. California range brushlands and browse plants. Browse (Animal food); Brush; Forage plants. • [deuosloma fatciculatum * Adenostoma */'a. lifolium Chamise (Adenostoma fasciculatum). Left, showing growth habit of adult bush; right, details of the numerous clusters of linear leaves. Al- though the palatability of this species is not high for any kind of ani- mal, it furnishes a large volume of medium quality browse on recently burned areas. It is regarded as the "bread and butter" plant of forage for deer over extensive areas'"5'. chamise (Adenostoma fasciculatum) (drawing above),
. California range brushlands and browse plants. Browse (Animal food); Brush; Forage plants. • [deuosloma fatciculatum * Adenostoma */'a. lifolium Chamise (Adenostoma fasciculatum). Left, showing growth habit of adult bush; right, details of the numerous clusters of linear leaves. Al- though the palatability of this species is not high for any kind of ani- mal, it furnishes a large volume of medium quality browse on recently burned areas. It is regarded as the "bread and butter" plant of forage for deer over extensive areas'"5'. chamise (Adenostoma fasciculatum) (drawing above), known also as greasewood. Evergreen, diffusely branched, somewhat resinous shrub, 2 to 12 feet high, or occasionally higher. Bark gray or very dark on old stems. Slender branches densely clothed with alternate clusters (fascicles) of linear needle-like leaves, }i to barely % inch long, sharp-pointed, the leaves of seedlings and sprouts divided into 2 to several linear lobes. Flowers small, white, in terminal feathery clusters, VA to 4 inches long; February to July. Fruit a small achene; seeds maturing from mid-summer to late fall. Distribution (map on this page). Chamise probablv has the widest range and produces more volume of growth than any shrub in California'126'. It is usually the dominant and often the most aggressive woody species on the lower mountains, ridges, and mesas of the chaparral association. It extends throughout the Coast Ranges, the mountains of southern California, and the lower Sierra Nevada foothills. Stands vary from nearly a pure cover to mixtures of manzanitas, ceanothus, and various other chaparral Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Sampson, Arthur W. (Arthur William), 1884-1967; Jespersen, Beryl S. [Berkeley] : University of California, Division of Agricu
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