The Shrubs of Wyoming. 



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Velvety Red-root (Ceanothus velutinus Dougl.) 



A diffuse and widely spreading ever- 

 green shrub, with shining foliage and 

 showy white flowers. Its leaves are 

 about two inches long, oval in outline 

 and with very minute black-tipped teeth, 

 resinous and shining on their upper sur- 

 faces, whitish and more or less velvety 

 beneath. In spring the bushes are pro- 

 fusely covered with large clusters of 

 white flowers, which later are replaced 

 by small, hard, greenish-black, resinous 

 three-lobed fruits. 



This red-root is common throughout 

 the state, growing on rocky slopes in 

 the hills and mountains. If often grows in immense patches and 

 when in flower is very handsome. As the single large root is 

 very deep-seated, it would be difficult to transplant. 



Fendler's Red-root (Ceanothus Fendleri A. Gray). 



A low and much-branched spreading shrub with bluish-gray, 

 spiny branches and small narrowly oblong leaves about three- 

 fourths of an inch in length. It has small clusters of white 

 flowers and fruits like the preceding species. An infrequent 

 shrub, growing on canon sides and wooded slopes in the east- 

 ern part of the state. 



GRAPE FAMILY. 

 (Vitaceae). 



Only one group occurs in this state, but another member of 

 this family, the Virgina Creeper,* is common in some localities. 

 Riverbank Grape ( Vitis vulpina L. ) 



This native grape is found on river banks in canons at lower 



*The Virginia creeper is 5-leaved (technically having five leaflets) and should not be con- 

 used with the dwarf poison ivy (Rhus Rydbergii Small) which often grows along with it. 



