Comptonia peregrina

Myricacea

Coastal Plain, Mountain, Piedmont

Delaware, District of Columbia, Maryland, New York, Pennsylvania, Virginia, West Virginia

Low Shrub

3 - 3ft

3 - 6ft

Green, Yellow

Cone/Cone-like; Brown, Green

Full Sun, Partial Sun

Loamy, Sandy

Dry

April - May

brown

hillsides or dry cliffs, woods openings, sand flats and barrens, old fields, dunes

fragrant; fixes nitrogen, leaves may persist into winter; Twigs and leaves browsed by deer and eaten by rabbits; ruffed grouse use the buds and catkins