spicebush

Everything in our house on Spicebush Road was new and modern.

Some of the other more common ones are willow, fringe tree and spicebush.

Women were often herbalists, and used local plants like spicebush in seasoning.

Other species in the Lindera genus also have common names containing the word "spicebush".

Calycanthus (sweetshrub, spicebush) is in a different family within the Laurales.

The triangular configuration contrasts nicely with the spicebush's lanceolate leaves.

One key known form of communication among Spicebush Swallowtails occurs during mating.

And over here is spicebush, native forsythia.

And Gro-Low's denser habit sets off the more open form of spicebush.

Dominant here are spicebush and poison sumac.

Other common plants include spicebush.

Once eggs are laid, formal parental care ceases among Spicebush Swallowtails.

Many creatures are predators of the Spicebush Swallowtail.

The Spicebush Swallowtail's major form of predator avoidance is through mimicry.

The spicebush (Lindera benzoin) is a different plant, in the family Lauraceae.

The understory add ironwood, striped maple and spicebush.

As larvae, Spicebush Swallowtails have two stages of mimicry.

Asian spicebush (Lindera angustifolia): its leaves turn cinnamon-pink in fall when the black berries are visible.

While still larvae, Spicebush Swallowtail remain on the leaf of the plant on which they were laid.

However, when given the choice between spicebush and sassafras, the P. troilus troilus showed no significant preference for either.

In general, Spicebush Swallowtails tend to stick to plants that are members of the family Lauraceae.

Since spicebush can be found growing freely in moist woodlands from Maine to Texas, it is too often overlooked as just another understory shrub.

In addition, there has not been any other Lepidoptera species which feeds as efficiently as the P. troilus on spicebush.

"I went to a nursery for a spicebush, which attracts the spicebush swallowtail, and this is what they gave me."

The insistence on feeding primarily on Lauraceae has its advantages for Spicebush Swallowtails.