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Identity
Unique IDELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.136136
Element CodePDMCC02040
Record TypeSPECIES
ClassificationSpecies
Classification StatusStandard
Name CategoryVascular Plant
IUCNLeast concern
Endemicoccurs (regularly, as a native taxon) in multiple nations
KingdomPlantae
PhylumAnthophyta
ClassDicotyledoneae
OrderMyricales
FamilyMyricaceae
GenusMyrica
SynonymsGale palustrisChev.
Other Common NamesMyrique baumier (FR) Sweetgale (EN) sweetgale (EN)
Concept ReferenceKartesz, J.T. 1994. A synonymized checklist of the vascular flora of the United States, Canada, and Greenland. 2nd edition. 2 vols. Timber Press, Portland, OR.
Taxonomic CommentsFNA (vol. 3, 1997) lumps subspecific taxa.
Conservation Status
Rank Method Rank calculation - Biotics v2
Review Date2024-08-20
Change Date1983-10-11
Edition Date2024-08-20
Edition AuthorsNordman, C. (2024).
Threat ImpactLow
Range Extent>2,500,000 square km (greater than 1,000,000 square miles)
Number of Occurrences> 300
Rank ReasonsSweet Bayberry (Myrica gale) has a circumboreal distribution, it occurs in North America, western and northern Europe, and northeast Asia. It occurs across Canada, in the northern United States, in Alaska and as far south as North Carolina and Oregon. There are estimated to be more than 6000 occurrences. It may be threatened by the loss of wetland habitat, such as from drainage or the impoundment of streams and rivers for dams.
Range Extent CommentsSweet Bayberry (Myrica gale) has a circumboreal distribution, it occurs in North America, western and northern Europe, and northeast Asia. It occurs across Canada, in the northern United States, in Alaska and as far south as North Carolina and Oregon, in Europe in the United Kingdom, Ireland, and from Portugal and Spain to Norway, Sweden, Estonia, Finland and northwestern Russia, and in northeast Asia in Hokkaido, Japan and Sakhalin and Kamchatka in the Russian Far-east. Range extent was estimated to be 30 million square kilometers using herbarium specimens and photo-based observations documented between 1993 and 2024 (FNA 1997, GBIF 2024, iNaturalist 2024, POWO 2024).
Occurrences CommentsBy applying a 1 km separation distance to herbarium records and photo-based observations documented between 1993 and 2024, there are estimated to be more than 6000 occurrences of Sweet Bayberry (Myrica gale) rangewide (GBIF 2024, iNaturalist 2024, SEINet 2024).
Threat Impact CommentsSweet Bayberry (Myrica gale) may be threatened by the loss of wetland habitat, such as from drainage or the impoundment of streams and rivers for dams.