Where is Red Bay?

[Hugh Wilson]

I have a question for herbarium curators.  A WWW search for
distribution info on Persea borbonia ('Red Bay' - Lauraceae) produces
three maps with different perspectives.  The USDA 'Plants'  map

http://plants.usda.gov/plants/fr_mapgen.cgi?symbol=PEBO

indicates:  Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, Mississippi, North
Carolina, South Carolina, and  Texas

whereas the Flora North America map

http://www.fna.org/Libraries/plib/WWW/M17801273.html

adds Arkansas "Ala., Ark., Fla., Ga., La., Miss., N.C., S.C., Tex."

and the MIPS Digital Checklist

http://www.mip.berkeley.edu/query_forms/browse_checklist.html

 adds several States to the North:

"Alabama , Arkansas , Delaware , Florida , Georgia , Louisiana ,
Maryland , Mississippi , New York , North Carolina , South Carolina ,
Texas , Virginia"

So, does anyone have 'State record'  vouchers for this species from
Arkansas, Delaware, Maryland, New York, and Virginia or other info
indicating that non-cultivated populations occur in these States?

Thanks much,



Hugh D. Wilson
Texas A&M University - Biology
h-wilson at tamu.edu (409-845-3354)
http://www.isc.tamu.edu/~hugh/homepage.html