Granite Mtn - Tr 40
Sue Smith
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Hwy 69
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Granite Mtn - Tr 40
Sue Smith
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Hwy 69
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Doug McMillan
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Plant Description

Origin: Native  Similar Species: Garrya flavescens
General Description: Evergreen. An erect, compact or openly branched evergreen shrub; bark reddish-brown with age; branches are somewhat quadrangular (square) in cross section, leaves opposite.
Identification notes: Evergreen shrub with squarish branches, leaf blades thick on short stalks, opposite, sparsely hairy or smooth below. Male and female flowers in elongated clusters on different plants. Bracts subtending flowers are fused at the base. Fruit is a berry.
Height: Up to 10 feet     Width: 6 feet


Habitat

Habitat Description: Found in desert scrub, chaparral, oak woodlands and dry slopes in pine-oak forests.
Plant Communities: Interior Chaparral, Semidesert Grasslands, Pinyon Juniper Woodland, Montane Conifer Forest
Elevation: 3000 - 8000 feet


Flowers

Color: Green   Shape: Inconspicuous in elongated clusters    Tubular: N   Flowering Period: Mar - Aug
Description: Male and female flowers small, lacking petals, arranged in elongated clusters (catkins), each flower subtended by a pair of bracts fused at the base.


Leaves

Leaf Color: Light green, yellowish-green   Type: Simple   Shape: Round or oval   Margin: Toothed   Attachment: Opposite   Hairs: Bottom of leaves
Description: Leaves opposite on short stalks, blades oval to round, often yellowish-green, thick and leathery. Upper leaf surface is smooth and lower surface may be smooth to sparsely covered with appressed hairs; margins have tiny irregular teeth.


Fruit

Color: Dark bluish-purple   Type: Berry-like   Description: Berries are round and pea-sized, dark purple to black, smooth to sparsely hairy and contain 1 or 2 brown seeds.


Bark/Branches

Bark Color: Reddish-brown, greenish-gray   Bark Texture (Mature): Rough   Bark and Branch Description: Bark is reddish-brown with age, younger wood is greenish-gray. Heartwood is various shades of light and dark brown in an irregularly streaked pattern.
Spines, thorns or prickles: N

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