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Catalina Ironwood

Lyonothamnus floribundus ssp aspleniifolius

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33.0081, -117.271

Field Notes

Description:

"This is a tree growing up to 15 metres (49 ft) tall with peeling reddish gray or brown bark. The evergreen leaves are shiny, dark green with lighter undersides, and borne on short petioles. The inflorescence is a cluster of woolly white flowers with many short, whiskery stamens. The fruit is a pair of hard follicles. ssp. aspleniifolius is more common, and has leaves made up of linear leaflets which are divided into rectangular segments."

Habitat:

San Elijo Lagoon in dry area. This is native and endemic to California.

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