Category Shrub

Higher forests, in the undergrowth of fir and oak forests or in open glades on dry ridges from 1500 – 2700 metres. Love

Shrub thickets among feather-grass steppes and steppelike meadows, dry slopes, riverside terraces, shore cliffs, forest margins, and mixed or pine forests. Love

Shaded areas at an elevation of 2100 – 2700 metres in Yunnan. Love

Cool, humid, tropical highlands. Evergreen broad-leaved forests at elevations of 100 – 1,500 metres, occasionally to 1,900 metres in southern China. Love

Rich low shady woodlands. Deciduous or mixed woodlands, along streams and rivers, margins of woodlands from sea level to 1850 metres. Love

Secondary vegetation, often in thickets. It is an aggressive colonizer on disturbed sites such as recent landslides and roadsides. Dry to wet thickets, often on steep open slopes, at elevations of 300 – 1,800 metres. Love

Not known in a truly wild situation. It is , however, sometimes found in grassy habitats in savannahs, shrubland and waste land. Love

It occupies most types of arid-land environment including stony slopes, sand dunes, and cracking-clay plains. It often occurs in desiccated, barren, hard, and even fire-scorched sites. It often sprouts directly out of termite mounds. Love

Shrubberies, grassy and rocky slopes up to 2500 metres. Found in heavy shade, on north-facing slopes and on open hillsides in the drier areas. Love

Banks of streams and dry woods. In woods or glades, on rocky slopes and near rivers at elevations of 100 – 700 metres. Love

Alpine regions, open places in forests and amongst rocks in river beds to 4500 metres. Love

Shrubberies to 3500 metres. Open hillsides at elevations of 1800 – 3000 metres. Love

Thickets and streamsides up to 2500 metres in Kansu and W. Szechwan. Love

Saline to essentially non-saline drainages, stream and canal banks, roadsides, warm desert shrub, saltbush, and riparian communities at elevations of 70 – 1000 metres. Love

Alkaline places, mainly below 600 metres in California. Love