NATIVE WOODY PLANTS OF THE UNITED STATES 
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Var. glal)rescens (Heller) Jeps. {H. gla'brescens Heller, Sericotheca glah- 
rescens (Greenm.) Rydb., S. obovata Rydb.), occurring in regions 4, 12, and 
13, is a more spreading type. 
Observations: Black-tailed deer. Of minor importance as browse for live- 
stock. 
Ilolodiscus dumostis (Nutt.) Heller. 
Sericotheca damosa (Nutt.) Rydb., Spiraea diimosa Nutt. 
Range: 9, 10, 11, 13, 14. 
Site : Dry, well-drained, sun. 
Fruit: Follicle. 
A small to large, compact shrub ; often forms large clumps. 
Observations: Yosemite cony. 
Holodiscus glabrescens, see Holodiscus discolor. 
Holodiscus microphyllus, see Holodiscus discolor. 
Holodiscus schaflfneri (Rydb.) Standi. 
Sericotheca schaffneri Rydb. 
Range: 9, 11. 
Site: Dry, sun. 
Fruit: Follicle. 
A small shrub. 
Hopea tinctoria, see Symplocos tinctoria. 
Horsfordia alata (Wats.) Gray. 
Range: 10. 
Site : Dry, well-drained, sun. 
Fruit: Dry carpel. 
A large shrub ; flowers April-December. 
Horsfordia newberryi (Wats.) Gray. K'ewberry falsemallow, 
Abutilon neivherryi Wats. 
Range: 10. 
Site: Dry, sun. 
Fruit : Dry carpel. 
A small to large shrub with virgate branches ; flowers April-May. Appar- 
ently not palatable to livestock. 
Hosackia balsamifera, see Lotus stipularis. 
Hosackia macrophylla, see Lotus stipularis. 
Hosackia stipularis, see Lotus stipularis. 
Houstonia fasciculata Gray. 
Range: 11, 17. 
Site: Dry, sun. 
Fruit: Capsule. 
A small, spreading shrub. 
Hudsonia ericoides L. Gold-heather. 
Range: 26, 27, 28, 29. 
Site: Dry, well-drained, sun. 
Fruit: Capsule. 
A small, bushy evergreen shrub, often occurs on sandy or rocky soil ; flowers 
in May ; occurs mainly along the coast. 
Hudsonia montana Nutt. 
Range: 27. 
Site: Dry, sun. 
Fruit: Capsule. 
A small, bushy evergreen shrub ; very local in occurrence but probably once 
more widely distributed. 
Hudsonia tomentosa Nutt. Beach-heather. 
Range: 23, 24, 26, 27, 28, 29. 
Site: Dry, well-drained, sun. 
Fruit : Capsule. 
A small evergreen shrub; flowers May- July; occurs in sand; intricately 
branched and matted. 
