Water tupelo
NativeNyssa aquatica
Tupelo (Nyssaceae) · Other broadleaf · 60–100 ft
Knowing it
Swollen buttressed trunk standing in Bootheel swamp water beside bald cypress.
What a tree company sees
Grows in standing water; rarely near homes.
Recorded in 9 counties
- Bollinger County
- Butler County
- Cape Girardeau County
- Carter County
- Franklin County
- Oregon County
- Ripley County
- Stoddard County
- Wayne County
From GBIF occurrence records. No record does not mean absent.