Summary ⁷

Adenostoma fasciculatum (chamise or greasewood) is a flowering plant native to Oregon, Nevada, California, and northern Baja California. This shrub is one of the most widespread plants of the chaparral biome.

Common names ⁸

More info for the term: shrub

chamise
greasewood chamise
chamiso


TAXONOMY:
The scientific name of chamise is Adenostoma fasciculatum Hook and Arn.
(Rosaceae). Chamise and redshank (A.sparsifolium) are the only members
of this genus [38,91]. Chamise has two recognized varieties which are
differentiated on the basis of leaf size and shape [64,91]:

Adenostoma fasciculatum var. fasciculatum
Adenostoma fasciculatum var. obtusifolium S. Watson [18,91].

LIFE FORM:
Shrub

FEDERAL LEGAL STATUS:
No special status

OTHER STATUS:
NO-ENTRY





DISTRIBUTION AND OCCURRENCE
SPECIES: Adenostoma fasciculatum
GENERAL DISTRIBUTION:
Chamise is the most characteristic and widely distributed chaparral
species in California [25,38,121]. It is most extensively distributed
in the southern Coast Ranges [20,26,48], but occurs in the Coast,
Transverse and Peninsular ranges from Mendocino County to Baja
California [20,26,48]. It also occurs in the Sierra Nevada foothills
[121] and on the Channel islands [26]. Adenostoma fasciculatum variety
obtusifolium is restricted to southwestern San Diego County and Baja
California [26,92].

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