. California range brushlands and browse plants. Browse (Animal food); Brush; Forage plants. SiKcr buffaloberry (Shepherdia argentea). Largely a streambank shrub of limited distribution. It is occasionally browsed closely by sbeep, goats, and deer. Cattle feed but little upon it, possibly because of the thorny twigs. twigs and the rather small scurfy leaves make it less at- tractive to cattle than to the smaller-nosed grazing ani- mals. Browse rating. Fair to poor for sheep, goats, and deer; and poor to useless for cattle and horses. SlLKTASSEL FAMILY (GaRRYACEAe) The silktassel family consist
. California range brushlands and browse plants. Browse (Animal food); Brush; Forage plants. SiKcr buffaloberry (Shepherdia argentea). Largely a streambank shrub of limited distribution. It is occasionally browsed closely by sbeep, goats, and deer. Cattle feed but little upon it, possibly because of the thorny twigs. twigs and the rather small scurfy leaves make it less at- tractive to cattle than to the smaller-nosed grazing ani- mals. Browse rating. Fair to poor for sheep, goats, and deer; and poor to useless for cattle and horses. SlLKTASSEL FAMILY (GaRRYACEAe) The silktassel family consists of a single genus Garrya which is limited to the western United States, Mexico, and the West Indies. The common name of the family refers to the showy pendulous flower tassels produced in January or February. Six species are native to Cali- fornia. The coast silktassel (Garrya elliptica) is sometimes seen in gardens as a dense foliaged, dark green, tall screen. It grows well in shade and part shade. The sun- loving Garrya fremontii is also desirable for evergreen shrubberj because l its abundant glossy yellow-green foliage, and show v (lower clusters. Both species are rela- tively immune from scale and other pests. Sometimes the name quinine bush is applied to some of the species because ol the bitter hark, leaves, and fruits. They con- tain an alkaloid, gamine, which is used as a tonic. These large shrubs or small trees, typified by thick leather) Leaves, are characteristic ol the broad sclero- |)h\ II \ egetation group which is a prominent component ol the true chaparral associations. Fremont silktassel is the most important browse specie. fremont silktassel (Garrya fremontii) (drawing shown below), also called bear brush, California fever bush, and flannel bush. Erect evergreen shrub, 5 to 10 feet high, usually of a yellowish-green cast. Leaves ob- long-elliptical, % inch to 2Vi inches long, % inch to 1% inches wide, shiny vellow-green above, paler beneath, voung foliage o
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