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Occurrence. — LASsen : Hot Springs Valley; Warner Valley; Kings Creek along 

 tiail to Twin Lakes. YOSEMITE, common, 4,000 to 8,500 feet: junction of Clark and 

 Gray Creeks; Mirror Lake; Sunrise trail; Mariposa Grove of bigtrees; Glacier Point; 

 Sentmel Dome; Little Yosemite; Merced Lake trail; Tuolumne Grove of bigtrees. 

 KINGS CANYON, common: near Sphinx Creek. sequo:a, abundant, 6,300 to 8,500 feet: 

 south of Redwood Meadows; Round Meadow, Giant Forest; Garfield Grove of big- 

 trees; Trout Meadow; west of Little Baldy; lower Bearpaw Meadow. 



3. Fendler Ceanothus (Ceanothus Fendleri Gray). — Dwarf shrub 

 1/3 to 3 feet high with some of the branchlets spine-tipped; leaves alternate, 

 oblong to elliptic, green and somewhat hairy above, grayish and often silky- 

 hairy below, 1/3 to 1 1/3 inches long, with 3 prominent veins and nearly un- 

 toothed margins; flowers white, borne in small unbranched clusters at the ends 

 of the branchlets; fruits nearly round, 3-lobed, about 1/5 inch in diameter. 



Because of its wide distribution and abundance, this species is one of the 

 most important browse plants in the Southwest. 3 6 



Occurrence. — ROCKY MOUNTAIN, rare: Beaver Point. MESA VERDE, present along 

 entrance highway. ZION, on the plateau, 5,500 to 7,000 feet: West Rim trail near 

 Angel's Landing. GRAND CANYON, on the North Rim and just below; Kaibab trail 

 below rim; Bright Angel Point; Greenland Springs. 



4. Trailing Ceanothus {Ceanothus diversifolms Kell.). — Grayish- 

 green, evergreen, matted-looking shrub with prostrate or trailing stems 2 to 4i/2 

 feet long; leaves roundish, 1/2 to 1 inch long, green above, pale below, softly 

 hairy on both sides, the margins very finely toothed and sometimes wavy; 

 flowers blue or almost white, only a few in small clusters; fruits small, about 

 1/6 inch in diameter, with 3 

 small wing-like ridges near the 

 top. 



Occurrence. — YOSEMITE, occa- 

 sional, 3,000 to 6,000 feel:^ from 

 Hetch Hetchy to Merced Grove; 

 near Wawona; Mariposa Grove; 

 Crane Creek. SEQUOIA, 6,300 feet: 

 head of Burnt Camp Creek. 



5. Martin Ceanothus 

 (Ceanothus Martini Jones), 

 fig. 96. — Low, open, rigidly- 

 branched shrub 3 to 6 feet 

 high; branches and twigs gray- 

 ish, without spines; leaves al- 

 ternate, 1/3 to 1 inch long, el- 

 liptic to oval or almost round, 

 smooth, green on both sides, 

 with 3 prominent veins from 

 the base, minutely toothed or 



Fig. 96. Martin ceanothus (Ceanothus 

 Martini) . 



36 Kearney, T. H., & Peebles, R. H., Flowering Plants and Ferns of Arizona, p. 



559. 1942. 



