NATIVE WOODY PLANTS OF THE UNITED STATES Le 
Fendlera rupicola Gray. 
Range: 9, 11, 16, 17, 20. 
Site: Dry, well-drained, sun. 
Fruit: Capsule, available July—August. 
A large shrub; flowers May—June; will endure intense heat and considerable 
drought. 
Observations: Much used by captive deer. Palatability high for goats in 
New Mexico, and closely grazed by cattle in central Arizona. 
Fendlera tomentella Thornb. 
Range: 11, 13, 14. 
Site: Dry, well-drained, sun. 
Fruit: Capsule. 
A small to large shrub. 
Fendlera wrightii (Gray) Heller. 
F. rupicola wrightii Gray. 
Range: 11. 
Site: Dry, sun. 
Fruit: Capsule. 
A small shrub; flowers May-June. 
Fendlerella cymosa, see Fendlerella, utahensis. 
Fendlerella utahensis (Wats.) Heller. 
F.. cymosa Greene, Whipplea utahensis Wats. 
Range: 9, 10, 11, 18, 14. 
Site: Dry, sun. 
Fruit: Capsule. 
A small, spreading, densely-branched shrub. 
Stomach records: Black-tailed deer. 
Flourensia cernua DC. Blackbrush. 
Helianthus cernuus Benth. and Hook. 
Range: 11, 16, 17. 
Site: Dry, sun. 
Fruit: Achene. 
A small to large, much-branched, erect or procumbent shrub; occurs on sandy 
and other soils. 
Observations: Somewhat eaten by jack rabbits. Not browsed by livestock 
except under extreme conditions. 
Forestiera spp. 
Observations (in addition to specific records) : Mexican raccoon. 
Forestiera acuminata (Michx.) Poir. Forestiera. 
Adelia acuminata Michx. 
Range: 20, 22, 25, 29, 30. 
Site: Well-drained, moist, sun, shade. 
Fruit: Drupe, available May—October. 
A large shrub, less commonly a small to large tree; flowers March-April; 
somewhat spiny; thicket forming; fruit much attacked and distorted by insects, 
but on falling into water keeps in perfect condition far into the succeeding 
spring. 
Stomach records: Wood duck, mallard. Observations: A good duck food. 
Forestiera angustifolia Torr. 
Adelia angustifolia, (Torr.) Kuntze. 
Range: 11, 17, 30. 
Site: Dry, well-drained, sun. 
Fruit: Drupe, available in June. 
A small to large, densely branched, stiff evergreen shrub. 
Stomach records: Sealed quail. Observations: Much eaten by scaled quail; 
extensively eaten by gray fox. 
Forestiera ligustrina (Michx.) Poir. 
Adelia ligustrina Michx. 
Range: 29, 30. 
Site: Dry, well-drained, moist, sun. 
Fruit: Drupe. 
A large, widely branched shrub; often occurs on limestone or sandy soils. 
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