Rosaceae FAMILY

Holodiscus dumosus

Edibility

1/5

Medicinal

1/5

Safety & Hazards

None known

Botanical Description

Holodiscus dumosus is a deciduous shrub that can grow up to 4.50 metres tall. It is harvested from the wild for local use as a food and medicine

Habitat & Origin

Origintemperate

Native RangeWestern N. America - Wyoming to Texas, Arizona and New Mexico.

HabitatDry rocky desert valleys and hillsides well up into the mountains[ 60 Title Vascular Plants of the Pacific Northwest. Publication Author Hitchcock. C. L. Publisher University of Washington Press Year 1955 ISBN - Description A standard flora for Western N. America with lots of information on habitat etc. Five large volumes, it is not for the casual reader. ].