. California range brushlands and browse plants. Browse (Animal food); Brush; Forage plants. or small tree, 7 to 20 feet high, usually with many long basal stems. Leaves alternate, simple, roundish with heart-shaped base, 2 to 3$ inches broad, somewhat pal- matelv veined, smooth on both sides. Flowers small but so abundant that they are showy, red-purple, appearing before the leaves, in simple umbel-like clusters; Febru- ary to April. Pods oblong, 1M to 3 inches long, M to % inch wide, dull red when mature. Distribution (map on page 93). This species occupies well drained foothills and flats b
. California range brushlands and browse plants. Browse (Animal food); Brush; Forage plants. or small tree, 7 to 20 feet high, usually with many long basal stems. Leaves alternate, simple, roundish with heart-shaped base, 2 to 3$ inches broad, somewhat pal- matelv veined, smooth on both sides. Flowers small but so abundant that they are showy, red-purple, appearing before the leaves, in simple umbel-like clusters; Febru- ary to April. Pods oblong, 1M to 3 inches long, M to % inch wide, dull red when mature. Distribution (map on page 93). This species occupies well drained foothills and flats between elevations of 1,000 to 4,000 feet. It is common in the Sierra Nevada from Tulare County northward to Shasta County, west- ward to Siskiyou, Trinity, and Humboldt counties, thence southward in the inner Coast Range to Lake, Napa, and Solano counties. It also occurs in Kern and San Diego counties. Common habitats are open wood- land and chaparral. Economic value. Western redbud is browsed in vary- ing degrees by sheep, goats, and deer, and more limitedly by cattle. The young leaves, twigs, sprouts, and pods are eaten to some extent. Among the food items eaten by black-tailed deer on the Tehama winter range, Te- hama County, western redbud was most heavily utilized in the autumn months before the leaves had fallen, and again in April and May, when the young growth had become available'87'. Although utilization is not particu- larly heavy, western redbud is a moderately important fall and spring deer food. Browse rating. Fair to poor for goats; poor for sheep; and poor to useless for cattle, deer, and horses. DEERWEED (Lotus) The genus Lotus is popularly called bird's-foot trefoil, although actually this common name belongs to the herbaceous species, Lotus corniculatus. It is a genus of herbs or semi-shrubby plants. Of the thirty species oc- curring in California, several are sub-shrubby or more or less woody at the base. Among the latter only deer- weed provides enough brow
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