Whiting Ranch Wilderness 24

Posted on May 24, 2004 in Biomes Photos

It’s sugar bush season, that brief time of year when the heart-shaped fruits of this shrub drip with a lemonady sap. One of the few plants of the chaparral that I can confidently eat, though the unwise might confuse it with the toyon which is still fruiting at the higher elevations.

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