150 ECONOMIC BOTANY OF ALABAMA 



are hardly worth bothering with. Some birds are fond of them, 

 though. 



Grows mostly in river bottoms, especially in calcareous 

 regions. 



lA. Lauderdale and Limestone Counties. 



IB. Common along the Tennessee River. Also on limestone in Mor- 

 gan, Franklin and Blount Counties. (In this region the trees mostly have 

 entire leaves, and may be C. Mississif^picnsis.) 



2A. Marriott's Creek, Cullman County (Mohr, as C. Mississipj^iciisis) . 



2B. Walker, Jefferson and Tuscaloosa Counties, mostly along the 

 Warrior River. 



3. Along Coosa River and in Jones Valley flatwoods, etc. 



6A. Franklin County to Elmore County. 



6C. Hale and Montgomery Counties, and probably all the others. 



7. Common; making up nearly 2% of the present forest. 



9. Sumter, Marengo and Wilcox Counties. 



low. Wilcox County, and probably all the others. 



11. Choctaw, Washington, Clarke and Monroe Counties. 



14. Common in the upper part of the delta. 



Celtis pumila, Pursh. (C. crassi folia, Lam.? C. Gcorgiana, 

 Small?) 



C. pituiila and C. Gcorgiana have been treated by some author- 

 ities as specifically and by others as only varietally distinct, but the 

 differences are obscure, as in the case of the larger hackberries 

 just mentioned, and it is easier to treat them as one, and even that 

 may not be very distinct from the arborescent ones. It is a crooked 

 shrub or small tree, with leaves usually thicker and rotigher than 

 those of the common hackberry. It grows in dry rocky places, 

 sandy old fields, etc. (as C. occidciifalis usually does in New Eng- 

 land), and seems to require protection from fire. It is occasionally 

 a pest in fields, something like the sassafras. It is probably com- 

 moner than the following statement indicates, for I may have 

 passed many roadside and old field specimens without making note 

 of them. 



2A. Cullman County (referred to C. Gcorgiana by W. Wolf). 

 2B. Cliffs on Warrior River, Tuscaloosa County. 

 5. Cliffs near "Lock 12" dam on the Coosa River, Chilton County. 

 6A. Roadside a few miles north of Northport, Tuscaloosa County. 

 6C. Common in sandy old fields, Autauga County, and along road- 

 sides and in dry woods near Montgomery. 



7. Prairies near Gallion, Hale County (Mohr). 

 lOE. Roadside three or four miles east of Troy. 



