Leatherhead


 * Leatherhead **

Producer or Consumer? Predator, prey, symbiotic relationship, mutual relationship? It is a producer because other animals eat them.
 * Description ****: ** Leatherwood is part of the Mezereum family. It is a stocky shrub 2-5 feet high. It is thick with light dull brown trunk (about 5 inches long). Has dull light green leaves, pointless thoughtless and mostly smooth. Leatherwood has very short stems and small flowers.

**Habitat & Range: ** It commonly grows in damp rich woods and thickets. North. It grows West to Ont. and Minn., and the south to Mo. and Fla.


 * Adaptations & Behavior **: native species


 * Ecological Interactions **: The bark is used as a medicine; as a emetic (causes vomiting).


 * Author **: Alexis Kitsakos


 * Sources **: Mathews, Shulyer; American trees and shrugs, 1915, GP Putnams son New York and London