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Coyote ceanothus

Ceanothus ferrisiae

Coyote ceanothus
Photo: John Rusk from Berkeley, CA, United States of America, CC BY 2.0
Family
Rhamnaceae (Rhamn family)
Grows as
Shrub
Native range
California (Santa Clara Co.)
Climate
subtropical

About

Ceanothus ferrisiae (sometimes spelled ferrisae) is a rare species of shrub in the family Rhamnaceae. Its common name is coyote ceanothus.

Where it grows

Ceanothus ferrisiae is endemic to Santa Clara County, California, where it is known from only four or five occurrences near Mt. Hamilton in the Diablo Range. The largest population, located near Anderson Dam, is recovering from a 1992 wildfire that killed 95% of the plants. It is a member of the serpentine soils endemic flora and it occurs in chaparral. It is a federally listed endangered species.

Other Ceanothus plants

New Jersey tea · Feltleaf ceanothus · Cerro Bola Ceanothus · Ceanothus buxifolius · Ceanothus caeruleus · Rincon Ridge ceanothus · Whitethorn ceanothus · Hoaryleaf ceanothus · Buckbrush · San Diego buckbrush · Sandscrub ceanothus · Ceanothus depressus

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Ceanothus ferrisiae by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts are shared under the same licence.

Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.

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