NATIVE WOODY PLANTS OF THE UNITED STATES 
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Clematis virginiana L. Virginia clematis. 
Range : 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29. 
Site: Dry, well-drained, sun. 
Fruit: Achene, available August-September. 
A climbing vine; flowers July-September. 
Var. missouriensis (Rydb.) Palm, and Steyerm., (C. missouriensis Rydb.) 
occurs in regions 22, 24, and 25. 
Clethra acuminata Michx. White-alder. 
Range: 27. 
Site: Well-drained, shade. 
Fruit: Capsule. 
A large shrub to small tree ; ordinarily occurs on noncalcareous soil ; flowers 
July-August; rarely attacked by insects or diseases; propagated by seeds 
sown under glass in winter or spring. 
Clethra alnifolia L. Sweet pepperbush. 
Range : 26, 27, 28, 29, 30. 
Site: Well-drained, moist, sun, shade. 
Fruit: Capsule. 
A large shrub ; flowers July-August ; may occur in acid swamps or sandy 
woods; commonly persistent on sandy soil in the South; rarely attacked by 
insects or diseases; propagated like the preceding. 
Clethra tomentosa Lam. 
C. alnifolia tomentosa Michx. 
Range: 29, 30. 
Site: Moist, sun. 
Fruit: Capsule. 
A small to large shrub; flowers August-September, and occasionally in win- 
ter; propagated like the preceding. 
Cliftonia monophylla (Lam.) Sarg. Titi. 
Range: 29, 30. 
Site: Moist, sun. 
Fruit : A dry drupe, available August-September. 
A large shrub to small or large tree; evergreen; flowers in April; stems 
often contorted. Browsed somewhat by livestock. A honey plant. 
Clinop odium carolinianum, see Clinopodium georgianum. 
Clinopodium coccineum (Nutt.) Kuntze. 
Range: 29, 30. 
Site: Well-drained, sun. 
Fruit: Nutlet. 
A small shrub ; flowers all year, and ordinarily occurs in sand. 
Clinopodium georgianum Harper. 
G. carolinianum (Michx.) Heller. 
Range : 28, 29, 30. 
Site : Dry, well-drained, sun. 
Fruit: Nutlet. 
A small shrub ; flowers summer-fall. 
Cneoridium dumosum (Nutt.) Hook. f. 
Pitavia dumosa Nutt. 
Range : 5. 
Site: Dry, sun. 
Fruit : Fleshy, drupelike capsule. 
A small to large, much-branched evergreen shrub ; flowers March-April. 
Cocculus carolinus DC. Carolina moonseed. 
Cebatha Carolina Britt., Epibaterium carolinum (L) Britt. 
Range : 11, 17, 20, 25, 28, 29, 30. 
Site: Dry, well-drained, moist, sun, shade. 
Fruit: Drupe; available September-October, persistent over winter 
southward. 
A climbing, bushy vine; semievergreen southward; commonly found along 
hedgerows and roadways. 
Stomach records: Three species of birds. 
