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Eriogonum arborescens is a species of wild buckwheat known by the common name Santa Cruz Island buckwheat. [1] [2] [3] Description.
Island alumroot (Heuchera maxima) Santa Barbara Island buckwheat (Eriogonum giganteum var. compactum) Island barberry (Berberis pinnata ssp. insularis) San Clemente Island bushmallow (Malacothamnus clementinus) Santa Cruz Island bush mallow (Malacothamnus fasciculatus var. nesioticus) Santa Cruz Island ironwood (very like the Catalina ironwood ...
Eriogonum is a genus of flowering plants in the family Polygonaceae.The genus is found in North America and is known as wild buckwheat.This is a highly species-rich genus, and indications are that active speciation is continuing.
Eriogonum giganteum is variable in size, from 0.5 metres (1.6 ft) in height and width, to a sprawling or rounded bush over 3 metres (9.8 ft) high and wide. [3]The leathery, woolly, oval-shaped leaves are gray, and clustered sparsely along the mostly naked branches.
Most notably, the county-run Santa Ynez Reservoir — which is right in the heart of Pacific Palisades, and can hold 117 million gallons — was empty when the fires broke out last week, and has ...
The Arboretum also contains an extensive collection of native bulbs, and several rare Channel Island plants including the Santa Cruz Island bush mallow (Malacothamnus fasciculatus var. nesioticus), island barberry (Berberis pinnata ssp. insularis), and bush poppy (Dendromecon spp.).
The Bonny Doon Ecological Reserve is a nature preserve of 552 acres (2.23 km 2) in the Santa Cruz Mountains of California, United States. The reserve protects several rare and endangered plant and animal species within an area known as the Santa Cruz Sandhills, an ancient seabed containing fossilized marine animals.
“That was a different type of 911 call than we usually get," said Fire Capt. Skylar Merritt, of the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection's San Mateo-Santa Cruz unit.