226 ^^^^C. PUBLICATION 303. U. S. DEPT. OF AGRICULTURE 
Hhododendron austrimim (Small) Eehd. 
Azalea austrma Small. 
Range: 30. 
Site: Well-drained, moist, shade. 
Fruit: Capsule. 
A large shrub ; flowers April-May ; commonly occurs on sandy soil. 
Rhododendron calendulaceum (Michx.) Torr. riame azalea. 
Azalea caJenduIacea Michx., A. lutea L. 
Range: 27, 28. 
Site: Well-drained, sun, shade. 
Fruit: Capsule. 
A small to large shrub ; flowers May-^une ; branches erect or spreading ; very 
ornamental. 
ahododendron californicum Hook, California rose-bay. 
B. niacropJiyUum Don. 
Range: 1, 2. 
Site: Well-drained, sun. 
Fruit: Capsule. 
A small to large shrub or rarely a small tree ; evergreen ; flowers May-June ; 
considered poisonous to sheep. 
Ehododendron canadense (L.) B. S. P. Ehodora. 
R. canadense Torr., R. rliodora GmeL, RJiodora canadensis L. 
Range: 26, 27. 
Site: Well-drained, moist, sun. 
Fruit : Capsule. 
A small, much-branched shrub ; flowers in May. 
Rhododendron canescess (Michx.) Sweet. Hoary azalea. 
Azalea canescens Michx, not Smrdl. 
Range: 26, 27, 28, 29, 30. 
Site: Well-drained, moist, sun, shade. 
Fruit: Capsule. 
A large sparingly-branched shrub, flowers April-May ; occurs in sandy and 
other soils. 
Ehododendron carolinlanum Rehd. Carolina rhododendron. 
Range: 27. 
Site: Well-drained, sun. 
ij'ruit: Capsule. 
A large, much-branched evergreen shrub ; flowers April-May. 
Rhododendron catawbiense Michx. (pL 31). Catawba rhododendron. 
Range: 27, 28. 
Site : Dry, well-drained, moist, sun. 
Fruit: Capsule. 
A large evergreen shrub : flowers May-June ; often forms thickets covering 
extensive tracts of land ; poisonous to livestock either fresh or dry. 
Rhododendron cuthbertii, see Rhododendron mmus. 
Rhododendron lapponicnm (L.) Wahl, Lapland rose-bay. 
Azalea lapponica L. 
Range: 26. 
Site : Dry, well-drained, sun. 
Fruit: Capsule. 
A small, prostrate evergreen shrub, commonly occurring on alpine summits. 
Rhododendron macrophyllum, see Rhododendron calif ornicinu. 
Rhododendron maximnni L. Rhododendron. 
Range : 24, 26, 27. 
Site: Well-drained, moist, sun, shade. 
Fruit: Capsule. 
A large shrub to small tree ; evergreen ; flowers June-July ; thicket forming ; 
much cultivated. 
Stomach records: Sharp-tailed grouse; white-tailed deer. OT)servations: 
Eaten by deer but poisonous to them if taken in large quantities. Poisonous 
to stock, which avoid it unless very hungry. 
