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Callicarpa americana L. (pi. 5, A). French, mulberry. 



Range : 17, 20, 25, 28, 29, 30. 

 Site : Dry, well-drained, moist, sun, shade. 

 Fruit: Berrylike drupe, available August-November. 



A large, bushy shrub, or rarely somewhat viny ; flowers June-July ; com- 

 monly occurs in rich soil, but grows also in poor ones; may grow in sand, 

 clay, loam, and other neutral soils; propagated by seed or cuttings, 85,000 

 seeds per pound, germination about 40 percent; about 10,000 usable plants 

 per pound of seed. 



Stomach records: 10 species of birds, including bobwhite. Observations: 

 Five species of birds, including bobwhite ; ranked as forty-first on the list of 

 quail food plants of the southeastern United States ; captive marsh rabbits. 



Calligonum canescens, see Atriplex canescens. 



Calycanthus fertilis Walt. Mountain spicewood. 



G. nanus Loisel., Butneria, fertilis (Walt.) Kearn., B. nana (Loisel.) Small. 

 Range : 27, 28, 29. 

 Site : Well-drained, moist, sun. 

 Fruit : Capsule ; available in September, persistent through the 



winter. 



A large shrub ; flowers March-August ; usually occurs on rich, nearly neutral 

 soil ; propagation is by seeds sown in spring. Considered deleterious to cattle. 



Calycanthus floridus L. Carolina allspice. 



Butneria florida (L.) Kearn. 

 Range: 29, 30. 



Site : Well-drained, moist, sun, shade. 

 Fruit : Capsule. 



A large shrub ; flowers April-August ; usually occurs in rich, neutral soil ; 

 propagation is by seed sown in spring. 



Calycanthus mohri Small. 

 Butneria mohri Small. 

 Range: 27. 



Site : Well-drained, sun. 

 Fruit : Capsule. 

 A small to large shrub. 



Calycanthus nanus, see Calycanthus fertilis. 



Calycanthus occidentalis Hook, and Arn. California sweetshrub. 



Butneria occidentalis (Hook, and Arn.) Greene. 

 Range : 4. 



Site: Well-drained, sun. 

 Fruit: Capsule. 



A small to large shrub ; flowers June-August ; occurs from 800 to 3,800 feet. 

 Observations: Of slight importance as browse for mule deer. Reputed to be 

 poisonous to stock, but this may be questionable. 



Calycocarpum lyonii (Pursh) Nutt. Cupseed. 



Menispermum lyonii Pursh. 

 Range : 22, 25, 28, 29, 30. 

 Site: Well-drained, moist, sun, shade. 

 Fruit: Drupe, available August-October. 



A high-climbing and twining vine ; flowers May-June ; often for the most part 

 herbaceous ; fruit ripens irregularly ; commonly climbs over bushes along stream 

 banks. 



Campsis radicans (L.) Seem. Trumpetcreeper. 



Tecoma radicans (L.) Juss., Bignonla radicans (L.) DC. 

 Range : 20, 22, 25, 27, 28, 29, 30. 

 Site: Dry, well-drained, moist, sun. 

 Fruit : Capsule ; available August-October or persistent through the 



winter. 



An exceedingly rapid-growing tree-climbing vine ; flowers all summer ; some- 

 what herbaceous in cultivated fields where it is often considered a troublesome 

 weed, especially southward ; grows on coal-stripped lands in Illinois ; said to be 

 narcotic, but not known to be eaten by domestic animals; much cultivated and 

 with several varieties known. 



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