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lavatera assurgentiflora Kellogg. Californea treemallow. 



Sanviniona assurgentiflora Greene. 

 Range : 5. 



Site : Well-drained, sun. 

 Fruit : Dry carpel. 



A large shrub ; has been much used in windbreak plantings ; from seed reaches 

 6 feet in height, and blooms the first year. 



Leclum buxifolium, see Leiophyllum buxifolium. 



Ledum columbianum Piper. 

 Range: 1. 

 Site : Moist, sun. 

 Fruit: Capsule. 

 A small evergreen shrub ; flowers in June ; common in acid bogs. 



Ledum glandulosum Nutt. Smooth Labrador-tea. 



Range: 4, 12, 13. 



Site: Moist, sun. 



Fruit : Capsule, available August-September. 



A small to large evergreen shrub ; flowers May-June ; common in acid bogs. 

 Observations: Mountain beaver. Only slightly toxic to livestock. 



Ledum groenlandicum Oeder. Labrador-tea. 



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

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

 Fruit : Capsule, available in August. 



A small evergreen shrub ; flowers May June ; common in acid bogs. 

 Stomach records: Sharp-tailed grouse; composed 1.8 percent of winter food of 

 northern sharp-tailed grouse in Ontario and Quebec. Poisonous to cattle, 

 although a high-ranking summer food for reindeer. Observations: Casually 

 browsed by northern white-tailed deer. 



Leiophyllum buxifolium (Berg.) Ell. Box sandmyrtle, 



Ledum buxifolium Berg., Dendrium buxifolium (Berg.) Desv. 

 Range: 28, 29, 30. 

 Site : Well-drained, sun, shade. 

 Fruit: Capsule. 

 A small, widely -branched evergreen shrub ; flowers May-June ; occurs on sand. 



Leiophyllum hugeri (Small) Sch. 

 Dendrium hugeri Small. 

 Range: 27, 28. 

 Site: Well-drained, sun. 

 Fruit: Capsule. 

 A small, much-branched evergreen shrub. 



Leiophyllum lyonii Sweet. 



Dendrium lyonii (Sweet) Small. 

 Range: 27. 



Site : Dry, well-drained, sun. 

 Fruit: Capsule. 



A small, copiously-branched evergreen shrub ; usually decumbent and with 

 matted branches. 



Leitneria floridana Chapm. Corkwood. 



Range: 20, 25, 29, 30. 



Site : Well-drained, moist, sun. 



Fruit : Leathery drupe, available May-September. 



A small shrub to small tree ; flowers March-April ; spreads by suckers ; does 

 well only on peaty soils ; wood lighter than cork. 



Lepargyrea argentea, see Shepherdia argentea. 

 Lepargyrea canadensis, see Shepherdia canadensis. 

 Lepargyrea rotundifolia, see Shepherdia rotundifolia. 

 Lepidanthus phyllanthoides, see Andrachne phyllanthoides. 



