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WILD FLOWERS OF CALIFORNIA 



1632. Coast Live Oak; Quercus agrifolia 



1633. Interior Live Oak; Quercus Wislizenii 



1634. 



California Black 

 Oak; 



1635. Price Oak; 



1636. Morehus Oak; 



1637. Tan Oak; 



1638. Giant Chinquapin 



1639. Golden Chinquapin 



Coast Ranges, rich valley- 

 floors, Sonoma, Napa to 

 Alameda and Santa 

 Clara counties to south- 

 ern California. Bark of 

 this species used to adul- 

 terate the rare, valuable 

 tanbark. 



Dry mountain slopes and 

 fertile valley floors, Sier- 

 ra Nevada foothills, Great 

 Valley and inner Coast 

 Range. 



Mountain slopes and grav- 

 elly valleys. Sierra Ne- 

 vada and Coast Ranges, 

 but not near sea. Fuel. 



Rare. Coast Ranges; in 

 narrow canyoin bottoms 

 and on exposed slopes. 



Rare. Dry, gravelly banks 

 of streams. Small, pure 

 groups. 



Rare. Foothill slopes and 

 ridges, in dry, gravelly 

 soils. Supposedly of hy- 

 brid origin. 



TAN OAK PASANIA 



Pasnia densiflora The bark is peeled in large 



quantities for tanning 

 leather. Coast Ranges. 



CHINQUAPIN CASTANOPSIS 



Deep soil o f mountain 

 Castanopsis chrysophylla 



Quercus Kelloggii 



Quercus tomentella 



Quercus Prici 



Quercus Morehus 



Castanopsis chrysophylla 

 var. minor 



ridges from Mendocino 

 county northward. 



Shrub three to fifteen feet 

 high. Leaves very golden 

 below. Rocky ridges and 

 slopes. Monterey, Santa 

 Cruz mountains, Moraga 

 Ridge. 



Arid mountain slopes or 

 rocky ridges. Sierra Ne- 

 vada, Coast Range. 

 Spreading shrub, one to 

 eight feet high, with 

 smooth brown bark. 



BIRTHWORT FAMILY ARISTOLOCHIACEAE 



1640. Bush Chinquapin Castanopsis sempervirens 



1641. Mild Ginger 



Asarum caudatum 



1642. Mild Ginger 



Asarum Lemmonii 



Deep shade of Coast Range 

 woods, Sierra Nevada, 

 4000 to 7000 feet; com- 

 mon. It has been sug- 

 gested that the fragrant 

 creeping rootstocks might 

 be used in the manufac- 

 ture of sachet powder. 



Rare species, found grow- 

 ing near logs in the Mer- 

 ced Grove. 



