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Kalmia Carolina Small. Wicky. 



Range: 27, 28, 29. 



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

 Fruit: Capsule. 

 A small evergreen shrub ; flowers June-July ; occurs on acid soil. 



Kalmia cuneata Michx. White wicky. 



Range: 29, 30. 

 Site : Moist, sun. 

 Fruit: Capsule. 

 A small evergreen shrub ; flowers April-May ; occurs in acid swamps. 



Kalmia glauca, see Kalmia polifolia. 



Kalmia hirsuta Walt. Wicky. 



Kalmiella hirsuta (Walt.) Small. 

 Range: 29, 30. 



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

 Fruit: Capsule. 



A small evergreen shrub ; flowers May-August ; occurs in sandy and other 

 acid soils. 



Kalmia latifolia L. (pi. 19). Mountain-laurel. 



Range: 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30. 



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



Fruit : Capsule, available in September. 



Usually a small to large shrub, more rarely a small tree, or very uncommonly 

 a large tree ; evergreen ; occurs in sandy and other acid soils ; free from 

 insects and diseases ; many cultivated forms are known ; neither the species 

 nor the varieties thrive on clay or limestone soils : 



Stomach records: Ruffed grouse; white-tailed deer. Observations: Ruffed 

 grouse; an important winter food of white-tailed deer but toxic to them if 

 taken in great quantities to the exclusion of other foods. Leaves poison sheep 

 and cattle, which avoid it unless other forage is poor. Fatalities from honey 

 made from this plant are on record. 



Kalmia microphylla (Hook.) Heller. 

 K. glauca microphylla Hook. 

 Range: 4, 12, 13. 

 Site: Well-drained, sun. 

 Fruit. Capsule. 

 A small evergreen shrub; flowers June-August. 



Kalmia polifolia Wang. Pale-laurel. 



K. glauca Ait. 



Range: 4, 12, 23, 24, 26, 27. 

 Site: Moist, sun, shade. 

 Fruit: Capsule. 



A small, straggling, evergreen shrub ; flowers May-July ; usually occurs on 

 acid soils. Very poisonous to livestock. 



Kalmiella hirsuta, see Kalmia> hirsuta. 



Karwinskia spp. 



Stomach records (in addition to specific records) : Antelope jack rabbit (?), 

 gray-sided Jack rabbit (?). 



Karwinskia glandulosa, see Karwinskia humboldtiana. 



Karwinskia humboldtiana (Roem. and Schult.) Zucc. Coyotillo. 



K. parvifoUa, Rose, K. glandulosa Zucc., Rhamnus humboldtiana Roem. and 

 Schult., R. maculata Sesse. 

 Range: 11, 16, 17. 

 Site: Dry, sun. 



Fruit: Berry; available in October, commonly persistent. 

 A small to large shrub ; easily transplanted by root divisions. Seeds of this 

 species are highly toxic to all domestic animals as well as children ; leaves only 

 slightly so ; the flesh of the berry is apparently not as poisonous. 



Karwinskia parvifolia, see KaricinsJcia humboldtiana. 



