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Manzanita branches with red bark. Manzanita is a common name for many species of the genus Arctostaphylos.They are evergreen shrubs or small trees present in the chaparral biome of western North America, where they occur from Southern British Columbia and Washington to Oregon, California, Utah, Arizona, New Mexico, and Texas in the United States, and throughout Mexico.
Arbutus are small trees or shrubs with red flaking bark and edible red berries. [6] Fruit development is delayed for about five months after pollination, so that flowers appear while the previous year's fruit are ripening. [6] Peak flowering for the genus is in April with peak fruiting in October. [7]
Individual trees can live for over 300 years. [ 4 ] The leaves are thick with a waxy texture, elliptical, 7 to 15 cm ( 2 + 3 ⁄ 4 to 6 in) long and 4 to 8 cm ( 1 + 1 ⁄ 2 to 3 + 1 ⁄ 4 in) broad, arranged spirally; they are glossy dark green above and a lighter, more grayish green beneath, with an entire margin.
This species (“Red buckeye," Aesculus pavia) is most often a small, slender tree, or perhaps just as commonly, a shrub.Its bark is pale brown, and smooth. All winter long it has been leafless ...
Rosa californica, the California wildrose, [1] or California rose, is a species of rose native to the U.S. states of California and Oregon and the northern part of Baja California, Mexico. The plant is native to chaparral and woodlands and the Sierra Nevada foothills, and can survive drought, though it grows most abundantly in moist soils near ...
Flowers are suspended on short pedicels 0 to 1.1 mm long. [4] The flowers are small, white, and inconspicuous yet showy. [5] The flowers have 5 petals and 5 calyx lobes, with the calyx lobes alternately arranged around the corolla. [3] The calyx lobes are wider than they are long. [4]
Adenostoma sparsifolium, commonly known as redshanks or less commonly (outside of area of its principal distribution), ribbonwood or ribbon bush, is a multi-trunked tree or shrub native to dry slopes or chaparral of Southern California and northern Baja California.
'Scentimental' is a compact bushy shrub, 3 to 5 ft (91-152 cm) in height, with a 3 to 4 ft (91-121 cm) spread. Blooms have an average diameter of 4 to 5 inches (10-12 cm) and can have more than 40 petals. 'Scentimental' blooms continuously from spring to fall, with small clusters of very fragrant, red and white striped petals.