. Common plants of longleaf pine-bluestem range. Plant ecology; Grasses; Forage plants. SWAMP CYRILLA Cyrilla racemijlora L. Few plants are known by as many common names as this evergreen shrub of the Coastal Plain. Iron- wood, he-huckleberry, red titi, white titi, and leath- erwood are among those applied. Swamp cyrilla is a principal component of titi swamps and thickets in Florida, Alabama, and Mississippi. It also forms dense borders along streams and ponds, often mixed with the closely related buckwheat-tree. Swamp cyrilla may reach 30 feet in height and 1 foot in trunk diameter, but comm
. Common plants of longleaf pine-bluestem range. Plant ecology; Grasses; Forage plants. SWAMP CYRILLA Cyrilla racemijlora L. Few plants are known by as many common names as this evergreen shrub of the Coastal Plain. Iron- wood, he-huckleberry, red titi, white titi, and leath- erwood are among those applied. Swamp cyrilla is a principal component of titi swamps and thickets in Florida, Alabama, and Mississippi. It also forms dense borders along streams and ponds, often mixed with the closely related buckwheat-tree. Swamp cyrilla may reach 30 feet in height and 1 foot in trunk diameter, but commonly is 15 feet or less in height and no more than 6 inches in diam- eter. Stems branch profusely, forming almost im- penetrable thickets. Plants are smooth and hairless throughout. Leaves are alternate, 2 to 4 inches long, and % to 1 inch wide. Their texture is leathery, and shape varies from ovate to elliptical. The blades have a profuse network of prominent veins. Leaves re- maining on plants in winter turn red or orange. In the spring, white-petaled flowers are borne in cylindrical racemes 3 to 6 inches long. Whorls of 6 to 10 racemes encircle branches where current growth joins that of the previous season. Each flower is less than % inch wide and has 5 sepals, 5 petals, and 5 stamens. Cyrilla is a preferred browse plant for deer. In thickets, it also provides escape cover for wildlife. Honey from cyrilla flowers is esteemed by many residents of the southeastern Coastal Plain. Cattle may eat the leaves in winter if better feed is lack- ing. Range: Coastal Plain, from east Texas and south- ern Missouri to Florida and southern Virginia. Stems to 10 m. in height and 30 cm. in diameter, branches spreading, irregular; leaves simple, entire, persistent, alter- nate, glabrous, lustrous and dark green above, lighter and duller below, mature leaves conspicuously reticulate-veined, 5-10 cm. long, 7-25 mm. wide, oblanceolate or obovate to nearly elliptic; flowers in cylindrical raceme
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