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Ceanothus velutinus
Also called Tobacco Brush, Snowbrush, Big Buck Brush, Big Buckbrush, Mountain Balm, Sticky Laurel, Varnish Leaved Ceanothus
Ceanothus velutinus, with the common names snowbrush ceanothus, red root, tobacco brush, and sticky laurel, is a species of shrub in the family Rhamnaceae. It is native to western North America from British Columbia to California to Colorado.
Two varieties are accepted:
Ceanothus velutinus is native to western North America from British Columbia to California to Colorado, where it grows in hills and mountains in several habitat types including open coniferous forest and chaparral, often in rocky soils.
Deer and elk browse the plant during winter.
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Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Ceanothus velutinus 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.
