NATIVE WOODY PLANTS OF THE UNITED STATES 
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Spiraea californica, see Vauquelinia californica. 
Spiraea corymbosa Raf. Dwarf spiraea. 
Bange: 27, 28. 
Site: Well-drained, sun. 
Fruit: Follicle. 
A small, sparsely-branched shrub ; flowers May-June. 
Spiraea densiflora Nutt. 
S. arhuscula Greene, S. helleri Rydb., 8. splendens Koch. 
Range: 1, 4, 12, 13, 15 (Black Hills). 
Site : Dry, well-drained, sun. 
Fruit: Follicle. 
A small shrub, flowers July-August ; forms dense mats. 
Spiraea discolor^ see Holodiscus discolor. 
Spiraea douglasii Hook. Douglas spiraea. 
Bange: 1, 2, 3, 4. 
Site: Well-drained, moist, sun. 
Fruit: Follicle, available September-October. 
A small to large shrub; flowers July-August; thicket forming by means of 
suckers. 
Spiraea diimosa, see Holodiscus dumosus. 
Spiraea glutinosa, see Chamaehatiaria millefolium. 
Spiraea helleri, see Spiraea densiflora. 
Spiraea latifolia (Ait.) Borkh. Meadowsweet. 
Bange; 26, 27. 
Site: Well-drained, moist, sun. 
Fruit: Follicle. 
A large, thicket-forming shrub ; flowers June-August. 
Stomach records: Buffed grouse. Ohservations : Ignored by deer in Massa- 
chusetts ; casually browsed by northern white-tailed deer in northern Michigan. 
Spiraea lucida Dougl. 
Bange: 2, 4, 6, 7, 12, 13, 15 (Black Hills). 
Site: Well-drained, sun. 
Fruit: Follicle. 
A small, sparsely branched shrub ; flowers May-July ; possesses creeping root- 
stocks; erect branches often die back annually too near the base. A possible 
hybrid between this and S. menziesii has been described as S. pyramidata 
Greene. It occurs in regions 1, 2, 4, and 12. 
Spiraea menziesii Hook. Menzies spiraea. 
Bange: 2, 4, 7, 8, 12. 
Site: Moist, sun. 
Fruit: Follicle. 
A small shrub; flowers June-August. Fair to good forage in the fall for 
sheep and cattle. 
Spiraea millefolium, see Chamaehatiaria millefolium. 
Spiraea opulifolia, see Physocarpus opuUfolius. 
Spiraea pauciflora, see Physocarpus malvaceus. 
Spiraea pyramidata, see Spiraea lucida. 
Spiraea salicifolia L. Wlllowleaf spiraea. 
Bange: 25, 27. 
Site: Well-drained, moist, sun. 
Fruit: Follicle. 
A small to large shrub ; introduced from Siberia and eastern Bussia and more 
or less escaped and naturalized in the regions indicated. 
Otservations : Bing-necked pheasant; cottontail rabbit. 
Spiraea splendens, see Spiraea densiflora. 
Spiraea suhcanescens, see Spiraea aWa. 
