INTRODUCTION 



The Southeastern States, as here restricted, have a flora 

 distinctly justifying their treo.tment as a separate region. As 

 in cases of other districts, however, there is overlapping of plant 

 distrihutions on all margins. Persons living near the "borders can 

 take advantage of recommendations made for the neighboring region 

 as well as for their own. In the Southeastern States the southern 

 Appalachian highlands also require special treatment; here plants 

 recommended for the northeastern region, particularly for the 

 southern portion thereof, may well "be used. See B»S. Leaflet No. 

 44. 



The immediate vicinity of the Atlrxitic Coast in this region 

 presents conditions suitable for plants that thrive in northern 

 Florida. Nomes of those plants may be found in S.S. Leaflet No. 50. 



Table 1 shows groups of fleshy fruits most attractive to 

 birds throughout the United States and lists desirable kinds of 

 birds most fond of the frait. No barberries, currants, or buck- 

 thorns are listed, because they harbor rusts destructive to plants 

 of economic importance. Junipers are in almost the same category, 

 as they serve as alternate hosts for apple rust, but there is no 

 reason v^-hy they cannot be used in districts where apples are not 

 commercially grovm, as they are among the most valuable plants for 

 Vifildlife. Omitted also are plants poisonous to m?ji on contact, as 

 poison ivy ond poison sumac, as well as various kinds dangerously 

 poisonous to domestic animals, as yews, wild cherries, and night- 

 shades, in spite of the fact that wild cherries are greatly relished 

 by birds. Browsing animals are known to have been killed by feeding 

 on the leo.ves of wild cherries but do not seem to be so seriously 

 affected by those of pl-amso Certain plants included among fleshy 

 fruit bearers in previous publications have been transferred to the 

 list of seed producers, hence do not appear in the present series of 

 leaflets. These include magnolia ( Magnolia ) , bittersYjeet ( Celastrus ), 

 and burningbush ( Suonymius ). 



It should be noted that the fruit-bearing seasons recorded, 

 being collected from, varied sources, tend to be maxima. As a rule 

 they are not likely to be realized or even approached in a single 

 locality unless numerous specimens of a given species are present 

 and so distributed in sun and shade as to favor both early and late 

 fruiting. 



The word " extralimital" as here used in the heading of table 3 

 covers plants from other States or regions of the United States as 

 well as wholly introduced, exotic, or foreign plants. 



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