NATIVE WOODY PLANTS OF THE UNITED STATES 69 
Baccharis ramulosa Gray. Yerba-de-pasmo. 
B. pteronioides DC. 
Range: 11, 14. 
Site: Dry, sun. 
Fruit: Achene. 
A small to large dioecious shrub; rarely grazed by stock except on over- 
grazed range; poisonous to sheep. 
Baccharis salicina Torr. and Gray. Willow baccharis. 
Range: 11, 15, 16. 
Site: Moist, sun. 
Fruit: Achene, available in August. 
A large shrub; flowers May-July and occurs in saline soil. 
Baccharis sarothroides Gray. Rosinbrush. 
Range: 5, 10, 11. 
Site: Dry, well-drained, moist, sun. 
Fruit: Achene. 
A small to large, broomlike, much-branched shrub with few leaves. Not 
palatable to livestock. 
Baccharis viminea DC. Mulefat. 
Range: 3, 5, 9, 10. 
Site: Well-drained, moist, sun. 
Fruit: Achene. 
A large, loosely-branched shrub; flowers July—August. 
Observations: California mule deer. 
Batodendron arboreum, see Vaccinium arboreum. 
Bebbia juncea (Benth.) Greene. 
Carphephorus junceus Benth. 
Range: 5, 9, 10, 11. 
Site: Dry, well-drained, moist, sun. 
Fruit: Achene. 
A small to large shrub with rushlike branches. 
Befaria racemosa Vent. Tarflower. 
Range: 29, 30. 
Site: Well-drained, sun, shade. 
Fruit: Capsule. 
A small to large evergreen shrub; flowers spring—fall; very ornamental in 
flower. 
Beloperone californica Benth. Chuperosa. 
Range: 10, 11. 
Site: Well-drained, moist, sun. 
Fruit: Capsule, available in April. 
A small, spreading shrub; leafless in dry seasons; the capsules, which break 
open violently, are sometimes infested with seed-destroying larvae. 
Observations: Very attractive to hummingbirds. Locally browsed by live- 
stock. 
Benzoin aestivale (L.) Nees. Spicebush. 
Range: 20, 22, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29. 
Site: Well-drained, moist, sun, shade. 
Fruit: Drupe, available August-September, earlier southward, per- 
sistent or not. 
A large, bushy shrub; flowers March—May; usually occurs in slightly acid 
soil; a rich soil species but often persistent in clearings; propagated by seeds 
sown as soon as ripe; fruit crops ordinarily light, locally heavy. 
Stomach records: Seventeen species of birds, including ruffed grouse, bob- 
white, and ring-necked pheasant; opossum. Observations: Seven species of 
birds; cottontail rabbit, marsh rabbit, white-tailed deer. 
Benzoin melissaefolium (Walt.) Nees. Southern spicebush. 
Range: 25, 27, 28, 29, 30. 
Site: Well-drained, moist, sun. 
Fruit: Drupe, available September—October. 
A small to large shrub; very showy in the February—March flowering season. 
Observations: Marsh rabbit. 
