NATIVE WOODY PLANTS OF THE UNITED STATES 
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Callicarpa americana L. (pi. 5, A). Trench 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., Biftneria, 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 fiorida (L.) 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. 
Calycanthus mohri Small. 
Butneria mohri Small. 
Range: 27. 
Site: Well-drained, sun. 
Fruit: Capsule. 
A small to large shrub. 
Calycanthus nanus, see Calycanthus fertilis. 
Calycanthus 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 3,800 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 lyonii 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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