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Cercocarpus betuloides
This bush was about 15ft tall in which the "leaves are distinctive in that they have smooth edges from the base to about half way up, then are wavy or toothed to the rounded tip. The shrub's white flowers are small, clustered, and mildly scented. The fruit is a tubular achene, with a distinctive curly light thin feather-like extension going out 2 to 3 inches." This can be seen at my other spotting: http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/148... "The wood of the shrub extremely hard and reddish, from which the incorrect common name comes. Native American Californians used the hard wood for arrows, spears for fishing, and digging sticks." - Wikipedia
Chaparral at Daley Ranch
The etymology of the species name derives from the Greek “kerkos”, from which the genus name root cerco derives, meaning "tail", referring to the tail-like appearance of the fruit; and carpus meaning "fruit": thus “fruit with tail”.
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