Select Page

Adenostoma sparsifolium: Difference between revisions

Browse history interactively
← Previous editNext edit →
Content deleted Content added
VisualWikitext
Citation bot (talk | contribs)
Bots
5,622,128 edits
m Alter: title. Add: title-link. You can use this bot yourself. Report bugs here.
switch taxobox to speciesbox
Line 1: Line 1:
{{Speciesbox
{{italic title}}{{taxobox
|image = Adenostoma sparsifolium.jpg
|image = Adenostoma sparsifolium.jpg
⚫
|genus = Adenostoma
| regnum = [[Plant]]ae
⚫
|species = sparsifolium
| unranked_divisio = [[Angiosperms]]
⚫
|authority = [[John Torrey|Torr.]]
| unranked_classis = [[Eudicots]]
⚫
}}
| unranked_ordo = [[Rosids]]
|ordo = [[Rosales]]
|familia = [[Rosaceae]]
⚫
|genus = ''[[Adenostoma]]''
⚫
|species = '''''A. sparsifolium'''''
|binomial = ''Adenostoma sparsifolium''
⚫
|binomial_authority = [[John Torrey|Torr.]]
⚫
|}}


'''''Adenostoma sparsifolium''''', '''Redshanks''' or less commonly, '''Ribbonwood''' or '''Ribbon Bush''', is a multi-trunked tree or shrub native to dry slopes or [[chaparral]] of [[Southern California]] and northern [[Baja California Peninsula|Baja California]].
'''''Adenostoma sparsifolium''''', commonly known as '''redshanks''' or less commonly, '''ribbonwood''' or '''ribbon bush''', is a multi-trunked tree or shrub native to dry slopes or [[chaparral]] of [[Southern California]] and northern [[Baja California Peninsula|Baja California]].


==Description==
==Description==
Line 22: Line 15:


Like its relative, chamise, it is capable of resprouting after a fire.
Like its relative, chamise, it is capable of resprouting after a fire.

==See also==
* [[California chaparral and woodlands]]

==References==
==References==
* {{cite book | author=[[Neltje Blanchan|Blanchan, Neltje]] | title=Wild Flowers Worth Knowing | year=2005 | publisher=[[Project Gutenberg|Project Gutenberg Literary Archive Foundation]]| title-link=Wild Flowers Worth Knowing }}
* {{cite book | author=[[Neltje Blanchan|Blanchan, Neltje]] | title=Wild Flowers Worth Knowing | year=2005 | publisher=[[Project Gutenberg|Project Gutenberg Literary Archive Foundation]]| title-link=Wild Flowers Worth Knowing }}

Revision as of 22:43, 27 October 2018

Adenostoma sparsifolium, commonly known as redshanks or less commonly, ribbonwood or ribbon bush, is a multi-trunked tree or shrub native to dry slopes or chaparral of Southern California and northern Baja California.

Description

Shaggy falling shanks or ribbons of bark are one of the strongest characteristics of the Adenostoma sparsifolium tree, hence the common names. As the species name "sparsifolium" suggests, it has tiny, filamentous leaves. Redshanks are closely related to the more abundant Chamise (Adenostoma fasciculatum).

Ecology

Redshanks inhabits higher elevations of chaparral just above and below the snowline in the Peninsular Ranges and does best on north-facing "ubac" slopes at around 4,000 feet of elevation. Associates at its lower range include California Scrub Oak and Hoary Ceanothus, and mingles with manzanitas at its upper range.

Like its relative, chamise, it is capable of resprouting after a fire.

References

Media related to Adenostoma sparsifolium at Wikimedia Commons

Data related to Adenostoma sparsifolium at Wikispecies