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Ceanothus cuneatus (buckbrush)

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Wikipedia Abstract

Ceanothus cuneatus is a species of flowering shrub known by the common names buckbrush and wedgeleaf ceanothus.
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Infraspecies

Ceanothus cuneatus var. fascicularis (Sedgeleaf buckbrush)
Ceanothus cuneatus var. rigidus (Monterey ceanothus)

Attributes

Allergen Potential [1]  Medium-High
Screening - Summer [2]  Dense
Screening - Winter [2]  Moderate
Bloom Period [2]  Early Summer
Drought Tolerance [2]  High
Edible [3]  May be edible. See the Plants For A Future link below for details.
Fire Tolerance [2]  High
Flower Type [3]  Hermaphrodite
Frost Free Days [2]  4 months
Fruit/Seed Abundance [2]  High
Fruit/Seed Begin [2]  Summer
Fruit/Seed End [2]  Fall
Growth Form [2]  Thicket Forming
Growth Period [2]  Spring, Summer
Growth Rate [2]  Moderate
Leaf Type [3]  Evergreen
Lifespan [2]  Perennial
Pollinators [3]  Bees
Propagation [2]  Bare Root, Container, Seed
Root Depth [2]  20 inches (51 cm)
Seed Spread Rate [2]  Moderate
Seed Vigor [2]  Low
Seeds Per [2]  49000 / lb (108026 / kg)
Shape/Orientation [2]  Erect
Specific Gravity [4]  0.7
Structure [3]  Shrub
Usage [3]  A green dye is obtained from the flowers; A red dye is obtained from the root; The stems have been used as rods in basket making; All parts of the plant are rich in saponins - when crushed and mixed with water they produce a good lather which is an effective and gentle soap; This soap is very good at removing dirt, though it does not remove oils very well. This means that when used on the skin it will not remove the natural body oils, but nor will it remove engine oil etc; The developing seed cases are also a very good source of saponins;
Vegetative Spread Rate [2]  Moderate
Flower Color [2]  White
Foliage Color [2]  Green
Fruit Color [2]  Brown
Flower Conspicuous [2]  Yes
Height [3]  5.904 feet (1.8 m)
Hardiness Zone Minimum [2]  USDA Zone: 5 Low Temperature: -20 F° (-28.9 C°) → -10 F° (-23.3 C°)
Light Preference [2]  Full Sun
Soil Acidity [2]  Neutral
Soil Fertility [2]  Infertile
Water Use [2]  Moderate
View Plants For A Future Record : Ceanothus cuneatus

Protected Areas

Name IUCN Category Area acres Location Species Website Climate Land Use
Oregon Caves National Monument V 456 Oregon, United States

Predators

External References

USDA Plant Profile

NatureServe Explorer

Citations

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♦ 1Derived from Allergy-Free Gardening OPALS™, Thomas Leo Ogren (2000)
♦ 2USDA Plants Database, U. S. Department of Agriculture
♦ 3Plants For A Future licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License
♦ 4Chave J, Coomes D, Jansen S, Lewis SL, Swenson NG, Zanne AE (2009) Towards a worldwide wood economics spectrum. Ecology Letters 12: 351-366. Zanne AE, Lopez-Gonzalez G, Coomes DA, Ilic J, Jansen S, Lewis SL, Miller RB, Swenson NG, Wiemann MC, Chave J (2009) Data from: Towards a worldwide wood economics spectrum. Dryad Digital Repository.
♦ 5HOSTS - a Database of the World's Lepidopteran Hostplants Gaden S. Robinson, Phillip R. Ackery, Ian J. Kitching, George W. Beccaloni AND Luis M. Hernández
♦ 6Peromyscus boylii (Rodentia: Cricetidae), MATINA C. KALCOUNIS-RUEPPELL AND TRACEY R. SPOON, MAMMALIAN SPECIES 838:1–14 (2009)
♦ 7Ben-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