Chrysolepis sempervirens (USA)

Chrysolepis sempervirens (Kellogg) Hjelmq., Bot. Not. 113: 377 1960. (syn: Castanea sempervirens Kellogg; Castanopsis chrysophylla var. sempervirens (Kellogg) A.Henry; Castanopsis sempervirens (Kellogg) Dudley); S. Oregon, California (Mts.) as per WCSP; Chrysolepis sempervirens from California-GS19022020-1 : 1 post by 1 author. Attachments (2) Chrysolepis sempervirens (Kellogg) Hjelmq. Common name:  Chinquapin.    Family Fagaceae Native of California and Oregon, evergreen shrub with narrowly elliptic leaves, golden to rusty beneath, distinct male and female flowers in clusters and nut fruit enclosed in spiny bur-like involucre. Clicked from Tahoe Forest, August 3, 2017.   References: Catalogue of Life  The Plant List Ver.1.1  World Flora Online  WCSP  IPNI  Flora of North America  FoNA illustration   https://calscape.org/Chrysolepis-sempervirens-() https://www.fs.fed.us/database/feis/plants/shrub/chrsem/all.html https://www.calflora.org/cgi-bin/species_query.cgi?where-taxon=Chrysolepis+sempervirens https://ucjeps.berkeley.edu/eflora/eflora_display.php?tid=19401