Croton michauxii var. elliptica

The following information is for the genus Croton with note that C. glandulosus, C. monanthogynus, C. capitatus and C. texensis are among the most important: Animals that eat its seeds: Ground dove, Mourning dove, Eastern white-winged dove, Attwater's's prairie chicken, Bobwhite quail, Chestnut-bellied scaled quail, Wild turkey, Redwing blackbird, Cardinal, Cowbird, American pipit, Sprague pipit, Pyrrhuloxia, Pine-woods sparrow, Prairie pocket mouse. Animals that eat the plant: White-tailed deer (Martin et al. 1951).

Most frequently found in deep, fine, loose, sandy soil and openings in forested areas in Louisiana and east Texas. It ranges throughout eastern United States and west to Kansas and Texas.