Persea palustris

taxobox
name = Swampbay
regnum = Plantae
unranked_divisio = Angiosperms
unranked_classis = Magnoliids
ordo = Laurales
familia = Lauraceae
genus = "Persea"
species = "P. palustris"
binomial = "Persea palustris"
binomial_authority = (Raf.) Sarg.|

"Persea palustris", commonly known as the swampbay, is a tree native to eastern North America, from Texas eastwards to Florida and then extending north to Delaware. It was previously considered a subspecies of the redbay "P. borbonia".