by Vernon Smith | Feb 19, 2014 | 2009 - 2012 Plants of the Month
Click on the thumbnails to see larger images. December 2012 Marin Plant of the month by Doreen Smith:Quercus durata, Leather oak Photos by Vernon and Doreen SmithLeather oak, Quercus durata, is common and nearly always found on serpentine-derived soils. In Marin this scrub oak grows in the chaparral of Mt. Tamalpais, Big Rock Ridge and Mt. Burdell. “Our other scrub oak,...
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by Vernon Smith | Dec 7, 2023 | 2009 - 2012 Plants of the Month
Poison-oak, Toxicodendron diversilobum, a shrub of the Sumac family, Anacardiaceae by Doreen Smith If you are you looking for bright Fall color in our wildlands the poison-oak is magnificently clothed in red at this time of year. Of course the whole shrub is still very allergenic, no-one who has any sense ever gathers the leaves for decorations. The berries make nutritious snacks for birds: the...
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