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A large thorny tree; flowers May-July; foliage sparse; usually occurs on 
alluvial soils ; very resistant to drought ; somewhat tolerant of salinity ; root 
system deep, widespreading or superficial ; rapid growing, rather long-lived ; 
wind-firm ; free from disease and insects ; badly injured by fire ; widely culti- 
vated ; root nodules not formed ; coppices freely ; grows in many kinds of soils ; 
wood very durable, used commercially; easily transplanted; propagation is by 
seeds stratified and soaked in hot water before sowing in spring; about 3,000 
seeds per pound, germination 73-90 percent, about 1,000 usable plants per 
pound of seed. A probable hybrid between this and G. aquatica has been de- 
scribed as texana Sarg. There is a thornless variety (var. inermis Pursh.) 
Stomach records: Bobwhite, starling. Observations: White-tailed deer, snow- 
shoe hare, cottontail rabbit, gray squirrel. Fruit greedily eaten by cattle. 
Glossopetalon mionandrum, see Forsellesia mionandrum. 
Glossopetalon nevadense, see Forsellesia spinescens. 
Glossopetalon pungens, see Forsellesia pungens. 
Glossopetalon spinescens, see Forsellesia spinescens. 
Gordonia lasianthus (L.) Ellis. Loblolly bay. 
Range: 29, 30. 
Site: Moist, sun. 
Fruit: Capsule. 
A large shrub to small or large tree ; flowers in July ; short-lived. 
Grayia brandegei Gray. Spineless hop-sage. 
Range: 9. 
Site: Dry, sun. 
Fruit : Achene. 
A small shrub. Considered a valuable winter forage for livestock. 
Grayia polygaloides, see Grayia spinosa. 
Grayia spinosa (Hook.) Moq. Spiny hop-sage. 
G. polygaloides Hook, and Arn., Chenopodium spinosum Hook. 
Range : 7, 8, 9, 10, 12, 13. 
Site: Dry, well-drained, moist, sun. 
Fruit: Achene, available July-August. 
A small, much-branched, spinose, stiff, monoecious or dioecious shrub ; flowers 
April-May ; may occur on alkaline soil. 
Observations: Somewhat eaten in dry seasons by Oregon jack rabbit. Browsed 
by livestock and considered good forage for sheep and cattle. 
Grossulaiia amara, see Ribes amarum. 
Grossnlaria binominata, see Ribes binominatum. 
Grossularia californica, see Ribes calif ornicum. 
Grossularia cognata, see Ribes cognatum. 
Grossularia curvata, see Ribes curvatum. 
Grossularia cynosbatii, see Ribes cynosbatii. 
Grossularia divaricata, see Ribes divaricatum. 
Grossularia hesperia, see Ribes hesperium. 
Grossularia hirtella, see Ribes hirtellum. 
Grossularia inermis, see Ribes inerme. 
Grossularia irrigua, see Ribes irriguum. 
Grossularia lasianthum, see Ribes leptanthum. 
Grossularia leptantha, see Ribes leptanthum. 
Grossularia lobbii, see Ribes lobbii. 
Grossularia marshallii, see Ribes marshallii. 
Grossularia menziesii, see Ribes menziesii. 
Grossularia missouriensis, see Ribes missouriense. 
Grossularia nivea, see Ribes niveum. 
Grossularia oxyacanthoides, see Ribes oxyacanthoides. 
