J72 MISC. PUBLICATION 303, U. S. DEPT. OF AGRICULTURE 



Moms rubra L. Red mulberry. 



Range : 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 27, 28, 29, 30. 

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

 Fruit : Compound drupe, available May-August. 



A small to large, rapid-growing tree ; monoecious or dioecious ; root system 

 shallow ; short-lived ; much attacked by insects and fungi ; wood used com- 

 mercially to some extent ; seed generally not very fertile ; grows on various 

 soils ; 200,000 seeds per pound ; a large-fruited and everbearing variety is known. 

 Stomach records: Twenty-one species of birds, including bobwhite. 

 Observations: Twenty-one species of birds; much eaten by Carolina fox 

 squirrel; leaves refused by captive marsh rabbits. 



Mozinna spathulata, see Jatropha, spathulata. 

 Muscadinia munsoniana, see Vitis munsoniana. 

 Muscadinia rotundifolia, see Vitis rotundifolia. 



Myrica spp. 



Propagation of all species is by seed stratified and sown in spring; propa- 

 gation by cuttings is considered difficult; most species grow in acid soil. 



Stomach records (in addition to specific records) : Sixty species of birds, 

 including ruffed grouse and bobwhite. Observations (in addition to specific 

 records) : Hungarian partridge, ring-necked pheasant, white- tailed deer. 



Myrica asplenifolia L. Sweetfern. 



Comptonia peregrina (L.) Coult. 

 Range : 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28. 

 Site: Dry, well-drained, sun. 

 Fruit: Nutlet, available September-October. 



A small shrub ; often forms very dense colonies, especially on poor, sterile 

 soils, often to the exclusion of other growth ; often a pasture weed ; a pioneer 

 in burned-over areas northward. 



Observations: Ruffed grouse, prairie sharp-tailed grouse; white-tailed deer. 



Myrica calif ornica Cham. (pi. 21, C). Pacific waxmyrtle. 



Range : 1, 5. 



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

 Fruit : Waxy, nutlike, available July-June. 



A large shrub to small or large tree ; evergreen ; occurs in sandy soil, salt 

 marshes, or other situations ; produces suckers ; somewhat thicket forming. 

 Stomach records: Five species of birds, including California quail. 



Myrica carolinensis Mill. Bayberry. 



Cerothamnus carolinensis (Mill.) Tidest. 

 Range : 20, 24, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30. 

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

 Fruit : Waxy, nutlike, available June-April or longer. 



A small to large, almost evergreen shrub ; occurs in sandy, or dry, sterile 

 soil ; 55,500 seeds per pound. 



Stomach records: Thirty-eight species of birds, including ruffed grouse, bob- 

 white, and ring-necked pheasant. Observations: Sixteen species of birds, 

 including bobwhite, ranks with M. cerifera as twentieth on the list of quail 

 food plants of the Southeast. (Some of these observations may apply wholly 

 or in part to M. cerifera). 



Myrica cerifera L. (pi. 22, A). Waxmyrtle. 



Morella cerifera (L.) Small, Cerothamnus ceriferus (L.) Small. 

 Range : 20, 24, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32. 

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

 Fruit: Waxy, nutlike, available August-October. 



A small to large shrub or rarely a small to large tree ; evergreen ; grows in 

 sandy or sterile, often acid soil. 



Stomach records: Forty-one species of birds including ruffed grouse, bob- 

 white, and wild turkey. Observations: Six species of birds including bob- 

 white; ranks with M. caroliniana as twentieth on the list of quail food plants 

 of the Southeast ; leaves refused by captive marsh rabbits. ( See also M. caro- 

 linensis.) 



