| Maritime Marsh-elder is a common shrub of the edges of brackish marshes along the coast of North Carolina. Iva frutescens usually grows at the edge of tidal mudflats. New Hanover Co., NC 8/29/09.
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| Small yellowish-greenish flowers appear in late summer. New Hanover Co., NC 8/29/09.
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| Flower detail. New Hanover Co., NC 8/29/09.
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| Carteret Co., NC 9/28/2008.
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| The southern var. frutescens is common along the entire NC coast, while the northern var. oraria, distinguished by larger, broader leaves, occurs from Dare County north. The Dune Marsh-elder (Iva imbricata) tends to occur on oceanside dunes and has smaller, thicker, mostly untoothed leaves. Carteret Co., NC 7/17/2008.
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| Carteret Co., NC 7/13/2008.
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| Dare Co., NC 11/7/08.
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| Carteret Co., NC 7/17/2008.
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| Carteret Co., NC 9/28/2008.
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| The flower heads are hidden in leafy bracts, making it difficult to tell, without close inspection, that Iva is in the sunflower family. Carteret Co., NC 9/28/2008.
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| Brunswick Co., NC 8/25/07.
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| Bark detail. Brunswick Co., NC 8/25/07.
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| The USDA PLANTS website uses the odd common name "Jesuit's bark" for Iva frutescens. What this refers to is unclear. Carteret Co., NC 9/28/2008.
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