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Christmasberry
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Christmasberry or toyon (tō`yən), evergreen tree or shrub (Photinia arbutifolia) of the family Rosaceae (rose rose, common name for some members of the Rosaceae, a large family of herbs, shrubs, and trees distributed over most of the earth, and for plants of the genus Rosa, the true roses.
..... Click the link for more information.  family), found on the Pacific coast of North America. Its white flowers are followed by bright red berries; with its handsome leaves, it is used on the Pacific coast as a Christmas green. It is also called California holly. Most other species of Photinia, sometimes cultivated, are native to Asia East. Christmasberry is classified in the division Magnoliophyta Magnoliophyta , division of the plant kingdom consisting of those organisms commonly called the flowering plants, or angiosperms. The angiosperms have leaves, stems, and roots, and vascular, or conducting, tissue (xylem and phloem).
..... Click the link for more information. , class Magnoliopsida, order Rosales, family Rosaceae.
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In higher elevations of the public hunting area, sheep feed among bright-green Christmas berry bushes and a labyrinth of dry washes lined by rosebush-like thorn bushes called Iantana.
Summer Game: In Hawaii, there's more than one season to sharpen your ... by Deffenbaugh, Brad / Petersen's Bowhunting
One of the island shrubs (Ceanothus) has significantly lower concentrations of the compounds than the mainland version, while the island Christmas berry (Heteromeles) actually has more tannin for part of the year.
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