KEY TO IMPORTANT WOODY PLANTS 



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ters; side buds often stalked; bud scales several, dark, 

 resembling stipules, spreading to expose tiny, densely 

 hairy, undeveloped leaves and/or flower-bud clusters; 

 stipule scars reddish-resinous-glandular, on either 

 side at top edge of leaf scar; bundle traces 3 but 

 often appearing single because of a resinous-corky 

 substance soon covering the leaf scar; loosely 

 branched or erect shrubs 3-12 feet high, stump- 

 sprouting after cutting. 



ceanothus (Ceanothus spp.). 



Redstem ceanothus 

 (note stalked buds) 



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