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	Thunderstone's Webinator: Search: utah wilderness
		Flannelbush is found on a variety of soil textures that range from gravelly loams to clays.
		Flannelbush grows in open to very dense chaparral stands; light does not appear to be a limiting factor in establishment.
		Flannelbush is also a dominant shrub in desert chaparral communities which burn less frequently and intensely than other chaparral types [15,21].
	www.fs.fed.us /cgi-bin/texis/searchallsites/search.allsites/?query=utah+wilderness&db=allsites&cmd=context&id=424c04310 (1763 words)

	AllRefer - Species: Flannelbush \| Fremontodendron californicum > Species:
		Flannelbush is a dominant or indicator species in the following publications: (1) Vegetation types of the San Gabriel Mountains [16] (2) Preliminary descriptions of the terrestrial natural communities of California [19] (3) Vegetation of the San Bernardino Mountains [31].
		Flannelbush seed harvest, storage, germination, and planting methods are also discussed in detail [8,24,34].
		Flannelbush is also a dominant shrub in desert chaparral communities which burn less frequently and intensely than other chaparral types [15,21].
	reference.allrefer.com /wildlife-plants-animals/plants/shrub/frecal/all.html (2215 words)

	AllRefer - Species: Flannelbush \| Fremontodendron californicum > Botanical and ecological characteristics
		Over its range, flannelbush is found on all aspects in foothills and low elevation mountains [51,42].
		Flannelbush is found on a variety of soil textures that range from gravelly loams to clays.
		Flannelbush grows in open to very dense chaparral stands; light does not appear to be a limiting factor in establishment.
	reference.allrefer.com /wildlife-plants-animals/plants/shrub/frecal/botanical-ecological-characteristics.html (507 words)

	California 'Fremontia' gets stuck with name that doesn't do it justice
		Flannelbushes aren't that hard to keep healthy; the hardest thing for some of us is to give them enough drainage.
		He seems to have found the flannelbush in the spring of 1846, on an expedition heading north from Sutter's Fort.
		That was his only visit to "the sources of the Sacramento," which botanist John Torrey named as the plant's habitat when he described the species in a publication of the brand-new Smithsonian Institution.
	www.sfgate.com /cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/chronicle/archive/2004/04/03/HOG9L5UDHR1.DTL&type=printable (971 words)

	CALIFORNIA'S PLANTS AND ANIMALS (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		Mexican flannelbush, a member of the cacao family (Sterculiaceae), is a stiff, robust, tree-like shrub with bright orange flowers.
		This flannelbush is a showy plant that is used as a drought-tolerant ornamental shrub in gardens.
		Although no known Mexican flannelbush have burned in decades, the habitat of Mexican flannelbush is subject to human-caused fires which may occur too frequently to permit regrowth and reproduction of this chaparral species should the areas supporting the plants be burned.
	www.dfg.ca.gov /hcpb/cgi-bin/read_one.asp?specy=plants&idNum=119 (242 words)

	Pine Hill Flannelbush
		Pine Hill flannelbush is a 4 foot (1.3 meters) spreading shrub that produces large striking flowers, approximately 1.4 inches (3.5 cm) across, with distinctive leaves 1/2 inch (1-5 cm) long, that have made close relatives of this species ornamental favorites.
		Pine Hill flannelbush is only known from the central portion of western Eldorado County in the vicinity of Pine Hill itself (near Rescue).
		Common flannelbush (Fremontodendron californicum) generally differs from Pine Hill flannelbush in growth form (the former taller than wide, the latter wider than tall) and flower color (the former with yellow flowers, the latter with orange).
	www.blm.gov /ca/pa/ssp/plants/fremontodendron_decumbens.html (224 words)

	California 'Fremontia' gets stuck with name that doesn't do it justice
		Flannelbushes aren't that hard to keep healthy; the hardest thing for some of us is to give them enough drainage.
		He seems to have found the flannelbush in the spring of 1846, on an expedition heading north from Sutter's Fort.
		If you want a flannelbush neighbor, now's the time to look for one, as so many are in bloom.
	sfgate.com /cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2004/04/03/HOG9L5UDHR1.DTL (957 words)

	Flannelbush: beautiful flowers, strong bark for making rope - Tehachapi News - Tehachapi News
		Flannelbush is little-noticed throughout the year except for May and June, when its tough branches are covered with bright golden blossoms that look like hibiscus flowers carved from yellow wax.
		The Nüwa word for flannelbush is uuparabü “oo-par-rub” and the Indian people would peel off long strips of flannelbush bark and twist three strands together to form amazingly stout string or small rope.
		If you wet some flannelbush bark you will discover why it was called California slippery elm, even though it is unrelated to the true slippery elm of the Midwest: add water and the bark suddenly becomes totally slick and slimy.
	www.tehachapinews.com /home/ViewPost/11706 (641 words)

	Flannelbush - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The genus is named after John C. Frémont.
		There are two species: the California Flannelbush F.
		napense occurs in Napa and adjacent counties, and Thickleaf California Flannelbush F.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Flannelbush (217 words)

	Berkeley Daily Planet
		There are some public plantings of Fremontodendron californicum, F. mexicanum, or flannelbush, around: one by the tennis courts at Martin Luther King and Russell, one in Oakland, along the green stretch of 51st Street between Telegraph Avenue and Broadway.
		Fremont apparently found the type specimen of flannelbush in Spring of 1846, somewhere north of Sutterâs Fort.
		Flannelbush has more benefits, aside from its beauty, to ants, moths and bees than directly to us.
	www.berkeleydailyplanet.com /article.cfm?archiveDate=04-12-05&storyID=21157 (866 words)

	floralore: pine hill: the hill
		On the other end of the spectrum, Pine Hill flannelbush is reason enough to go to the top of the hill; it is gorgeous and unmistakable, one shrub literally engulfs a tall fence at the edge of a transmission station.
		At that time I was notified by others concerned with protecting plants that I might want to remove the links I had to the flannelbush, etc. I didn't remove anything because these plants don't grow in any other locations where a homeowner would stumble over one in their turnip patch.
		Pine Hill Flannelbush is the prettiest the rare plants of Pine Hill; this one alone is worth the trip.
	floralore.com /habitats/pinehill/pinehill.html (1905 words)

	Chapparal
		californicum, Sterculiaceae) Flannelbush is a 2- to 5-m.
		(2-inch), radial flowers of the flannelbush are vivid yellow and sometimes have reddish margins.
		Flannelbush is in the Cacao family from which we get Cola and chocolate.
	polyland.calpoly.edu /overview/Archives/derome/chaparral.html (2995 words)

	carpenteria (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		Caltrans roadside reserve in this area begins in a foothill woodland plant community dominated by blue oak and foothill pine with expanses of grassland in between.
		As you climb above 2,000' elevation, the foothill woodland changes in subtle transition to a chaparral community represented by interior live oak, California buckeye, chaparral whitethorn, flannelbush, California bay, poison oak, and bush lupine.
		From late spring into summer, the progression of color shifts to white and yellow as Carpenteria and flannelbush display their impressive blooms.
	www.dot.ca.gov /hq/LandArch/CaliforniaWILD/carpenteria.htm (292 words)

	California Flannelbush - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Nearly all of the individuals of this species are found in the Pine Hill Ecological Reserve, but since this reserve is near human habitation, fire is suppressed.
		californicum, which is usually called California flannelbush or California slippery elm, is more common and is sometimes cultivated as an ornamental.
		The flowers are yellow and each petal has an attractive, curved shape that comes to a point.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/California_Flannelbush (247 words)

	Pine Hill Preserve - Rare Plant: Pine Hill flannelbush
		Pine Hill flannelbush is a low-growing, often sprawling shrub, with many branches from the base.
		The taller flannelbush that is often used commercially for landscaping is a close relative of Pine Hill flannelbush.
		Ongoing studies of the dwarf flannelbush populations that occur in similar habitats in Nevada, Yuba and Butte counties, have not yet established to what degree they are related to the Pine Hill flannelbush.
	www.pinehillpreserve.org /rare_plants/species/Pine_Hill_flannelbush.htm (205 words)

	CBD - Letterhead (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		San Francisco–The Center for Biological Diversity and the California Native Plant Society filed suit in Federal District Court on August 13 to compel Gale Norton, the U.S. Secretary of the Interior to designate Critical Habitat under provisions of the Endangered Species Act for five extremely rare plant species.
		The species; the Mexican flannelbush, San Diego thornmint, Vail Lake ceanothus, Yadin’s rein orchid and Nevin’s barberry occur in San Diego, Riverside, Los Angeles, Monterey Counties and Baja, Mexico.
		Mexican flannelbush (Fremontodendron mexicanum) was listed as an endangered species on October 13, 1998.
	www.biologicaldiversity.org /swcbd/press/plants8-16-04.html (1086 words)

	Center for Biological Diversity - Press Release (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		The Mexican Flannelbush, a large shrub with gorgeous large golden-yellow flowers, is a species that is currently known from two small canyons in San Diego and two areas in Baja California.
		Historically the Mexican Flannelbush was known from several other locations in San Diego, but these were destroyed.
		but because the Mexican Flannelbush is not covered by the MSCP, all populations are included in the proposed critical habitat designation.
	biologicaldiversity.org /swcbd/press/socal-plants-10-03-2006.html (549 words)

	Reference Library - RedOrbit
		The genus is named after John C. Frémont.
		There are two species: the California Flannelbush F. californicum, and the Mexican Flannelbush F. mexicanum, and a number of populations of uncertain status.
		napense occurs in Napa and adjacent counties, and Thickleaf California Flannelbush F. californicum subsp.
	www.redorbit.com /education/reference_library/plants/flannelbush/826/index.html (221 words)

	Center for Biological Diversity - Press Release (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		The Mexican Flannelbush, a large shrub with gorgeous large golden-yellow flowers, is a species that is currently known from two small canyons in San Diego and two areas in Baja California.
		Historically the Mexican Flannelbush was known from several other locations in San Diego, but these were destroyed.
		but because the Mexican Flannelbush is not covered by the MSCP, all populations are included in the proposed critical habitat designation.
	www.biologicaldiversity.org /swcbd/press/socal-plants-10-03-2006.html (549 words)

	Pine Hill Flannelbush species account from the Sacramento Fish & Wildlife Office
		Pine Hill flannelbush grows on scattered rocky outcrops either in chaparral or in the transitional zone between woodland and chaparral.
		Pine Hill flannelbush is restricted to gabbro soils.
		Gabbro soils originate from volcanic rocks (gabbrodiorite) that are mildly acidic, rich in iron and magnesium, and often contain other heavy metals such as chromium.
	www.fws.gov /sacramento/es/plant_spp_accts/pine_hill_flannelbush.htm (707 words)

	California Flannelbush Plant Guide \| Shrub Plant Guides
		Ethnobotanic: The bark is cut at one end of the branches and peeled off in long strips.
		The Tubatulabal used rope made of flannelbush to lash bundles of tules together for a raft, to tie up crooks on pinyon staves, to bundle firewood into a load, and for two ends of a pack strap.
		The Western Mono used the young split branches to tie together their looped stirring sticks and to assemble different types of cone-shaped storage bins for acorns and manzanita berries.
	www.gardenguides.com /plants/plantguides/shrubs/plantguide.asp?symbol=FRCA6 (534 words)

	eNature: FieldGuides: Species Detail
		Endangered Status The Pine Hill Flannelbush, sometimes considered a subspecies of the California Flannelbush, is on the U.S. Endangered Species List.
		A number of plants depend on periodic fires to enable seed growth, the Pine Hill Flannelbush among them.
		Because of the growing number of residents in the area where it lives, fire suppression is practiced, and the natural wildfire cycle has been disrupted.
	www.enature.com /fieldguide/showSpeciesIMG.asp?bwhid=8239&curPageNum=68&imageid=19950 (390 words)

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		SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Background Berberis nevinii (Nevin's barberry), Ceanothus ophiochilus (Vail Lake ceanothus), Fremontodendron mexicanum (Mexican flannelbush), and Nolina interrata (Dehesa beargrass) occur in restricted and localized populations from the interior foothills of Los Angeles, Riverside, and San Bernardino Counties, California, south through San Diego County to northwestern Baja California, Mexico.
		These factors and their application to Ceanothus ophiochilus S. Boyd, T. Ross and L. Arnseth (Vail Lake ceanothus), Berberis nevinii A. Gray (Nevin's barberry), Fremontodendron mexicanum Davidson (Mexican flannelbush), and Nolina interrata H. Gentry (Dehesa beargrass), are as follows: A. The present or threatened destruction, modification, or curtailment of their habitat or range.
		The specific soil and/or hydrologic requirements of the four plant taxa considered herein, naturally limit their distribution to clay soils formed from gabbro and alluvial scrub (sandy washes and terraces) within the chaparral plant community.
	www.cdpr.ca.gov /docs/es/estext/fr100295.txt (9107 words)

	Yerba Buena Nursery, Specializing in California Native Plants and Ferns
		This Flannelbush hybrid is a big shrub to 20' tall and nearly as wide, with an upright form.
		The long arching branches are covered in clear yellow flowers in mid to late spring, coinciding with the vivid blue blooms of our native Wild Lilacs, making a stunning combination.
		Like all Flannelbush, it prefers a sunny spot with good drainage and no water exept rain once established.
	www.yerbabuenanursery.com /online_album/0166.htm (124 words)

	Welcome to coolexotics.com, a place to learn and discuss about exotic and tropical plants
		It is often grown for its yellow ornamental flowers which appear over a long period in warm climates.
		Fremontia californica is also known as California flannelbush.
		This erect tree is native to the southwest of the USA.
	coolexotics.com (525 words)

	Travis Semmes: Native Guide Flannelbush long used in rope making June 20, 2002
		Fremontodendron californicum, or flannelbush as some call it, is a gorgeous, yellow-flowering shrub of the chocolate family, and too bad for us, you’ll find no cocoa beans dangling from its boughs.
		The Kawaiisu tribe of the Mojave Desert used the bark of California flannelbush to make twine, which in turn was used to tie together the roofs of their winter homes, wrote Daniel E. Moerman in "Native American Ethnobotany."
		The bottom of its leaves are densely covered with stout hairs, hence the name flannelbush.
	santacruzsentinel.com /archive/2002/June/20/style/stories/12style.htm (874 words)

	Fremontodendron californicum (Torr.) Coville - California flannelbush
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	www.mygarden.net.au /name_detail/frca6/81366/1 (720 words)

	Definition of flannelbush - Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary
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	Species Profile (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		States in which the Mexican flannelbush is known to occur: California
		No Partners or Coastal data is available for the Mexican flannelbush.
		ITIS Reports -- ITIS (the Integrated Taxonomic Information System) is a source for authoritative taxonomic information on plants, animals, fungi, and microbes of North America and the world.
	ecos.fws.gov /species_profile/servlet/gov.doi.species_profile.servlets.SpeciesProfile?spcode=Q2OZ (193 words)

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