FOEEST TEEES 



ture, light-green in summer, and of a 

 deep crimson or rich purple-maroon in 

 autumn.^ In winter the flowers are 

 replaced by bright, red berries. Its 

 spray of twigs and branchlets, formed 

 by a succession of exquisitely propor- 

 tioned waves and upward curves, is 

 not as conspicuous, though hardly less 

 ornamental at this season than the 

 fruit. 



As a shrub, being among the very 

 first to bloom, it decorates the forest 

 borders in spring, or stands conspicu- 

 ously within the forest. It is found 

 everywhere in the Appalachian region. 

 In the coastal plain it is associated 

 with the longleaf pine, or may be seen 

 among broadleaf trees, or standing 

 among red junipers, as tall as they and 

 quite at home in their company. 

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