Nyssaceae
Swamp tupelo
Nyssa biflora
- Family
- Nyssaceae
- Genus
- Nyssa
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Common names
By language (4)
- Arabic
- طوبال ثنائي الأزهار, طوبال محروس
- English
- Swamp tupelo, Bear tupelo
- German
- Sumpf-Tupelobaum
- Hebrew
- טופלו הביצות
Synonyms
- Nyssa biflora var. ursina (Small) D.B.Ward
- Nyssa servatilis E.H.L.Krause
- Nyssa sylvatica subsp. biflora (Walter) A.E.Murray
- Nyssa sylvatica var. biflora (Walter) Sarg.
- Nyssa sylvatica var. ursina (Small) J.Wen & Stuessy
- Nyssa ursina Small
Flowers
- In flower
- April (from 12 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)
- Flower colour
- green (USDA PLANTS Database)
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Tree
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Lower 48 states: native
Photos
FlowerPhoto: mfeaver, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: mfeaver, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Clay Gibbons, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: mfeaver, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Chris M, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Laura Clark, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: mfeaver, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Lauren McLaurin, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Jay Horn, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Tom Field, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Ryan Watson, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: mfeaver, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.