NATIVE WOODT PLANTS OF THE UNITED STATES 
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Lavatera assurgentiflora Kellogg. Californea treemallow. 
Sanviniona assurgentiflora Greene. 
Range : 5. 
Site: Well-drained, sun. 
Fruit: Dry carpel. 
A large shrub ; has been much used in windbreak plantings ; from seed reaches 
6 feet in height, and blooms the first year. 
Ledum buxifolium, see Leiophyllum buxifolium. 
Ledum columbianum Piper. 
Range: 1. 
Site: Moist, sun. 
Fruit: Capsule. 
A small evergreen shrub ; flowers in June ; common in acid bogs. 
Ledum glandulosum Nutt. Smooth Labrador-tea. 
Range: 4, 12, 13. 
Site: Moist, sun. 
Fruit: Capsule, available August-September. 
A small to large evergreen shrub ; flowers May-June ; common in acid bogs. 
Ohservations : Mountain beaver. Only slightly toxic to livestock. 
Ledum groenlandicum Oeder. Labrador-tea. 
Range : 4, 12, 23, 24, 26, 27. 
Site : Well-drained, moist, sun, shade. 
Fruit: Capsule, available in August. 
A small evergreen shrub ; flowers May-June ; common in acid bogs. 
Stomach records: Sharp-tailed grouse; composed 3.8 percent of winter food of 
northern sharp-tailed grouse in Ontario and Quebec. Poisonous to cattle, 
although a high-ranking summer food for reindeer. Observations: Casually 
browsed by northern white-tailed deer. 
Leiophyllum buxifolium (Berg.) Ell. Box sandmyrtle. 
Ledum 'buxifolium Berg., Dendrium buxifolium (Berg.) Desv. 
Range: 28, 29, 30. 
Site: Well-drained, sun, shade. 
Fruit : Capsule. 
A small, widely-branched evergreen shrub ; flowers May-June ; occurs on sand. 
Leiophyllum hugeri (Small) Sch. 
Dendrium hugeri Small. 
Range: 27, 28. 
Site: Well-drained, sun. 
Fruit: Capsule. 
A small, much-branched evergreen shrub. 
Leiophyllum lyonii Sweet. 
Dendrium lyonii (Sweet) Small. 
Range: 27. 
Site: Dry, well-drained, sun. 
Fruit: Capsule. 
A small, copiously-branched evergreen shrub; usually decumbent and with 
matted branches. 
Leitneria floridana Chapm. Corkwood. 
Range: 20, 25, 29, 30. 
Site: Well-drained, moist, sun. 
Fruit : Leathery drupe, available May-September. 
A small shrub to small tree; flowers March-April; spreads by suckers; does 
well only on peaty soils ; wood lighter than cork. 
Lepargyrea argentea, see Shepherdia argentea. 
Lepargyrea canadensis, see Shepherdia canadensis. 
Lepargyrea rotundifolia, see Shepherdia rotundifolia. 
Lepidanthus phyllanthoides, see Andrachne phyllanthoides. 
