Whittier Narrows
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These plants can be found within the Whittier Narrows Area and if you have trouble spotting one, just ask the friendly volunteers for help.
Leaves can turn yellow or red in fall and winter, but they are just as potent.
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Watch out! This plant can give you a lot to scratch about. Leaves arranged in sets of three on the branch.
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Thorns are present, approach with caution. Better yet, do not touch.
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Coyote bush (Baccharis pilularis) is a large shrub with oval leaves with many teeth along the margins. Small flowers in bellshaped heads.
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Coffeeberry (Rhamnus californica) is and evergreen shrub reaching up to six feet high. The leaves are dark green and glossy, the branches can be reddish. Greenish flowers and berry-like fruits.
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California buckwheat is usually about three feet tall, has small leafs with pink and white flowers that grow in an umbel.
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Sugar bush can be as tall as 30 feet high. The leafs are evergreen, and the berries smell like sugar.
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St. Catherine's lace (Eriogonum giganteum) is an evergreen bush growing up to 8 ft. high, flowering in a lacy canopy in June and July.
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