NATIVE WOODY PLANTS OF THE UNITED STATES 
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Leucothoe catesbaei (Walt.) Gray. 
Andromeda catesbaei Walt. 
Range : 27, 28. 
Site: Well-drained, moist, shade. 
Fruit: Capsule. 
A small to large evergreen shrub ; flowers in April ; branches long, spreading 
or recurved ; occurs on acid soils ; used commercially. 
leucothoe davisiae Torr. Blacklaurel. 
Oreocallis davisiae (Torr.) Small. 
Range: 1, 4. 
Site: Moist, sun, shade. 
Fruit: Capsule. 
A small evergreen shrub ; flowers in June ; occurs on acid soils. 1 to 2 ounces 
of leaves will kill a sheep. 
Leucothoe elongata Small. 
Eii'botrys elongata Small. 
Range: 29, 30. 
Site: Moist, sun. 
Fruit: Capsule. 
A large shrub ; occurs in acid swamps. 
Leucothoe racemosa (L.) Gray. 
Euhotrys racemosa (L. ) Nutt., Andromeda racemosa L. 
Range: 27, 28, 29, 30. 
Site: Well-drained, moist, sun, shade. 
Fruit: Capsule. 
A small to large, widely-branching shrub ; flowers May-June ; occurs in 
acid swamps. Poisonous to livestock, especially calves. 
Leucothoe recurva (Buckl.) Gray. 
Euhotrys recurva (Buckl.) Britt, Andromeda recurva Buckl. 
Range: 27. 
Site : Dry, well-drained, sun, shade. 
Fruit: Capsule. 
A small to large shrub ; flowers April-May ; occurs in acid soils. 
Libocedrus decurrens Torr. Incense cedar. 
Eeyderia decurrens (Torr.) Koch. 
Range: 1, 4, 5. 
Site: Dry, well-drained, sun, shade. 
Fruit: Cone; ripening August-September, seeds soon shed, cones per- 
sistent. 
A large, evergreen, usually dioecious, rarely monoecious tree ; root system 
compact, without a taproot ; grows on any soil but adobe and boulder wash ; 
high humidity is not essential for its growth ; slow growing, long-lived ; wind- 
firm ; somewhat susceptible to diseases and mistletoe ; wood of great importance 
commercially, very durable ; abundant seed crop produced every 8 years ; 11,000- 
17,000 seeds per pound; germination 20-40 percent; ornamental and in culti- 
vation. 
Observations: Of fair importance as browse for mule deer; mountain beaver. 
Ligustrum spp. Privets. 
In addition to the species listed below, L. sinense Lour,, the Chinese privet, 
and L. lucidum, the glossy privet, are sometimes spontaneous about towns in 
the South. Several species, notably those following, have been used success- 
fully in erosion control in the Piedmont, Atlantic, and Gulf Coastal Plains. 
Observations (in addition to specific records) : Fourteen species of birds, 
including bobwhite. 
Ligustrum ovalifolium Hassk. California privet. 
Range: 29, 30'. 
Site : Dry, well-drained, sun. 
Fruit: Berry, available in September, persistent. 
A large shrub to small tree ; nearly evergreen southward ; a native of Japan 
but more or less naturalized in the regions indicated ; much cultivated. 
