NATIVE WOODY PLANTS OF THE UNITED STATES 153 
Lavatera assurgentiflora Kellogg. Californea treemallow. 
Sanviniona assurgentifiora Greene. 
Range: 5. 
Site: Well-drained, sun. 
Fruit: Dry carpel. 
A large shrub; has been much used in windbreak plantings; from seed reaches 
6 feet in height, and blooms the first year. 
Ledum buxifolium, see Leiophyllum buavifolium. 
Ledum columbianum Piper. 
Range: 1. 
Site: Moist, sun. 
Fruit: Capsule. 
A small evergreen shrub; flowers in June; common in acid bogs. 
Ledum glandulosum Nutt. Smooth Labrador-tea. 
Range: 4, 12, 13. 
Site: Moist, sun. 
Fruit: Capsule, available August-September. 
A small to large evergreen shrub; flowers May—June; common in acid bogs. 
Observations: Mountain beaver. Only slightly toxic to livestock. 
Ledum groenlandicum Oeder. Labrador-tea. 
Range: 4, 12, 28, 24, 26, 27. 
Site: Well-drained, moist, sun, shade. 
Fruit: Capsule, available in August. 
A small evergreen shrub; flowers May-June; common in acid bogs. 
Stomach records: Sharp-tailed grouse; composed 1.8 percent of winter food of 
northern sharp-tailed grouse in Ontario and Quebec. Poisonous to eattle, 
although a high-ranking summer food for reindeer. Odservations: Casually 
browsed by northern white-tailed deer. 
Leiophyllum buxifolium (Berg.) Hl. Box sandmyrtle, 
Ledum busifoliwm Berg., Dendrium buxifolium (Berg.) Desv. 
Range: 28, 29, 30. 
Site: Well-drained, sun, shade. 
Fruit: Capsule. 
A small, widely-branched evergreen shrub; flowers May—June; occurs on sand. 
Leiophyllum hugeri (Small) Sch. 
Dendrium hugeri Small. 
Range: 27, 28. 
Site: Well-drained, sun. 
Fruit: Capsule. 
A small, much-branched evergreen shrub. 
Leiophyllum lyonii Sweet. 
Dendrium lyonii (Sweet) Small. 
Range: 27. 
Site: Dry, well-drained, sun. 
Fruit: Capsule. 
A small, copiously-branched evergreen shrub; euelie decumbent and with 
matted branches. 
Leitneria floridana Chapm. Corkwood. 
Range: 20, 25, 29, 30. 
Site: Well-drained, moist, sun. 
Fruit: Leathery drupe, available May—September. 
A small shrub to small tree; flowers March—April; spreads by suckers; does 
well only on peaty soils; wood lighter than cork. 
Lepargyrea argentea, see Shepherdia argentea. 
Lepargyrea canadensis, see Shepherdia canadensis. 
Lepargyrea rotundifolia, see Shepherdia rotundifolia. 
Lepidanthus phyllanthoides, see Andrachne phyllanthoides. 
