Tag: Prostrate

Quercus vaccinifolia

Quercus vaccinifolia, or Huckleberry oak, is an important oak species of high mountain forests in the Sierra Nevada and Cascade ranges from California north into southern Oregon.  This impressive evergreen, or live oak, grows slowly as a prostrate shrub attaining typical dimensions of 1 foot high by 4 foot wide, and more with age.  The leaves of the huckleberry […]

Baccharis pilularis

Coyote bush is a striking sight in the dull winter months on the Oregon coast.  Growing in two different forms, the coastal version is low and prostrate, while the interior form is upright and shrubby.  The leaves are covered with resin glands, which vary the coloring of the shrub from dark green to gray.  The […]