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Observations: Porcupine, jack rabbit, Zuni prairie dog, painted chipmunk ; 

 Gary San Luis chipmunk, western chipmunk. A valuable fall and winter 

 browse for livestock provided it is eaten with other forage in ordinary amounts ; 

 young stems and fresh leaves in the spring have caused livestock poisoning. 



Sassafras albidum (Nutt.) Nees. Sassafras. 



8. variifolium (Salisb.) Kuntze., S. sassafras (L) Karst., S. offlcinale Nees 

 and Eberm., Laurus albida Nutt. 



Range : 20, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30. 

 Site: Dry, well-drained, sun. 

 Fruit: Drupe; available August-October. 



Usually a large shrub, less commonly a small to large tree; occurs on many 

 kinds of soils including sand ; reproduces extensively by means of root stocks ; 

 densely thicket forming; dioecious; coppices freely after cutting; wood very 

 durable, somewhat used commercially ; a pioneer species in old fields ; often a 

 troublesome weed. 



Stomach records: Eighteen species of birds including bobwhite ; woodchuck. 

 Observations: Ten species of birds; ranks twenty -sixth on the list of quail 

 food plants in the Southeast ; marsh rabbit, woodchuck, wild turkey ; black 

 bear, white-tailed deer. 



Sassafras offlcinale, see Sassafras albidum. 

 Sassafras sassafras, see Sassafras albidum. 

 Sassafras variifolium, see Sassafras albidum. 

 Savia phyllanthoides, see Andrachne phyllanthoides. 



Schaefferia cuneifolia Gray. Desert yaupon. 



Range : 11, 17, 20. 

 Site: Dry, sun. 



Fruit : Dry drupe ; available in May. 

 A small, densely-branched, spinose shrub ; slow growing ; easily transplanted. 



Schinus fagara, see Xanthoxylum fagara. 

 Schizonotus discolor, see Holodiscus discolor. 

 Schmaltzia afflnis, see Rhus trilobata. 

 Schmaltzia anisophylla, see Rhus trilobata. 

 Schmaltzia arenaria, see Rhus aromatica. 

 Schmaltzia aromatica, see Rhus aromatica. 

 Schmaltzia ashei, see Rhus ashei. 

 Schmaltzia bakeri, see Rhus trilobata. 

 Schmaltzia cognata, see Rhus trilobata. 

 Schmaltzia copallina, see Rhus copallina. 

 Schmaltzia cruciata, see Rhus trilobata. 

 Schmaltzia emoryi, see Rhus trilobata. 

 Schmaltzia glabra, see Rhus glabra. 

 Schmaltzia glabrata, see Rhus trilobata. 

 Schmaltzia glauca, see Rhus trilobata. 

 Schmaltzia glomerata, see Rhus trilobata. 

 Schmaltzia hirta, see Rhus typhina. 

 Schmaltzia illinoensis, see Rhus aromatica. 

 Schmaltzia lanceolata, see Rhus copallina. 

 Schmaltzia leiocarpa, see Rhus trilobata. 

 Schmaltzia malaeophylla, see Rhus trilobata. 

 Schmaltzia miehauxii, see Rhus michauaii. 



