FOREST TREES 
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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