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Garrya elliptica (wavyleaf silktassel)

Synonyms: Garrya lindleyana

Wikipedia Abstract

Garrya elliptica (coast silk-tassel, silk tassel bush or wavyleaf silktassel) is a species of flowering plant in the family Garryaceae, native to the coastal ranges of California and southern Oregon. It is an erect, bushy, evergreen shrub reaching a height of 2–5 m (7–16 ft).
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Attributes

Air Quality Improvement [1]  None
Allergen Potential [1]  Medium-High
Carbon Capture [1]  Low
Shade Percentage [1]  83 %
Temperature Reduction [1]  Low
Wind Reduction [1]  Low
Flower Type [2]  Dioecious
Leaf Type [2]  Evergreen
Lifespan [3]  Perennial
Structure [2]  Shrub
Usage [2]  Grows well by the sea and can be grown as a hedge in the milder parts of Britain; A hedge in a sheltered position at Wisley in 1991 was very healthy; Makes a good wind shelter; Grey to black dyes are obtained from the berries. The colour varies according to the ripeness of the fruit, green fruits are the best; The bark and leaves are very bitter, a possible insect repellent?; Wood - hard, close-grained. It has been used for fine cabinet work, though its small size and rarity limits its commercial usefulness;
Height [2]  13.12 feet (4 m)
Width [2]  13.12 feet (4 m)
Hardiness Zone Minimum [1]  USDA Zone: 8 Low Temperature: 10 F° (-12.2 C°) → 20 F° (-6.7 C°)
Hardiness Zone Maximum [1]  USDA Zone: 9 Low Temperature: 20 F° (-6.7 C°) → 30 F° (-1.1 C°)
Water Use [1]  Moderate
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Protected Areas

Name IUCN Category Area acres Location Species Website Climate Land Use
Avon Gorge Woodlands 376 England, United Kingdom

Predators

Ascochyta garryae[4]
Ceuthospora foliicola[4]
Puto yuccae (large Yucca mealybug)[5]

Range Map

External References

USDA Plant Profile

NatureServe Explorer

Citations

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♦ 1i-Tree Species v. 4.0, developed by the USDA Forest Service's Northern Research Station and SUNY-ESF using the Horticopia, Inc. plant database.
♦ 2Plants For A Future licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License
♦ 3USDA Plants Database, U. S. Department of Agriculture
♦ 4Jorrit H. Poelen, James D. Simons and Chris J. Mungall. (2014). Global Biotic Interactions: An open infrastructure to share and analyze species-interaction datasets. Ecological Informatics.
♦ 5Ben-Dov, Y., Miller, D.R. & Gibson, G.A.P. ScaleNet 4 November 2009
Abstract provided by DBpedia licensed under a Creative Commons License
Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0