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Leaves Mint Wash - Tr 345
Sue Smith | Leaves Granite Mtn - Tr 40
Sue Smith | Flowers Granite Mtn - Tr 345
Sue Smith | Young fruit County Rd 65A
Sue Smith | Fruit Grapevine Canyon
Sue Smith | Bark Spruce Cyn Wash & Dosie Pit Rd - TR 264
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Origin: Native
General Description: Evergreen. A spreading, multi-branched, dense, slow growing shrub or small tree with holly-like leaves and bright red fruit
Identification notes: Leaves are alternate, evergreen, bright green, stemmed, rounded, narrower at their base, undulating, toothed, hairless, often notched at the apex; flowers generally unisexual, petals absent, flower parts in 4s (mostly); round, red berry-like fruits.
Height: 10 feet Width: 5 feet
Habitat Description: Found on dry slopes, in canyons and on open hillsides.
Plant Communities: Interior Chaparral, Semidesert Grasslands, Pinyon Juniper Woodland, Montane Conifer Forest
Elevation: 3000 - 7000 feet
Color: Greenish-yellow Shape: Regular in round clusters
Tubular: N Flowering Period: Mar - May
Description: Flowers without petals, 4 greenish-yellow triangular sepals, clusters of 1 to 10 stemmed flowers found in leaf axils.
Leaf Color: Bright green Type: Simple Shape: Round or oval Margin: Toothed Attachment: Alternate Hairs: N
Description: Shiny, paler beneath, holly-like, oval to nearly round, spiny, wavy margins, leathery to 1-1/2 inches long.
Color: Red Type: Berry-like Description: Bright red, 1/4 inch diameter juicy fruits in the fall.
Bark Color: Gray Bark Texture (Mature): Rough Bark and Branch Description: Shallowly fissured and rough on large specimens.
Spines, thorns or prickles: Y |
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