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plant from the harmless Virginia Creeper, Par- 

 thenocissus quinquefolia, which is somewhat simi- 

 lar in its manner of growth. The dryish fruits 

 are used as food by the winter birds. For crows 

 especially they serve as an important article of 

 diet. One hundred and fifty-three Poison Ivy 

 seeds are said to have been found in the stomach 

 of one of these birds. The dry outer husks are 

 removed by action of stomach and thrown out 

 again in small masses through the mouth. 



RED-OSIER CORNEL OR DOGWOOD 

 Comus stolonifera Dogwood Family 



Fruit. — The drupe is white, or whitish, and 

 globose. The stone is very variable in shape. 

 The fruits grow in flat-topped, rather smallish 

 cymes. 



Leaves. — The ovate or ovate-lanceolate leaf 

 has an abrupt, short, tapering apex and a rounded 

 base. The upper surface is finely pubescent and 

 the lower whitish and somewhat downy. 



Flowers. — The smallish flat cymes are rather 

 few-flowered. June, July. 



Reddish branches are a characteristic feature 



