Rhamnaceae
Adolphia californica S.Watson
Adolphia californica S.Watson
Adolphia californica is a thorny blooming shrub native to Southern California and northwestern Baja California, growing in chaparral and coastal scrub habitats.
Alphitonia excelsa (Fenzl) Benth.
Alphitonia excelsa (Fenzl) Benth.
Alphitonia excelsa, or red ash, is an Australian tree with a range of ornamental, practical and ecological uses.
Berchemia scandens (Hill) K.Koch
Berchemia scandens (Hill) K.Koch
Berchemia scandens is a woody native US vine with uses in wickerwork and traditional Native American medicine.
Ceanothus americanus L.
Ceanothus americanus L.
Ceanothus americanus is a North American shrub, used for food by wildlife and for medicinal and other uses by people.
Ceanothus cordulatus Kellogg
Ceanothus cordulatus Kellogg
Ceanothus cordulatus, commonly mountain whitethorn, is a nitrogen-fixing evergreen shrub native to western North American mountain forests.
Ceanothus crassifolius Torr.
Ceanothus crassifolius Torr.
Ceanothus crassifolius is an evergreen chaparral shrub found in several mountain ranges of California, with white fuzzy twigs and tiny white flowers.
Ceanothus cuneatus (Hook.) Nutt.
Ceanothus cuneatus (Hook.) Nutt.
Ceanothus cuneatus is a widespread evergreen chaparral bush native to western North America, that serves as a larval host for multiple moth and butterfly species.
Ceanothus dentatus Torr. & A.Gray
Ceanothus dentatus Torr. & A.Gray
Ceanothus dentatus Torr. & A.Gray is an evergreen branching shrub with bright blue flowers and lobed crested capsule fruits.
Ceanothus fendleri A.Gray
Ceanothus fendleri A.Gray
Ceanothus fendleri A.Gray, or Fendler's ceanothus, is a spiny, short shrub that produces white clustered flowers and exploding seed pods.
Ceanothus foliosus Parry
Ceanothus foliosus Parry
Ceanothus foliosus is an evergreen shrub endemic to California, with blue/lavender flowers and 3-seeded capsule fruits.
Ceanothus herbaceus Raf.
Ceanothus herbaceus Raf.
Ceanothus herbaceus, or Jersey tea, is a small deciduous North American shrub that hosts the mottled duskywing butterfly.
Ceanothus integerrimus Hook. & Arn.
Ceanothus integerrimus Hook. & Arn.
Ceanothus integerrimus is a deciduous nitrogen-fixing North American shrub that supports local wildlife and has Indigenous uses.
Ceanothus jepsonii Greene
Ceanothus jepsonii Greene
Ceanothus jepsonii is a variable endemic California evergreen shrub with two distinct varieties that grows on dry shrubby serpentine slopes.
Ceanothus leucodermis Greene
Ceanothus leucodermis Greene
Ceanothus leucodermis is a thorny evergreen shrub native to California and Baja California, growing in mountain chaparral, forest, and woodland habitats.
Ceanothus megacarpus Nutt.
Ceanothus megacarpus Nutt.
Ceanothus megacarpus Nutt. is an evergreen shrub that bears small pale flowers and three-valved seed capsules.
Ceanothus oliganthus Nutt.
Ceanothus oliganthus Nutt.
Ceanothus oliganthus Nutt. is a large erect shrub native to dry chaparral habitats of coastal ranges in California and Baja California.
Ceanothus papillosus Torr. & A.Gray
Ceanothus papillosus Torr. & A.Gray
Ceanothus papillosus is an evergreen shrub with glandular leaves, bright blue flower clusters, and small bumpy fruit capsules.
Ceanothus pauciflorus Moc. & Sessé ex DC.
Ceanothus pauciflorus Moc. & Sessé ex DC.
Ceanothus pauciflorus is a fragrant many-branched evergreen shrub native to the southwestern US and northern Mexico.
Ceanothus perplexans Trel.
Ceanothus perplexans Trel.
Ceanothus perplexans is an evergreen shrub native to chaparral and desert scrub of the southwestern US and northern Mexico.
Ceanothus prostratus Benth.
Ceanothus prostratus Benth.
Ceanothus prostratus is a low mat-forming nitrogen-fixing evergreen shrub native to mountain habitats of the US Pacific Northwest.
Ceanothus pumilus Greene
Ceanothus pumilus Greene
Ceanothus pumilus is a low evergreen shrub native to mountain areas of southern Oregon and northern California.
Ceanothus sanguineus Pursh
Ceanothus sanguineus Pursh
Ceanothus sanguineus, or redstem ceanothus, is a North American deciduous nitrogen-fixing shrub that is an important food source for wildlife and livestock.
Ceanothus sorediatus Hook. & Arn.
Ceanothus sorediatus Hook. & Arn.
Ceanothus sorediatus Hook. & Arn. is an erect shrub native to dry chaparral habitats of the California and Baja California coastal mountains.
Ceanothus spinosus Nutt.
Ceanothus spinosus Nutt.
Ceanothus spinosus, greenbark/redheart, is a Ceanothus species native to scrub and chaparral of coastal mountains in southern California and northern Baja California.
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