering time.