. California range brushlands and browse plants. Browse (Animal food); Brush; Forage plants. Distribution of lemmon ceanothus (Ceanothus lemmonii) and blueblos- som ceanothus (Ceanothus thyrsiflorus). shrub, 1/2 to 3 feet high, with gray or whitish hairy branches and branchlets. Leaves alternate, eliptical, or oblong-elliptic, Yi inch to VA inches long, % to % inch wide, finely hairy to smooth, bright green and waxen above, paler and densely hairy beneath, margins usually glan- dular toothed. Flowers pale blue, in simple clusters, M inch to 1 inch long; April to May. Capsule somewhat triangula
. California range brushlands and browse plants. Browse (Animal food); Brush; Forage plants. Distribution of lemmon ceanothus (Ceanothus lemmonii) and blueblos- som ceanothus (Ceanothus thyrsiflorus). shrub, 1/2 to 3 feet high, with gray or whitish hairy branches and branchlets. Leaves alternate, eliptical, or oblong-elliptic, Yi inch to VA inches long, % to % inch wide, finely hairy to smooth, bright green and waxen above, paler and densely hairy beneath, margins usually glan- dular toothed. Flowers pale blue, in simple clusters, M inch to 1 inch long; April to May. Capsule somewhat triangular, distinctly depressed and lobed at the summit, crested at the top. Distribution (map above). This species grows on open wooded slopes or on burned-over areas, from 1,500 to 3,500 feet elevation. It is confined to northern California, in the Sierra Nevada foothills from Eldorado north to Shasta counties, and in the inner north Coast Ranges in Humboldt, Trinity, and northern Lake counties. Economic value. Because of its restricted distribution it is not regarded highly as browse. Its selectivity varies considerably'"". However, the young sprouts are often cropped rather closely by sheep, goats, and deer, and occasionally by cattle, especially on recently burned-over lands. Browse rating. Fair to poor for sheep, goats, and deer; poor to useless lor cattle; and useless for horses. blueblossom (i:\Nonius (Ceanothus thyrsiflorus) drawing on the right). Varies greatly in growth habit; shape, size, and pubescence 01 leaves. Height growth from 1 feet high on poor sites to 20 lector more on fertile soils. I 'sualh a large, evergreen shrub, or sometimes tree- like, with green angled branches. Leaves oblong-ovate to broadly elliptical, 3-veined, % inch to 2 inches long, dark green, paler beneath, margins more or less glandular toothed or occasionally inrolled. Flowers light or deep blue, rarely whitish, in compound clusters, 1 to 3 inches long; March to June. Capsules roundish,
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