NATIVE WOODY PLANTS OF THE UNITED STATES 79 
Callicarpa americana L. (pl. 5, A). French mulberry. 
Range: 17, 20, 25, 28, 29, 30. 
Site: Dry, well-drained, moist, sun, shade. 
Fruit: Berrylike drupe, available August—November. 
A large, bushy shrub, or rarely somewhat viny; flowers June—July; com- 
monly occurs in rich soil, but grows also in poor ones; may grow in sand, 
clay, loam, and other neutral soils; propagated by seed or cuttings, 85,000 
seeds per pound, germination about 40 percent; about 10,000 usable plants 
per pound of seed. 
Stomach records: 10 species of birds, including bobwhite. Observations: 
Five species of birds, including bobwhite; ranked as forty-first on the list of 
quail food plants of the southeastern United States; captive marsh rabbits. 
Calligonum canescens, see Atriplex canescens. 
Calycanthus fertilis Walt. Mountain spicewood. 
C. nanus Loisel., Butneria, fertilis (Walt.) Kearn., B. nana (Loisel.) Small. 
Range: 27, 28, 29. 
Site: Well-drained, moist, sun. 
Fruit: Capsule; available in September, persistent through the 
winter. 
A large shrub; flowers March—August; usually occurs on rich, nearly neutral 
Soil; propagation is by seeds sown in spring. Considered deleterious to cattle. 
Calycanthus floridus L. Carolina allspice. 
Butneria florida (.) Kearn. 
Range: 29, 30. 
Site: Well-drained, moist, sun, shade. 
Fruit: Capsule. 
A large shrub; flowers April—August; usually occurs in rich, neutral soil; 
propagation is by seed sown in spring. 
Calyecanthus mohri Small. 
Butneria mohri Small. 
Range: 27. 
Site: Well-drained, sun. 
Fruit: Capsule. 
A small to large shrub. 
Calycanthus nanus, see Calycanthus fertilis. 
Calyecanthus occidentalis Hook. and Arn. California sweetshrub. 
Butneria occidentalis (Hook. and Arn.) Greene. 
Range: 4. 
Site: Well-drained, sun. 
Fruit: Capsule. 
A small to large shrub; flowers June-August; occurs from 800 to 8,800 feet. 
Observations: Of slight importance as browse for mule deer. Reputed to be 
poisonous to stock, but this may be questionable. 
Calycocarpum lyonii (Pursh) Nutt. Cupseed. 
Menispermum lyon Pursh. 
Range: 22, 25, 28, 29, 30. 
Site: Well-drained, moist, sun, shade. 
Fruit: Drupe, available August—October. 
A high-climbing and twining vine; flowers May—June; often for the most part 
herbaceous; fruit ripens irregularly ; commonly climbs over bushes along stream 
banks. 
Campsis radicans (L.) Seem. Trumpetcreeper. 
Tecoma radicans (L.) Juss., Bignonia radicans (l.) DC. 
Range: 20, 22, 25, 27, 28, 29, 30. 
Site: Dry, well-drained, moist, sun. 
Fruit: Capsule; available August-October or persistent through the 
winter. 
An exceedingly rapid-growing tree-climbing vine; flowers all summer; some- 
what herbaceous in cultivated fields where it is often considered a troublesome 
weed, especially southward; grows on coal-stripped lands in Illinois; said to be 
narcotic, but not known to be eaten by domestic animals; much cultivated and 
with several varieties known. 
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