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WILD FLOWERS OF CALIFORNIA 



403. Squaw carpet 

 Mahala mats 



404. Sierra Brush 



Ceanothus prostratus 

 and var. 



Ceanothus cordulatus 



A well known plant to Si- 

 erra campers by its holly- 

 like leaves, forming a 

 mat beneath the yellow 

 pines, also on the coast. 



A spiny shrub with gray 

 branches and white flow- 

 ers. Freq uent in the 

 Sierras, forming dense 

 thickets. 



There are several additional species, somewhat local in their distribut 



ion. 



405. 



GRAPE-VINE FAMILY 



California Wild Vitis Californica 



Grape 



VITACEAE 



General along 



streams, 

 climbing high up into 

 trees. Very fragrant in 

 blossom. 



BUCKEYE FAMILY SAPINDACEAE 



406. Buckeye Aesculus Californica 



Shrub or tree. Known by its large, beautiful pyramidal clusters of white blos- 

 soms at the ends of the branches and the polished, mahogany colored seeds in 

 large green pear-shaped pods. Seeds unpalatable and unwholesome. General 

 throughout middle California, in the foothills and coast regions. 



MAPLE FAMILY 



ACERACEAE 



407. Box elder or Soft 

 Maple 



Acer negundo var. 



408. Large-leaved Maple Acer macrophyllum 



409. Vine Maple 



Acer circinatum 



410. Sierra Maple 



411. Bladder Nut 



412. 



Acer glabrum 



Staphylea Bolanderi 



Glossopetalon Nevadense 



A common tree along 

 streams in the coast 

 ranges and valleys of the 

 interior ; general ; leaves 

 variable in form, but more 

 or less lobed. 



A useful and beautiful tree 

 of the coast ranges and 

 Sierras. 



A small shrub or tree with 

 drooping branches which 

 take root and form thick- 

 ets. Northern California 

 in pine forests. Leaves 3 

 to 5 inches broad and 

 deeply 7 to 9 lobed. 



Usually a shrub and recog- 

 nized among the shrub- 

 bery along creeks in the 

 Sierras by its leaves. 



Erect shrub with leaves of 

 3 leaflets, 1 to 2 inches 

 long; fruit bladdery and 

 keeled with small round 

 seeds. Shasta Co. 



A rare shrub on barren hill- 

 sides in Washoe Co., Ne- 

 vada, forming patches not 

 over 1 foot high. Slender 

 spiny branches, small sim- 

 ple, entire leaves and not 

 at all like the maple fam- 

 ily. Flowers white and 

 obscure. May extend over 

 border. 



