Calflora: Frangula californica

Frangula californica (Eschsch.) A. Gray

California coffeeberry

Frangula californica, a dicot, is a shrub that is native to California.

Communities:	Coastal Strand, Northern Coastal Scrub, Mixed Evergreen Forest, Redwood Forest, Foothill Woodland, Chaparral, Coastal Sage Scrub, Yellow Pine Forest, Red Fir Forest, Pinyon-Juniper Woodland, Joshua Tree Woodland, Creosote Bush Scrub
Habitat:	canyons, coastal, slopes [Walker]
Toxicity:	MINOR, DERMATITIS [California Poison Control System 2010]

Family:	RHAMNACEAE
Related:	See a list of other species in the genus Frangula found in California.
	This is a parent record; distribution data is an aggregate of data for subspecies and varieties: Frangula californica ssp. californica Frangula californica ssp. crassifolia Frangula californica ssp. cuspidata Frangula californica ssp. occidentalis Frangula californica ssp. tomentella Frangula californica ssp. ursina

Accepted by TJM2 + PLANTS

Other Names:
(according to)

TJM2:	Rhamnus californica
TJM2:	Rhamnus tomentella

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Distribution by County:

See a detailed Distribution Grid of this plant in California.

A shaded county indicates that there are ocurrence records of this plant within the county.

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	There are specimen records from this county in an herbarium.
	There are documented records, vouchered or confirmed by an expert.
	There are reported records.
	There are reported records available indirectly (eg. in botanical literature).

Records by County, with approximate record counts in the form: TOTAL / CCH. Click county name to view records.

CCH: records provided by the participants of the Consortium of California Herbaria.

Information about Frangula californica from other sources:

Photos on Picasa / Flickr / Google Images
website references on Google
USDA PLANTS Profile (FRCA12)
Nursery availability and horticultural info (what grows with this plant?) on CNPLX
2012 Jepson Manual Treament from the Jepson Herbarium,
University of California, Berkeley
Search efloras.org (Flora of North America)
Search the Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center Native Plant Database