222 MISC. PUBLICATION 803, U. S. DEPT. OF AGRICULTURE 
Eriodictyon calif ornicum (Hook, and Arn.) Greene. California yerba-santa 
£j. giutinoswm Benth. 
Range: 1, 4. 
Site: Dry, well-drained, sun. 
Fruit: Capsule. 
A large evergreen shrub ; flowers May-June ; forms colonies, the plants of 
which may often be connected by lateral roots 3-4 inches deep; occurs on 
clay, sandy, rocky and other soils. 
Observations : A fair browse for mule deer. Practically worthless as forage 
for livestock. A valuable honey plant. 
Eriodictyon crassifolium Benth. 
Range: 5. 
Site : Dry, sun. 
Fruit: Capsule. 
A large colony-forming, evergreen shrub ; occurs in sandy or gravelly soils. 
Var. traskiae (Eastw.) Jeps., {E. traskiae Eastw.) is very similar to and 
occurs with the species. Var. niveum Brandeg., (E. niveum Eastw., E. tomen- 
tosum Benth.) occurs also in region 1. 
Eriodictyon glutinosum, see Eriodictyon californicum. 
Eriodictyon lanatnm, see Eriodictyon trhcliocalyx. 
Eriodictyon niveum, see Eriodictyon crassifoUuni. 
Eriodictyon tomentosum, see Eriodictyon crassifolium. 
Eriodictyon traskiae, see Eriodictyon crassifolium. 
Eriodictyon trichocalyx Heller. Yerba-santa. 
E. angustifolium pubens Brandeg. 
Range: 5, 10. 
Site : Dry, sun. 
Fruit: Capsule. 
A small openly-branched evergreen shrub ; occurs on sandy, stony, and other 
soils ; older leaves are often black with fungal growth ; colony-forming. 
Var. lanatum (Brandeg.) Jeps., {E. lanatum (Brandeg.) Abrams) occurs in 
region 10. 
Eriogonnm spp. 
Available records of utilization by wildlife referred only to the genus may 
include more herbaceous than shrubby species. 
Stomach records (in addition to specific records) : Richardson's grouse; 
mountain sheep, antelope jack rabbit, California jack rabbit, Texas jack rabbit, 
black-tailed deer, Arizona cottontail. Observations (in addition to specific 
records) : Bighorn. 
Eriogonurn arborescens Greene. 
Range : 5. 
Site: Dry, well-drained, sun. 
Fruit: Achene. 
A small to large, loosely branched, ornamental shrub. 
Eriogonum cinerenm Benth. 
Range: 5. 
Site : Dry, sun. 
Fruit : Achene. 
A small to large, freely branched shrub ; occurs on coastal bluffs. 
Eriogonum corymbosnm Benth. 
Range: 9, 11, 16. 
Site: Dry, sun. 
Fruit : Achene. 
A small shrub ; flowers June-September. 
Eriogonum deserticola Wats. 
Range: 10. 
Site : Dry, well-drained, sun. 
Fruit: Achene. 
A small, much-branched shrub ; occurs in sandy and other soils ; branches 
leafless with age. 
