Morella californica

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Plant Characteristics
Habit   shrub

Height: 2 m"m" can not be assigned to a declared number type with value 2. to 10 m"m" can not be assigned to a declared number type with value 10.
Cultivation
Exposure: sun, part-sun
Features: evergreen, fire resistant
USDA Zones: on"on" is not a number. to on"on" is not a number.
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Read about Morella californica in the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture 

Myrica californica, Cham. Slender tree, occasionally to 40 ft.: branchlets pubescent: lvs. lanceolate or oblong- lanceolate, acute, cuneate, remotely serrate, dark green and lustrous above, glabrous or puberulous beneath and marked with minute black dots, 2-4 in. long and ½-¾ in. broad; stamens 5-8: fr. globose, about ¼in. across, papillose, thinly coated with wax. May, June; fr. in Sept., failing during the winter. Wash, to Calif.—One of the prettiest Californian native shrubs, but not easily transplanted and difficult to prop.


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