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Ericaceae
Arbutus (madrone) is a tree with smooth, red young bark and elliptic leaves. The white, urnshaped
flowers are borne in panicles. The fruits are juicy, orange-red when mature, and papillate (covered with small bumps). |
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Ericaceae
Arcotstaphylos (manzanita) is an evergreen shrub with smooth, reddish bark and generally flat leaves that are similar on both sides. The flowers are white or pink, urn-shaped, and followed by drupe fruits with multiple stones and mealy flesh. |
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Ericaceae
Gaultheria (wintergreen) is a low-growing, evergreen shrub with stems that bend at each node and shiny leaves that are folded on the midvein. The white, urn-shaped flowers are
borne in racemes. |
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Ericaceae
Rhododendron is a shrub that can be deciduous or evergreen. The flowers are campanulate with white to pink petals that are fused only at their bases and spreading stamens. |
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Ericaceae
Vaccinium (huckleberry) is a shrub with small leaves (1-3 cm) that are generally evergreen. The corollas are white to pink and cup- or urn-shaped. Fruits are berries from an inferior
ovary. |
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Primulaceae
Dodecatheon (Shooting-star) has a rosette of slightly fleshy, basal leaves. The flowers have four or five reflexed petals and are borne in scapose umbels. |
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Serraceniaceae
Darlingtonia (California pitcher plant) has tubular leaves covered by a hood or pouch concealing a downward-facing opening. Two leafy appendages are in front of the opening. |
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Cornaceae
Cornus (dogwood) has head- or umbel-like inflorescences that are subtended by showy, petallike bracts in some species. The bark is often reddish. |
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Fouquieriacaeae
Fouquieria--Spiny shrubs or trees that are branched only near the base. The unbranched stems are
covered with spines (from the persistent midribs of fallen leaves). In some seasons, they
also have green leaves and tubular red or yellow flowers (red in our species). |
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