Surianaceae
Bay cedar
Suriana maritima
- Family
- Surianaceae
- Genus
- Suriana
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Common names
By language (10)
- Bulgarian
- Приморски кедър
- Chinese
- 海人树, 海人树属, 海人樹屬, 滨樗
- English
- Bay cedar
- French
- Bois matelot
- koi
- Суриана
- kv
- Суриана
- mrj
- Суриана
- Portuguese
- Suriana
- udm
- Суриана
- Vietnamese
- Suyên biển
Synonyms
- Bouzetia maritima Montrouz.
Flowers
- In flower
- November to May (from 497 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Shrub, Tree
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Lower 48 states: native, Pacific Basin: native, Puerto Rico: native, U.S. Virgin Islands: native
Photos
FlowerPhoto: Jean-Luc Ferrière, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: stinger, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Eric Schmidt, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Quentin Groom, CC0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: B. navez, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Scott Ward, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: rainerburkard, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: B.navez, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Adam Pitcher, CC0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Scott Zona, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Stan Shebs, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Dr Mary Gillham Archive Project, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons
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.