H20150416-0017—Fremontodendron decumbens—RPBG

Fremontodendron decumbens—Pine Hill flannelbush. Included in the CNPS Inventory of Rare and Endangered Plants on list 1B.2 (rare, threatened, or endangered in CA and elsewhere). Also listed by the State of California as Rare and by the Federal Government as 'Endangered '. Grows on gabbro outcrops in El Dorado County. Requires three species of native bees for pollination and harvester ants for dispersal of seeds. Few seeds are produced by Pine Hill flannelbush in the wild and even fewer survive to grow to mature shrubs. It does thrive in Regional Parks Botanic Garden. Photographed in Regional Park Botanic Garden located in Tilden Regional Park near Berkeley, CA.

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