GEOG/ES&P 330

California Ecosystems

Leaf surfaces and textures

Sclerophyllous (tough, dense, leathery)

• Rhus integrifolia (lemonadeberry>: http://calphotos.berkeley.edu/imgs/512x768/0000_0000/0213/0401.jpeg

• Heteromeles arbutifolia (toyon): http://calphotos.berkeley.edu/imgs/512x768/0000_0000/0306/0888.jpeg

Membranous (thin, soft, may be translucent)

• Symphoricarpos mollis (snowberry): http://calphotos.berkeley.edu/imgs/512x768/0000_0000/0505/1024.jpeg

• Claytonia perfoliata (miner's lettuce): http://calphotos.berkeley.edu/imgs/512x768/0000_0000/0512/1801.jpeg

Tomentose (woolly)

• Salvia leucophylla (purple sage): http://www.baynatives.com/plants/salvia-leucophylla/_DSC5958.jpg

• Eriogonum cinereum (ashy leaf buckwheat): http://calphotos.berkeley.edu/imgs/512x768/0000_0000/1211/2319.jpeg

Puberulent (hairy/downy/very short hairs)

• Keckiella cordifolia (climbing penstemon): http://calphotos.berkeley.edu/imgs/512x768/0000_0000/0205/0823.jpeg

• Hazardia squarrosa (sawtooth goldenbush): http://calphotos.berkeley.edu/imgs/512x768/0000_0000/0503/0126.jpeg

Pubescent (hairy/downy/short to medium hairs)

• Isocoma menziesii (coastal isocoma): http://calphotos.berkeley.edu/imgs/512x768/0177_3303/1982/0023.jpeg

• Lonicera subspicata (honeysuckle): http://calphotos.berkeley.edu/imgs/512x768/0000_0000/1111/0309.jpeg

Glaucous (covered with a waxy/resinous material, as on grapes or blueberries)

• Calystegia peirsonii (Peirson's morning glory): http://calphotos.berkeley.edu/imgs/512x768/0000_0000/1111/1013.jpeg

• Salix lasiolepis (arroyo willow): http://calphotos.berkeley.edu/imgs/512x768/0000_0000/0102/0268.jpeg

Glabrous (smooth/no hairs, sometimes shiny)

• Encelia californica (encelia): http://calphotos.berkeley.edu/imgs/512x768/0000_0000/1211/2321.jpeg

• Prunus ilicifolia (holly-leaf cherry): http://calphotos.berkeley.edu/imgs/512x768/6246_3041/2848/0050.jpeg

Viscid (sticky/glutinous/syrupy)

• Diplacus aurantiacus (sticky monkeyflower): http://calphotos.berkeley.edu/imgs/512x768/0000_0000/0502/0707.jpeg

• Baccharis salicifolia (mulefat): http://calphotos.berkeley.edu/imgs/512x768/0000_0000/0508/0731.jpeg

Document maintained by Dr. Rodrigue
First placed on web: 09/14/15
Last revision: 09/15/21