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Plant - summer Granite Mtn - Tr 308
Sue Smith | Leaves Granite Mtn - Tr 308
Sue Smith | Flowers Granite Mtn - Tr 308
Sue Smith | Fruit Granite Mtn - Tr 308
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Origin: Native
General Description: Evergreen. Long lived multi-stemmed shrub with attractive evergreen foliage with a rounded form.
Identification notes: Evergreen shrub with several to many branches from base. Leaves rounded, thick, alternate, green and smooth on top, white-hairy beneath. Flowers small, greenish, in axillary clusters of 6 to 50. Fruits purplish-black, round, smooth; 2 to 3 stony seeds.
Height: 10 to 20 feet (10 feet common) Width: 10 feet
Habitat Description: Found in chaparral, open coniferous forests, and along riparian areas.
Plant Communities: Interior Chaparral, Semidesert Grasslands, Pinyon Juniper Woodland, Montane Conifer Forest, Riparian
Elevation: 3500 - 6500 feet
Color: Yellow-green, brownish Shape: Regular in round clusters
Tubular: N Flowering Period: May - Jul
Description: Sepals yellow, petals brownish, 2-lobed stigma, slightly hairy to 1/8 inch wide in clusters of leaf axils; 5 petals, stamens, and sepals.
Leaf Color: Green Type: Simple Shape: Round or oval Margin: Toothed Attachment: Alternate Hairs: Bottom of leaves
Description: Dull green above, paler green and hairy beneath, elliptical to oval, pointed at tips, very finely toothed, thick and leathery, prominent veins beneath, edges slightly rolled under to 3 inches long on a pinkish stem.
Color: Red to bluish-black Type: Berry-like Description: Shiny, juicy berries to 3/8 inch in diameter in small clusters changing from green to red to bluish-black in the fall. Seeds 2 to 3.
Bark Color: Reddish-gray Bark Texture (Mature): Smooth Bark and Branch Description: Numerous lenticels (many large pores) splitting into very shallow fissures with age and becoming lighter in color.
Spines, thorns or prickles: N |
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