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into southern Oregon. In its chaparral form it is found at eleva- 
tions up to 6,000 feet, and is usually from 6 to 10 feet high, though 
under especially favorable conditions it attains a height of 25 feet. 
It is evergreen to the extent that the leaves persist until a new growth 
begins, name casts little shade, and is very slow growing. It sprouts 
enous. and is often closely cropped by stock. In this respect 
it megemilles Garrya veatchi. 
Eriodictyon tomentosum, yerba santa, ranges down to sea level. 
and is important on lower slopes. The common name is often applied 
to F. californica. (Fig. 4.) 




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Fig. 4.—Yerba santa, Hriodictyon tomentosum, 6 feet high. 
Eriogonum fasciculatum, wild buckwheat, is distributed over the 
entire chaparral region, but reaches its best development in the Santa 
Barbara National Forest and lower subzones to the eastward and 
southward. It 1s comparatively unimportant, because it attains a 
height of only 2 or 3 feet and casts a poor shade. On the other hand, 
it will grow on the poorest soils and the most exposed situations. 
Premontodendron californica, fremontia, is found along the Coast 
Range. Though unimportant in the cover at present it might be 
a desirable species to extend, since it attains a height of from 15 to 
20 feet. Its leaves persist for two years, and it casts a good shade. 
In addition, it is good browse for cattle and goats, and will grow on 
very poor soil. It is tolerant and an abundant seeder. 
