Rosaceae FAMILY

Adenostoma fasciculatum

Edibility

0/5

Medicinal

2/5

Safety & Hazards

None known

Botanical Description

Adenostoma fasciculatum is a much-branched evergreen shrub with a spreading habit. It can grow from 60 - 360cm tall. The many slender stems are erect and generally lack permanent branches[ 1050 Title Fire Effects Information System Publication Author Website http://www.feis-crs.org/feis/ Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description An on-line information site with comprehensive information on over 1,100 species of plant. Mainly developed to supply information on the effects of fire on plants and animals, it also contains a wealth of other information on the plants ]. The plant is harvested from the wild for local use as a medicine and source of materials. It is also used to stabilize soils along roads, dry slopes etc.

Habitat & Origin

Origintemperate

Native RangeSouth-western N. America - California to Mexico

HabitatA shrub component of chaparral, coniferous woodland, and forest communities; it typically dominates the shrub cover of chaparral when growing in poor depleted soils and on dry hot slopes; it is found at elevations up to 1,800 metres[ 181 Title Meet Flora Mexicana. Publication Author Pesman. M. W. Publisher Dale S. King. Arizona. Year 1962 ISBN - Description Very readable flora but rather lacking botanically. A few notes on useful plants. , 200 Title The New RHS Dictionary of Gardening. 1992. Publication Author Huxley. A. Publisher MacMillan Press Year 1992 ISBN 0-333-47494-5 Description Excellent and very comprehensive, though it contains a number of silly mistakes. Readable yet also very detailed. , 1050 Title Fire Effects Information System Publication Author Website http://www.feis-crs.org/feis/ Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description An on-line information site with comprehensive information on over 1,100 species of plant. Mainly developed to supply information on the effects of fire on plants and animals, it also contains a wealth of other information on the plants ].