. California range brushlands and browse plants. Browse (Animal food); Brush; Forage plants. • 1 ttil ulifortnu. Fremontia californica, which has several varieties' the only species that is useful as a browse plant. is Distribution of California wild grape (Vitis californica). the Sierra Nevada from Kern County northward to Shasta County. Economic value. California wild grape, although not a first-rate browse plant, is cropped with some relish by all domestic livestock, and by deer, throughout most of the grazing season. The leafage and young stems are often cropped somewhat closely as high as
. California range brushlands and browse plants. Browse (Animal food); Brush; Forage plants. • 1 ttil ulifortnu. Fremontia californica, which has several varieties' the only species that is useful as a browse plant. is Distribution of California wild grape (Vitis californica). the Sierra Nevada from Kern County northward to Shasta County. Economic value. California wild grape, although not a first-rate browse plant, is cropped with some relish by all domestic livestock, and by deer, throughout most of the grazing season. The leafage and young stems are often cropped somewhat closely as high as deer can reach. Even after the leaves have shed they are eaten to some extent. Browse rating. Fair to poor for sheep, goats, and deer; and poor to useless for cattle and horses. Cacao or Sterculia Family (Sterculiaceae) The generally recognized common name of this fam- ily—cacao family—is taken from the species that is most economicallv important, Theobroma cacao, native to Central and South America, the seeds of which are the basis lor chocolate and cocoa. The kernels of the fruit of another species, Cola acuminata, are used in making drinks and medicines. Most of the members of this family are tropical or subtropical. Two genera are native to California. One genus, with one species—Ai/cnia pulsilla—is a small snbshrnb, so rare in California that it has no browse value. The other genus, Fremontia, that occurs in California is named in honor ol General fohn C. Fremont who discovered the plant. It includes two species. Fremontia mexicana oc- « nrs onl) in San Diego Conntv, and is usually the one frequentl) seen in cultivation. The more widespread fremontia or flannel bush (Fremontia californica) (photo page 117, left). Evergreen, loosely branched shrub or small tree, 6 to 15 feet high, with long, tough, dark colored branchlets covered with stiff hairs. Leaves thick and leathery, round-ovate to elliptic-ovate, )i inch to 1/2 inches long, dark green and rough above, co
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