Early blooming mystery plant's a treat on field trips

BY JOHN NELSON USC Herbarium Curator
Posted 3/3/13

Here's an easy one. It's easy because it is very common, and very distinctive.

This is a shrubby species, usually a multi-trunked woody plant, with smooth gray bark, often getting to be a tall shrub, or even a small tree. It is found nearly …

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