IQg MISC. PUBLICATION 303, U. S. DEPT. OF AGRICULTURE 
56.69 percent of food of eastern skunk in Michigan. Observations (in addition 
to specific records) : Thirty-four species of birds, including bobwhite, ruffed and 
pinnated grouse ; an important winter food of white-tailed deer ; beaver ; rabbit ; 
skunk; eastern chipmunk. 
Corrnis alternifolia L. f. Blue cornel. 
Svida alternifolia (L. f.) Small. 
Range : 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 29. 
Site : Dry, well-drained, sun, shade. 
Fruit: Drupe, available July-Septernber. 
A small to large shrub or rarely a small to large tree ; flowers May-July ; 
subject to a serious twig blight. 
Stomach records: Eleven species of birds, including ruffed grouse. Odserva- 
tions: Warbling vireo ; white-tailed deer, cottontail rabbit. 
Cormis amonrnm Mill. (PI. 10, A) Silky cornel. 
C. sericea L., Svida amomum (Mill.) Small. 
Range : 15, 18, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30. 
Site : Well-drained, moist, sun, shade. 
Fruit: Drupe, available August-September. 
A small to large, spreading shrub ; flowers May-July ; grows on coal-stripped 
lands in Illinois. 
Stomach records: Ten species of birds, including ruffed grouse and bobwhite. 
Observations : Ring-necked pheasant. 
Cormis asperifolia Michx. Roughleaf cornel. 
Svida asperifolia (Michx.) Small. 
Range : 17, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 27, 28, 29, 30. 
Site : Well-drained, moist, sun. 
Fruit : Drupe, available August-October. 
Usually a large shrub or rarely a small to large tree ; flowers May-June ; 
often occurs on sandy soil ; 16,600-21,000 seeds per pound. 
Stomach records: Forty-one species of birds, including ruffed grouse, bob- 
white, sharp-tailed grouse, and greater prairie chicken ; composed 3.5 percent of 
fall food of prairie chicken in Wisconsin; armadillo. Observations: Wild 
turkey, ring-necked pheasant, cottontail rabbit. 
Cornns baileyi Coult. and Evans. Bailey cornel. 
Svida baileyi (Coult. and Evans) Rydb. 
Range : 15, 18, 21, 23, 24, 26, 27. 
Site: Moist, sun. 
Fruit: Drupe, available July-October. 
A small to large shrub; ordinarily occurs in sand; flowers May-June. 
Stomach records: Bobwhite. 
Cormis californica Mey. Creek dogwood. 
Svida californica (Mey.) Abrams. 
Range: 3, 4, 5. 
Site: Well-drained, moist, sun. 
Fruit: Drupe, available July-November. 
A large shrub; flowers April-August; very closely related to C. stolonifera 
and perhaps more properly considered as a variety of that species. 
Observations: Of outstanding importance as browse for mule deer in Cali- 
fornia. 
Cornns candidissima, see Cornns foemina. 
Cornns circinata L'Her. Ronnd-leaved cornel. 
C. rugosa Lam., Svida rugosa (Lam.) Rydb. 
Range : 18, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27. 
Site: Dry, well-drained, sun, shade. 
Fruit: Drupe, available July-October. 
A large shrub ; flowers May-July ; occurs in sandy and other soils. 
Stomach records: Ruffed grouse, sharp-tailed grouse. Observations: Blue- 
headed vireo ; cottontail rabbit, moose. 
Cornns florida L. Flowering- dogwood. 
Cynoxylon floridtim (L.) Raf. 
Range : 20, 22, 23, 24, 25, 27, 28. 29, 30. 
Site : Dry, well-drained, sun, shade. 
Fruit: Drupe, available September-February. 
