168 MISC. PUBLICATION 303, U. S. DEPT. OF AGRICULTURE 
Melochia tomentosa L. 
Range: 17. 
Site: Dry, well-drained, sun. 
Fruit: Capsule. 
A small shrub. 
Menispermum canadense L. Moonseed. 
Range: 21, 22, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30. 
Site: Well-drained, moist, sun shade. 
Fruit: Drupe, available September—October. 
A twining or clambering vine; flowers June—J uly ; exceptionally fast growing; 
spreads by means of suckers; berries poisonous to humans. Livestock seldom, 
if ever, eat the plant. 
Menispermum lyonii, see Calycocarpum lyonii. 
Menodora spinescens Gray. Menodora. 
Range: 4, 9, 10. 
Site: Dry, sun. 
Fruit: Capsule. 
A small spinose shrub with small leaves. 
fenziesia ferruginea Sm. Rustyleaf. 
M. gabella Gray. 
Range: 1, 4, 12, 23. 
Site: Well-drained, moist, shade. 
Fruit: Capsule, availabie August-September. 
A small to large shrub; fiowers May—June. Poisonous to livestock when eaten 
in large quantities. 
Menziesia glabella, see Menziesia ferruginea. 
Menziesia glandulifiora, see Phyllodoce giandulifiora. 
Menziesia pilosa (Michx.) Pers. Minnie-bush. 
Azalea pilosa Michx. 
Range: 27. 
Site: Well-drained, shade. 
Fruit: Capsule. 
A small to large shrub; flowers May—June. 
Microrhamnus ericoides Gray. Javelin brush. 
Range: 11, 16, 17. 
Site: Dry, sun. 
Fruit: Drupe, available in May. 
A small to large, spiny evergreen shrub with minute leaves. 
Mimosa angustissima, see Acacia anguStissima. 
Mimosa berlandieri, see Mimosa pigra. 
Mimosa biuncifera Benth. Catclaw. 
M. prolifica Wats., Mimosopsis biuncifera (Benth.) Britt. and Rose. 
Range: 10, 11, 16, 20. 
Site: Dry, sun. 
Fruit: Legume, available in September. 
A small, rarely large, thorny shrub. 
Stomach records: Scaled quail. Observations: Gambel and scaled quail; par- 
ticularly palatable to captive deer. Fairly good browse for livestock. 
Mimosa borealis Gray. 
M. fragrans Gray, M. texana Small, M. borealis texrana Gray. 
Range: 11, 16, 17, 20. 
Site: Dry, sun. 
Fruit: Legume. 
A small to large, much-branched, spiny, rigid shrub. Browsed by livestock 
but brittle and apt to be broken down with overgrazing. 
Mimosa dysocarpa Benth. Velvetpod mimosa. 
Range: 11. 
Site: Dry, sun. 
Fruit: Legume, available in August. 
A small to large, spiny shrub. 
Observations: Gambel and scaled quail. Considered fair browse for live- 
stock. 
Catclaw. 
