Search results
Results From The WOW.Com Content Network
Frangula californica (previously classified as Rhamnus californica) is a species of flowering plant in the buckthorn family native to western North America. [3] [4] [5] It produces edible fruits and seeds. [6] It is commonly known as California coffeeberry and California buckthorn.
California also has 1,023 species of non-native plants, some now problematic invasive species, such as yellow star-thistle, that were introduced during the Spanish colonization, the California Gold Rush, and subsequent immigrations and import trading of the 18th, 19th and 20th centuries.
Blueberries are a widely distributed and widespread group of perennial flowering plants with blue or purple berries. They are classified in the section Cyanococcus with the genus Vaccinium . [ 1 ] Commercial blueberries—both wild (lowbush) and cultivated (highbush)—are all native to North America.
Which Southern California native plants survived climate change and mass extinctions 13,000 years ago and still live today? La Brea Tar Pits researchers compiled a list.
Plebejus idas lotis (Lotis blue butterfly), a possibly extinct gossamer-winged butterfly last recorded near Mendocino town in 1983 [1] Speyeria zerene behrensii (Behrens' silverspot butterfly), found only near Point Arena
The Endemic flora of the State of California — native plants found within its borders, and nowhere else in nature. The largest area of the state is in the Mediterranean climate floristic region, within the California Floristic Province — with the greatest number of endemic plants in North America.
The fruit is a drupe 6–10 mm (1 ⁄ 4 – 3 ⁄ 8 in) diameter, bright red at first, quickly maturing deep purple or black, and containing a yellow pulp, and two or three hard, smooth, olive-green or black seeds. [10] [11]
Kiwi berries are packed with vitamins, fiber, magnesium, potassium and antioxidants, like most of the berries on this list. One serving boasts five times the vitamin C of an orange , as well as 2 ...