The nodules on roots of Myrica pensylvanica (bayberry) contain a bacterial endophyte. By using the acetylene reduction technique these plant endophyte associations were shown to be capable of fixing nitrogen. As nodulation was plentiful and fixation vigorous, it is proposed that the success of M. pensylvanica as an early successional plant of dunes and impoverished coastal soils is due in part to the nitrogen-fixing capacity of its nodular association.
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