Ogeechee Tupelo
Nyssa ogeche
Ogeechee tupelo is a swamp tree of the Southeastern coastal plain whose nectar yields the famed, never-crystallizing tupelo honey. Its tart red fruit feeds wildlife in the blackwater swamps it calls home.
- Family
- Nyssaceae
- Type
- tree
- Lifespan
- perennial
- Height
- 50–50 ft
- Spacing
- 20–30 ft apart
- Light
- part shade
- Soil moisture
- moist, wet
- Soil pH
- acidic, neutral
- Bloom
- April
- Bloom colors
- green
- Wildlife value
- pollinators, songbirds, larval host
- Caterpillar hosts
- ~26 butterfly & moth species
- Landscape uses
- rain garden
- Native states
- FL, GA, SC