Ash Tree Pinnately compound, opposite Oleaceae Used for baseball bats, Fruits: Samaras North America, flooring, tool handles (White) Deciduous Europe Asia Bladderpod Compound Leaves trifoliate, alternate, Capparaceae – (caper family) Inflated Seedpods Fruit: capsule SW U.S Brazilian Pinnately compound, alternating leaves Anacardiaceae Not a true pepper Tropical and Shallow roots Pepper Fruit: Drupe subtropical Sap skin reactions – south america Black Sage Evergreen, Simple leaves, opposite Lamiaceae Used as a pain reliever, Coastal Sage nectar made into a honey Fruit: Schizocarp Scrub Bulrush Three sided Cyperaceae Indicator of fresh water (Sedge) N and S America Cactus Leaves modified into spines from Cactaceae Chladophylls – Cohineal (scale) insect areoles Deserts carmine dye California Palmately compound Sapindaceae Seeds: poisonous Buckeye Fruit: capsule Native to CA Aesculin: lyses RBC’s California Erosion control Polygonaceae Used as treatment for Buckwheat headached, diarrhea, SW U.S wounds, good for heart California Deciduous, simple leaves Fabeaceae Used for wood veneer, Redbud Erosion control Western US California Light in color, Fruit Achene Asteraceae Terpenes: odor and reduce Sagebrush competition, erosion control California Dioecious, Lauraceae Spice, Cineole oil used as Sweet bay an astringent Olympic – Fruit: True Berry Mediterranean wreaths Plant Species (cont) Species Characteristics Family Other Caster Bean Leaves palmate, alternate, reddish Euphorbiaceae Ricin, protein a few tinge Mediterranean grains of sand can kill Fruit: not a bean - Capsule an adult
Ash Tree (White) Pinnately compound, opposite Fruits: Samaras Deciduous Oleaceae North America, Europe Asia Used for baseball bats, flooring, tool handles Bladderpod Compound Leaves – trifoliate, alternate, Fruit: capsule Capparaceae (caper family) SW U.S Inflated Seedpods Brazilian Pepper Pinnately compound, alternating leaves Fruit: Drupe Anacardiaceae Tropical and subtropical south america Not a true pepper Shallow roots Sap – skin reactions Black Sage Evergreen, Simple leaves, opposite Fruit: Schizocarp Lamiaceae Coastal Sage Scrub Used as a pain reliever, nectar made into a honey Bulrush Three sided Cyperaceae (Sedge) N and S America Indicator of fresh water Cactus Leaves – modified into spines from areoles Cactaceae Deserts Chladophylls Cohineal (scale) insect carmine dye California Buckeye Palmately compound Fruit: capsule Sapindaceae Native to CA Seeds: poisonous Aesculin: lyses RBC’s California Buckwheat Erosion control Polygonaceae SW U.S Used as treatment for headached, diarrhea, wounds, good for heart California Redbud Deciduous, simple leaves Fabeaceae Western US Used for wood veneer, Erosion control California Sagebrush Light in color, Fruit Achene Asteraceae Terpenes: odor and reduce competition, erosion control California Sweet bay Dioecious, Fruit: True Berry Lauraceae Mediterranean Spice, Cineole oil used as an astringent – Olympic wreaths Plant Species (cont) Species Characteristics Family Other Caster Bean Leaves palmate, alternate, reddish tinge Fruit: not a bean - Capsule Euphorbiaceae Mediterranean Ricin, protein a few grains of sand can kill an adult
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