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Lyonothamnus
Lyonothamnus is a genus with a single living species, Channel Island ironwood (L. floribundus), a small evergreen tree from California's Channel Islands. Garden plants are usually subspecies aspleniifolius, grown for its drought tolerance and native landscape use.
Lyonothamnus is a monotypic genus of trees in the rose family containing the single living species Lyonothamnus floribundus, which is known by the common name Channel Island ironwood, and the subspecies L. f. ssp. aspleniifolius and L. f. ssp. floribundus.
The Lyonothamnus ssp. aspleniifolius tree is grown in the horticulture nursery trade and used in landscape design; in drought tolerant, California native plants, traditional, and habitat-wildlife gardens; in public landscapes and private garden settings.
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