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Some trees only grow to bush size in Southern California.
Basketbush(Rhus trilobata var. pilosissima)
Buckwheat, wild(Eriogonum fasciculatum ssp. foliolsum or Eriogonum wrightii ssp. membrenaceum) Found extensively on the hillsides. In the spring it has clusters of small white flowers on long stems. The flowers turn to brown seeds and seed pods that remain on Buckwheat for long time. Can be covered with Dodder(witches hair) an orange parasitic fungus during the damp times. Dodder is orange when alive and dies off to dark brown when summer comes.
California Barberry(Mahonia dictyota)
Ceanothus:Cupleaf Mt. Lilac(Ceanothus greggii var. durpacea), Whitebark Mt. Lilac (Ceanothus leucodermis), Palmer Mt. Lilac (Ceanothus palmeri). This is the bush seen on the hillsides with the purple lilac type flowers in the Spring. Also mistakenly called Mountain Lilac or Purple Sage(as in Tales of the Purple Sage).
California Rose(Rosa californica)
Chamise(Adenostoma fasciculatum)
Chaparral honeysuckle(Lonicera subspicata var. johnstonii
Coffeeberry(Rhamnus californica ssp. tomentella)
Creek Dogwood(Cornus sericia ssp. occidentalis)
Creeping Sage(Salvia sonomenssis)
Elderberry(Sambucus caerulea)
Flowering Dogwood: Large woody bush. In spring the large white flowers remind you of a sunnyside up egg.
Hollyleaf cherry(Prunus ilicifolia)
Laurel Leaf Sumac(Malosma laurina) Grows about 10 feet tall. Smooth leafs seem to fold down the middle. Has a distinct odor.
Manzanita: Eastwood Manzanita(Arctostaphylos glandulosa ssp. glandulosa), Cuyamaca Manzanita(Arctostaphylos Pringlei var. drupacea), Mexican Manzanita (Arctostaphylos pungens). Medium bush with distintive red bark. In the winter or spring it can have white or pink flowers. Racoons depend on its berries for food. This is a plant that is unique to this area and is protected. Don't pick it unless you have permission of the property owner. Never pick anything on the State and National Park Lands. That said, if you can find the right shaped piece, varnish it up and put in a base it makes a pretty little tree for christmas decorating or hanging eggs for Easter.
Mountain Lilac: see Ceanothus
Mountain Mahogany(Cercocarpus montanus var. glaber)
Parish goldenbush(Ericameria arborescens ssp. parishii)
Parish burning bush(Euonymus occidentalis ssp. parishii)
Poison Oak(Toxicondendron diversilom) Three foot long sticks with clusters of three oak like leaves. Can be mistaken for baby oak trees especially when growing under Oak trees. You can avoid rash if you rinse off exposed skin with ammonia immediately. Throughly wash clothes in separate load from any other non-exposed clothes run washer empty for a load after washing exposed clothes.I'd try adding some ammonia to washer.
Purple Sage: see Ceanothus
Snowberry(Symphoricarpos mollis)
Toyon(Heteromeles arbutifolia ssp. arbutifolia) a large ten foot tall bush with red berries, flatish leaves.
Western azalea(Rhododendron occidentale)
Western Choke Cherry(Prunus virginiana var. demissa)
White sage(Salvia apiana var. apiana) a small clumping plant. Light gray or blue gray. Dusty appearance. Leaves clump together and blooms appear on long stalks. Stalks stay on plant long after flower has come and gone. Sage smell when leaves are crushed.
Yerba santa(Eriodictyon lanatum)