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Ariz 



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 Chap. 



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SHRUBS 



S-14. REDBUD or JU- 

 DAS TREE, Cercis sp. 

 Pea Fam. Clustered 8'-15' 

 high stems; leaves round, 

 ^ "¥?'i^7!fi^^^ l(l''<LJi>^ heart-shaped at base;red- 



w^i'^^ '^^ 11 purple flowers appear be- 



_ fore leaves. 



Indians use bark of the 

 young shoots for baskets; 

 medicinally they form a 

 mild astringent in treating 

 diarrhea and dysentery. 

 Buds can be used in salads or made into pickles. The wood 

 takes a very fine polish^ BERRIES 



S-15, CHRISTMAS or 

 TOYON BERRY, Hetero - 

 meles arbutifolia. An ev- 

 ergreen shrub, 6-10' high; 

 with simple, serrated 

 leaves; flowers white in 

 small terminal clusters. 

 Grows in the foothills be- 

 low 4000' altitude. 



Early day Californians 

 made a drink from the 

 berries and fishermen in 

 the Channel Islands used 

 the bark to tan their fish 



nets.// Indians boiled the berries and 

 .FRUIT 

 JPODS 



baked them in their ground 

 ovens with hot stones for 

 2 or 3 days. They also 

 stored berries for a few 

 months, then parched them 

 and made them into meal. 



S-16.MESQUITE, Pro- 

 sopsis sp» Large shrub 

 or small tree, 10-35' high, 

 with fern-like leaves and 

 yellow flowers in slender 

 spikes. Will grow below 

 3000' in mountains. 



