Tree · Lauraceae
Nemoca cimarrona
Ocotea spathulata
In this build, nemoca cimarrona is not on any county’s main native list.
Key facts · USDA PLANTS
Nemoca cimarrona at a glance
- Native in
- 0 counties, across 0 states and territories
- Estimated cold hardiness
- Zone 11a PLANTS minimum temperature 40°F
- Mature height
- 45 ft PLANTS mature height
- Light and water
- Not recorded Moisture use not recorded
Estimated cold hardiness: zone 11a. PLANTS gives a minimum temperature of 40°F; zone 11a winters bottom out at 40°F, the coldest half-zone that stays within that limit.
In this build, nemoca cimarrona is not on any county’s main native list.
Growing traits
Values from the PLANTS characteristics record. “Not recorded” means PLANTS has no value; nothing here is estimated except the zone.
Growth
- Growth habit
- Tree
- Duration
- Perennial
- Mature height
- 45 ft
- Growth rate
- Not recorded
- Growth form
- Not recorded
- Shape
- Not recorded
- Lifespan
- Not recorded
- Active growth period
- Fall, Winter and Spring
Light and water
- Shade tolerance
- Not recorded
- Moisture use
- Not recorded
- Drought tolerance
- Not recorded
- Tolerance of waterlogged soil
- Not recorded
- Precipitation range
- Not recorded
Soil
- Soil textures
- Coarse and medium
- pH range
- Not recorded
- Lime (CaCO₃) tolerance
- Medium
- Salinity tolerance
- Not recorded
- Fertility requirement
- Medium
- Minimum root depth
- 36 in
Climate
- Minimum temperature
- 40°F
- Estimated cold hardiness
- Zone 11a and warmer
- Minimum frost-free days
- 365
- Fire tolerance
- Not recorded
Flowers, leaves and fruit
- Flower color
- Yellow
- Showy flowers
- Yes
- Bloom period
- Indeterminate
- Foliage color
- Dark Green
- Showy in fall
- No
- Keeps leaves
- Yes
- Fruit color
- Green
Other
- Toxicity
- Not recorded
- Nitrogen fixation
- None
- Nursery availability
- Not recorded
- Family
- Lauraceae
- PLANTS symbol
- OCSP
Source & data date
- Source
- USDA NRCS PLANTS Database: county distribution records, native status and plant characteristics. CC0 (public domain dedication, per the data.gov catalog record).
- Kew’s World Checklist of Vascular Plants (WCVP): native or introduced status by state. CC BY 3.0.
- USGS US-RIIS (ver. 2.0): species listed as introduced are excluded. CC0.
- Citation
- USDA, NRCS. 2026. The PLANTS Database (https://plants.usda.gov, 11/04/2026). National Plant Data Team, Greensboro, NC USA.
- Govaerts R. (ed.) (2026). WCVP: World Checklist of Vascular Plants. Facilitated by the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Data file dated 2026-06-04, http://sftp.kew.org/pub/data-repositories/WCVP/ (retrieved 2026-11-04). Paper: Govaerts R. et al. (2021) The World Checklist of Vascular Plants, a continuously updated resource for exploring global plant diversity. Scientific Data 8, 215.
- Data date
- Retrieved from PLANTS on November 4, 2026; WCVP data file dated June 4, 2026.
- Scope
- Ocotea spathulata (PLANTS symbol OCSP).
- Method
- A species is listed when it is recorded as native to the state in Kew’s World Checklist of Vascular Plants and USDA PLANTS, and recorded in the county by USDA PLANTS. Species PLANTS labels both native and introduced are listed separately. Full method · All sources