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SHRUBS OF THE NORTH CAROLINA MOUNTAINS 



GYMNOSPERMS 



Coniferae (Pine Family) : 

 Juniperiis communis L. 



This is one of the rarest of l^Torth Carolina plants. 

 The upright form has been collected on Crowder's 

 Mountain, Gaston County (Gray Herbarium). A 

 prostrate form of it has been collected on Mt. Satula, 

 Macon County, by the Biltmore staff and is determ- 

 ined by them as /. nana, Willd. {'=^ J. communis, 

 var. TTiontana, Ait.). We have not counted this as 

 separate in making up our totals. 



MONOCOTYLEDONS 



Gramineae (Grass Family) : 



Arundinaria tecta (Walt.) Michx. 



DICOTYLEDONS 



Salicaceae (Willow Family) : 

 Salix tristis Ait. 

 Salix humilis Michx. 

 Salix cordata Muhl. 

 Salix sericea Marsh. 

 Salix discolor Muhl. 



Myricaceae (Wax Myrtle Family) : 



Comptouia asplenifolia Ait. Curtis gives this only in 

 Middle and occasionally in Lower District, but it is 

 not uncommon at elevations of 3,000 to 4,000 feet, as 

 on Pisgah, Crowder's Mountain and along the Blue 

 Ridge. 



Cupuliferae (Birch Family) : 

 Corylus americana Walt. 

 Corylus rostrata Ait. 

 Alnus crispa (Ait.) Pursh. (A. viridis, Gray's Manual, 



Ed. 6). 

 Alnus rugosa (Du Roi) Spreng. 



