Among the others are tanoaks, California black oaks, Shreve's oaks, madrones, rhododendrons, manzanita, big leaf maples and bay laurels. |
Areas with less rainfall or poorer soil have fewer, more drought-resistant shrubs such as chamise and manzanita. |
In the shrub layer are green-leaf manzanita, bog bilberry, western azalea, and leather oak. |
The hills, so dense with madrone and manzanita they seem canopied in green, echo back. |
Juniper and pine woodlands grow near the base of the cliffs, which are dotted with green manzanita shrubs. |
Cheatgrass, sagebrush, manzanita, and ponderosa pine are all part of the volatile ground fuels mix that surrounds the fast-growing city. |