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Viburnum obovatum Walter. 



Range. — Virginia to Florida. Plant gives off a strong characteristic odor. 



NAME IN USE 



Small Viburnum (lit.) 



Family COMPOSITE 

 BACCHAEIS Linnaeus 



Baccharis halimifolia Linnaeus. Groundsel-tree. 



Range. — Massachusetts (beaches and coastal marshes) to Florida and west- 

 ward to Texas. 



NAMES IN USE 



Groundsel Tree (lit.). Groundselbush (lit.) 



Baccharis glomeruliflora Persoon. 



Range. — North Carolina to Florida. (In and about swamps. On the coast 

 and in the interior of Florida trunks reaching about 4 inches in diameter — fide 

 J. K. Small.) 



FOREST SERVICE POLICY IN SELECTING STANDARD NAMES FOR 

 TREES AND WOODS 



In the interest of good trade practice and of protecting the con- 

 sumer from obtaining inferior woods under the guise of misleading 

 names, it is important that so far as practicable different trees and 

 woods bear distinctive common names, that the names be uniformly 

 used, and that concerted efforts be made to prevent adding to the 

 present confusion through getting into circulation further misleading 

 or ill-chosen names. In selecting standard common names of trees 

 and woods for its own use, as well as for the purpose of furnishing 

 helpful guidance to the interested public, the United States Forest 

 Service has used the following principles: 



1. The names of different trees and woods should be clear-cut and 

 distinctive. They should not be ambiguous, confusing, or misleading. 



2. So far as possible a tree and the lumber cut from it should be 

 called by the same name. 



3. Attempts to standardize common names are met at the outset 

 by preexisting common names for most trees and woods — names that 

 are hard to change and that must be given much weight. Preference 

 should be given to the most widely used common name, provided it is 

 not misleading. Artificially coined names should be adopted only as 

 a last resort. This principle applies not only to native but to foreign 

 woods. Aboriginal or native names, like mahogany and teak, should 

 when practicable be used for imported woods instead of artificial or 

 borrowed names, whose purpose often is to mislead the consumer. 



4. Common names of trees and woods should, so far as possible, 

 follow the major botanical groupings of trees. These groupings are 

 based on inherent, recognizable resemblances; they constittite a 

 logical, coherent, and universally recognized order and system To 



