NATIVE WOODY PLANTS OF THE UNITED STATES 
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Amorpha fruticosa L. Indigobush. 
A. occidentalis Abrams, A. fragrans Sweet, A. fruticosa angustifolia Pursh, 
A. angustifolia (Pursh) Boynton. 
Range : 5, 10, 11, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25. 27, 28, 29. 
Site : Well-drained, moist, sun, shade. 
Fruit : Legume, available in August. 
A small to large shrub with rather sparse foliage; flowers May-July; often 
grows in clumps ; rarely attacked by insects or disease ; often occurs on calca- 
reous soil ; very variable and with a number of varieties in cultivation ; grows 
on coal-stripped lands in Illinois; 55,000-60,000 seeds per pound, germination 
60-70 percent, about 10,000 usable plants per pound of seed. 
Stomach records: Bobwhite. Possibly poisonous to livestock. 
Amorpha glabra Desf. Mountain-indigo. 
A. montana Boynton. 
Range: 29, 30. 
Site : Dry, well-drained, moist, sun. 
Fruit: Legume. 
A small to large shrub ; flowers May-June. 
Amorpha herbacea Walt. 
Range: 29, 30. 
Site : Dry, well-drained, sun. 
Fruit: Legume. 
A small shrub ; flowers June-July ; ordinarily occurs on sandy or sterile soil 
Amorpha hispidula, see Amorpha calif ornica. 
Amorpha laevigata Nutt. 
Range: 20, 25, 29, 80. 
Site : Well-drained, moist, sun. 
Fruit: Legume. 
A large shrub; pods one-seeded. 
Amorpha microphylla Pursh. Dwarf indigobush. 
A. nana Nutt. 
Range: 14, 15, 18, 22, 23. 
Site : Dry, sun. 
Fruit: Legume, available in July. 
A small shrub; flowers May-June; about 60,000 seeds per pound; germina- 
tion about 50 percent. 
Amorpha montana, see Amorpha glabra. 
Amorpha nana, see Amorpha microphylla. 
Amorpha nitens Boynton. 
Range: 29. 
Site: Moist, sun. 
Fruit: Legume. 
A small to large shrub ; flowers in July. 
Amorpha occidentalis, see Amorpha fruticosa. 
Amorpha paniculata Torr. and Gray. 
Range: 11, 20, 29, 30. 
Site: Well-drained, moist, sun. 
Fruit: Legume. 
A large shrub ; often occurs in salt marshes. 
Amorpha schwerinii Schneid. 
Range: 28. 
Site: Dry, well-drained, sun. 
Fruit: Legume. 
A large shrub. 
Amorpha tennesseensis Shuttlew. 
Range: 25, 27, 29. 
Site: Well-drained, moist, sun. 
Fruit: Legume. 
A large shrub. 
Schwerin-indigo. 
Tennessee-indigo. 
