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|accepted_name=Persea palustris
|accepted_authority=(Rafinesque) Sargent
|publications={{Treatment/Publication
|title=Bot. Gaz.
|place=67: 229. 1919
|year=1919
}}
|common_names=Swamp red bay
|basionyms={{Treatment/ID/Basionym
|name=Tamala palustris
|authority=Rafinesque
|rank=species
|publication_title=Sylva Tellur.,
|publication_place=137. 1838
}}
|synonyms={{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=Persea borbonia var. pubescens
|authority=(Pursh) Little
|rank=variety
}} {{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=Persea pubescens
|authority=(Pursh) Small
|rank=species
}} {{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=Tamala pubescens
|authority=
|rank=species
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|hierarchy=Lauraceae;Persea;Persea palustris
|hierarchy_nav=<div class="higher-taxa"><div class="higher-taxon"><small>family</small>[[Lauraceae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>genus</small>[[Persea]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>species</small>[[Persea palustris]]</div></div>
|volume=Volume 3
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|treatment_page=
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--><span class="statement" id="st-undefined" data-properties=""><b>Trees,</b> to 15(-20) m. <b>Branches</b> pubescent, hairs erect, crisped. <b>Leaf</b> blade ovate to elliptic, 8-14 × 2-5 cm; surfaces abaxially pale, glaucous, densely pubescent when young with rusty brown, erect, crisped hairs, glabrescent with age, adaxially green, lustrous. <b>Inflorescences</b>: peduncle longer than subtending leaf petiole, pubescent. <b>Drupe</b> ca. 8 mm wide. <b>2n</b> = 24.</span><!--

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|phenology=Flowering spring–early summer.
|habitat=Primarily in wetlands but not restricted to them, swamps, marshes, low pinewoods, savannas, maritime forests (sometimes mixed with P. borbonia)
|elevation=Atlantic and Gulf coastal plains, less common in the Piedmont; 0-185 m
|distribution=Ala.;Del.;Fla. Ga.;La.;Md.;Miss.;N.C.;S.C.;Tex.;Va.;West Indies (Bahamas).
|tables=
|references=
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name=Persea palustris
|authority=(Rafinesque) Sargent
|rank=species
|parent rank=genus
|synonyms=Persea borbonia var. pubescens;Persea pubescens;Tamala pubescens
|basionyms=Tamala palustris
|family=Lauraceae
|phenology=Flowering spring–early summer.
|habitat=Primarily in wetlands but not restricted to them, swamps, marshes, low pinewoods, savannas, maritime forests (sometimes mixed with P. borbonia)
|elevation=Atlantic and Gulf coastal plains, less common in the Piedmont; 0-185 m
|distribution=Ala.;Del.;Fla. Ga.;La.;Md.;Miss.;N.C.;S.C.;Tex.;Va.;West Indies (Bahamas).
|reference=None
|publication title=Bot. Gaz.
|publication year=1919
|special status=
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|genus=Persea
|species=Persea palustris
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