Calflora: Schinus molle

Schinus molle L.

Peruvian pepper tree, Peruvian peppertree

Schinus molle, a dicot, is a tree that is not native to California; it was introduced from elsewhere and naturalized in the wild.

The California Invasive Plant Council (Cal-IPC) lists plants that cause serious problems in native ecosystems. Cal-IPC classifies the statewide impact of Schinus molle as limited (plant profile).

Toxicity:	DERMATITIS [California Poison Control System 2010]
Elevation:	between 0 and 2297 feet

Family:	Anacardiaceae (TJM2 Treatment)
Related:	See a list of other species in the genus Schinus found in California.

Recognized as current in TJM2 + PLANTS + JM93

Distribution in California by County:

See a detailed Distribution Grid of this plant in California.

A shaded county indicates that there are one or more 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).

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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 Schinus molle from other sources:

Photos on CalPhotos / Picasa / Flickr
Photos or website references on Google
USDA PLANTS Profile (SCMO)

2011 Jepson Manual Treament from the Jepson Herbarium,
University of California, Berkeley
Original Publication citation. on the International Plants Names Index
Search efloras.org (Flora of North America)