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leatherwoods
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leatherwoods

Dirca

Dirca is a genus of three or four species of flowering plants in the family Thymelaeaceae, native to North America. The genus is named after Dirce in Greek mythology. The general common name for this deciduous shrub is leatherwood; other names include moosewood, ropebark and Powhatan-derived wicopy. The stems of Dirca are exceptionally pliable and the bark is difficult to tear by hand; for this reason, its stems were used by Native Americans in eastern North...

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4 branches of this genus, most-observed first

eastern leatherwood

speciesDirca palustris

Western Leatherwood

speciesDirca occidentalis

Ozark leatherwood

speciesDirca decipiens

Mexican leatherwood

speciesDirca mexicana

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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 50314.