258 MISC. PUBLICATION 303, U. S. DEPT. OF AGRICULTUKE 
Observations: Porcupine, jack rabbit, Ziini prairie dog, painted chipmunk; 
Cary San Luis chipmunk, western chipmunk. A valuable fall and winter 
browse for livestock provided it is eaten with other forage in ordinary amoimts ; 
young stems and fresh leaves in the spring have caused livestock poisoning. 
Sassafras albidum (Nutt.) Nees. Sassafras. 
8. varii folium (Salisb.) Kuntze., /S. sassafras (L) Karst., officinale Nees 
and Eberm., Laurus aJhida Nutt. 
Range : 20, 22, 28, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30. 
Site: Dry, well-drained, sun. 
Fruit : Drupe ; available August-October. 
Usually a large shrub, less commonly a small to large tree; occurs on many 
kinds of soils including sand ; reproduces extensively by means of root stocks ; 
densely thicket forming ; dioecious ; coppices freely after cutting ; wood very 
durable, somewhat used commercially ; a pioneer species in old fields ; often a 
troublesome weed. 
Sfomacli records: Eighteen species of birds including bobwhite; woodchuck. 
Ohservatioyis: Ten species of birds; ranks twenty-sixth on the list of quail 
food plants in the Southeast ; marsh rabbit, woodchuck, wild turkey ; black 
bear, white-tailed deer. 
Sassafras offlcinale, see Sassafras aididum. 
Sassafras sassafras, see Sassafras alhidum. 
Sassafras variifolium, see Sassafras aWidiim. 
Savia phyllanthoides, see Andracline pliyUantlioides. 
Schaeiferia cuneifolia Gray. Desert yaupon. 
Range : 11, 17, 20. 
Site : Dry, sun. 
Fruit : Dry drupe ; available in May. 
A small, densely-branched, spinose shrub ; slow growing ; easily transplanted. 
Schinus fagara, see Xanilioxylum fagara. 
Schizonotus discolor, see Holodiscus discolor. 
Schmaltzia affinis, see Rhus trilodata. 
Schmaltzia anisophylla, see Rhus trilohafa. 
Schmaltzia arenaria, see Rhus aromatica. 
Schmaltzia aromatica, see Rhus aromatica. 
Schmaltzia ashei, see Rlius ashel. 
Schmaltzia bakeri, see Rhus trilotata. 
Schmaltzia cognata, see Rhus trilohata. 
Schmaltzia copallina, see Rhus copaUina. 
Schmaltzia cruciata, see Rhus trilohata. 
Schmaltzia emoryi, see Rhus triloMta. 
Schmaltzia glabra, see Rhus glabra. 
Schmaltzia glahrata, see Rhus trilodata. 
Schmaltzia glauea, see Rhus tnlobata. 
Schmaltzia glomerata, see Rhus trilodata. 
Schmaltzia hirta, see Rhus typhina. 
Schmaltzia illinoensis, see Rhus aromatica. 
Schmaltzia lanceolata, see Rhus copallina. 
Schmaltzia leiocarpa, see Rhus trilotata. 
Schmaltzia malacophylla, see Rhus trilodata. 
Schmaltzia mlchaiixii, see Rhus michauxii. 
