Shrublands: Cupleaf ceanothus - fremontia - oak series. From Wordnik.com. [Hardpan Terraces] Reference
Common shrubs include chamise, buckbrush or ceanothus, and manzanita. From Wordnik.com. [Mediterranean California ecoregion (CEC)] Reference
There are smaller areas of Purple sage series, Bigpod ceanothus series, and Mixed scrub oak series. From Wordnik.com. [Santa Ynez - Sulphur Mountains (Bailey)] Reference
Lovely purple/blue ceanothus like that flowering in the El Cajon hills, outside San Diego, California. From Wordnik.com. [Paradis - French Word-A-Day] Reference
Other common species are Christmasberry, California scrub oak, mountain mahogany, and many species of ceanothus. From Wordnik.com. [California Coastal Range Open Woodland-Shrub-Coniferous Forest - Meadow Province (Bailey)] Reference
Jeffrey pine and endemic oak and ceanothus species have evolved to grow in the potentially toxic and nutrient-poor serpentine soils. From Wordnik.com. [Ecoregions of Oregon (EPA)] Reference
The foam from ceanothus wasn't as rich as soaproot lather, but this was a final washing and the pale blue petals left a pleasant mild scent. From Wordnik.com. [The Plains of Passage]
At middle elevations, dense thickets of shrubs such as desert ceanothus, alderleaf mountain mahogany, and catclaw mimosa form chaparral communities. From Wordnik.com. [Ecoregions of New Mexico (EPA)] Reference
Chaparral (dominated by red shank, ceanothus, and sage) on southern California mountains, with Mt. Palomar in background, Cleveland National Forest. From Wordnik.com. [California Coastal Range Open Woodland-Shrub-Coniferous Forest - Meadow Province (Bailey)] Reference
Needles, twigs, downed timber, gooseberry, ceanothus: the mountain was solid fuel and so dry the dust pounded up by each bootfall tickled Anna's nose till it ran. From Wordnik.com. [Firestorm]
At middle elevations, a chaparral community occurs beneath the trees, composed of shrubs such as desert ceanothus, alderleaf mountain mahogany, and catclaw mimosa. From Wordnik.com. [Ecoregions of Texas (EPA)] Reference
When the water was simmering, she scooped out a few cupfuls, put them in a wooden basin, and from her supply of herbals, added a few dried lilaclike ceanothus flowers. From Wordnik.com. [The Mammoth Hunters]
Originally it was planted around several ceanothus plants. From Wordnik.com. [UUpdates - All updates] Reference
The old foreground of buckeye and odorous ceanothus was gone. From Wordnik.com. [The Three Partners] Reference
Judas tree, ceanothus and chinquapin must bow beneath her touch. From Wordnik.com. [The Bloom of Monticello] Reference
Another ceanothus, commonly called mountain birch, is often found. From Wordnik.com. [The Lake of the Sky Lake Tahoe in the High Sierras of California and Nevada, its History, Indians, Discovery by Frémont, Legendary Lore, Various Namings, Physical Characteristics, Glacial Phenomena, Geology, Single Outlet, Automobile Routes, Historic Towns, Early Mining Excitements, Steamer Ride, Mineral Springs, Mountain and Lake Resorts, Trail and Camping Out Trips, Summer Residences, Fishing, Hunting, Flowers, Birds, Animals, Trees, and Chaparral, with a Full Account of the Tahoe National Forest, the Public Use of the Water of Lake Tahoe and Much Other Interesting Matter] Reference
"It was the grandmother ceanothus, the biggest one here," she said. From Wordnik.com. [SFGate: Top News Stories] Reference
European garden forms of ceanothus, but not hardy in the northern states. From Wordnik.com. [Manual of Gardening (Second Edition)] Reference
But starting in January, the ceanothus flowers, adding sky-blue to the color mix. From Wordnik.com. [Fore, right!] Reference
This ceanothus is more frost tender than others and will be damaged at 15 degrees F. From Wordnik.com. [The Union - All Categories] Reference
"The first few years it will be a battle between the ceanothus and the blackberries,". From Wordnik.com. [SFGate: Top News Stories] Reference
The azaleas were already budding; the ceanothus getting ready its lilac livery for spring. From Wordnik.com. [The Luck of Roaring Camp and Other Tales With Condensed Novels, Spanish and American Legends, and Earlier Papers] Reference
The azaleas were already budding, the ceanothus getting ready its lilac livery for spring. From Wordnik.com. [Selected Stories of Bret Harte] Reference
Very heavy fuels of ceanothus, chamise, scrub oak and manzanita across the entire fire area. From Wordnik.com. [Desert News] Reference
They have landscaped their yards with such plants as Achnatherum nelsonii, Mahonia aquifolium and ceanothus. From Wordnik.com. [Home] Reference
Rain had muddied ranch roads, roused aromas of sage and ceanothus, and greened the hills to the cusp of enchantment. From Wordnik.com. [The Santa Barbara Independent stories] Reference
Joyce Coulter ceanothus is among the 100 All-Star plants featured at the Native Plant Garden at the UC Davis Arboretum. From Wordnik.com. [SacBee -- Latest News] Reference
Zone 4 is native vegetation thinned to reduce fuel volume and includes coastal live oak, sycamores and ceanothus (wild lilac). From Wordnik.com. [Fore, right!] Reference
The heavy odors of wild honeysuckle, syringa, and ceanothus that hung over it were lightened and freshened by the sharp spicing of pine and bay. From Wordnik.com. [Under the Redwoods] Reference
Thousands of roses were blooming on the more level ground, sending forth their rich fragrance, mixed with the delicate scent of the feathery ceanothus (New Jersey tea). From Wordnik.com. [Lost in the Backwoods] Reference
Thousands of roses were blooming on the more level ground, sending forth their rich fragrance, mixed with the delicate scent of the feathery ceanothus, (New Jersey tea.). From Wordnik.com. [Canadian Crusoes] Reference
1 Some shrubby plants (such as hebe, pittosporum, ceanothus and choisya) are looking more dead than alive. From Wordnik.com. [Telegraph.co.uk: news, business, sport, the Daily Telegraph newspaper, Sunday Telegraph] Reference
One recent introduction, the striking ceanothus. From Wordnik.com. [SFGate: Top News Stories] Reference
Only one ceanothus made it. From Wordnik.com. [UUpdates - All updates] Reference
Butterflies feed on ceanothus. From Wordnik.com. [Home] Reference
(aquilegia), artemesia, ceanothus, rock rose (cistus), breath of heaven (coleonema), foxglove. From Wordnik.com. [SFGate: Top News Stories] Reference
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