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Bacharis ramulosa Gray. Yerba-de-pasmo. 



B. pteronioides DC. 



Range : 11, 14. 



Site: Dry, sun. 



Fruit: Achene. 



A small to large dioecious shrub ; rarely grazed by stock except on over- 

 grazed range; poisonous to sheep. 



Baccharis salicina Torr. and Gray. Willow baceharis. 



Range : 11, 15, 16. 

 Site: Moist, sun. 



Fruit: Achene, available in August. 

 A large shrub ; flowers May-July and occurs in saline soil. 



Baccharis sarothroides Gray. Rosinbrush. 



Range: 5, 10, 11. 



Site : Dry, well-drained, moist, sun. 



Fruit : Achene. 



A small to large, broomlike, much-branched shrub with few leaves. Not 

 palatable to livestock. 



Baccharis viminea DC. Mulefat. 



Range : 3, 5, 9, 10. 



Site: Well-drained, moist, sun. 



Fruit : Achene. 



A large, loosely-branched shrub ; flowers July-August. 

 Observations: California mule deer. 



Batodendron arboreum, see V actinium arboreum. 



Bebbia juncea (Benth.) Greene. 

 Carphephorus junceus Benth. 

 Range : 5, 9, 10, 11. 

 Site : Dry, well-drained, moist, sun. 

 Fruit : Achene. 

 A small to large shrub with rushlike branches. 



Befaria racemosa Vent. Tarflower. 



Range: 29, 30. 



Site: Well-drained, sun, shade. 



Fruit : Capsule. 



A small to large evergreen shrub ; flowers spring-fall ; very ornamental in 

 flower. 



Beloperone californica Benth. Chuperosa. 



Range: 10, 11. 



Site: Well-drained, moist, sun. 

 Fruit : Capsule, available in April. 



A small, spreading shrub ; leafless in dry seasons ; the capsules, which break 

 open violently, are sometimes infested with seed-destroying larvae. 



Observations: Very attractive to hummingbirds. Locally browsed by live- 

 stock. 



Benzoin aestivale (L.) Nees. Spicebush. 



Range : 20, 22, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29. 

 Site: Well-drained, moist, sun, shade. 



Fruit : Drupe, available August-September, earlier southward, per- 

 sistent or not. 



A large, bushy shrub; flowers March-May; usually occurs in slightly acid 

 soil ; a rich soil species but often persistent in clearings ; propagated by seeds 

 sown as soon as ripe; fruit crops ordinarily light, locally heavy. 



Stomach records: Seventeen species of birds, including ruffed grouse, bob- 

 white, and ring-necked pheasant; opossum. Observations: Seven species of 

 birds ; cottontail rabbit, marsh rabbit, white-tailed deer. 



Benzoin melissaefolium (Walt.) Nees. Southern spicebush. 



Range: 25, 27, 28, 29, 30. 



Site: Well-drained, moist, sun. 



Fruit: Drupe, available September-October. 



A small to large shrub ; very showy in the February-March flowering season. 

 Observations: Marsh rabbit. 



