Umbellularia californica (Hook. & Arn.) Nutt. - Accepted: Umbellularia californica (Hook. & Arn.) Nutt. bei Zander 2008; Familie: Lauraceae (Zander 2008)
Umbellularia californica (Hook. & Arn.) Nutt. - Accepted: Umbellularia californica (Hook. & Arn.) Nutt. bei The Plant List (2010); Familie: Lauraceae (APG III)
Umbellularia californica (Hook. & Arn.) Nutt. - Accepted: Umbellularia californica (Hook. & Arn.) Nutt. bei The Plant List (2014), version 1.1; Familie: Lauraceae (APG III)
Umbellularia californica (Hook. & Arn.) Nutt. - Accepted: Umbellularia californica (Hook. & Arn.) Nutt. bei The Plant List (2010); Familie: Lauraceae (APG IV)
Umbellularia californica (Hook. & Arn.) Nutt. - Accepted: Umbellularia californica (Hook. & Arn.) Nutt. bei Zander 2008; Familie: Lauraceae (APG IV)

Color of flower

pale yellow

Flowers

hermaphroditic flowers

Flower ecology

insect-pollinated (entomophilous)

Life form

tree or shrub

Leaves

lanceolate, entire-margined, aromatic

Foliage persistence

evergreen

Fruits

drupe with a single large and thin-shelled seed

Fruit ecology

gravity-dispersed (barochorous), water-dispersed (hydrochorous) and animal-dispersed (zoochorous)

Soil conditions

on loam, sandy-loam, or clay soils

Root type

rather shallow-rooted (no taproot)

Succession type

occuring in all seral stages

Natural occurrence (habitat)

evergreen shrubland, serpentine chaparral, exposed ridges, steep mountain slopes, coastal bluffs, rocky outcrops, well-drained alluvial benches, valley bottoms subjected to occasional inundation, along foothill streams

Vegetation typ and synecology (plant community)

warm-temperate (mediterranean), xerophytic to mesophytic mixed evergreen forests and sclerophyllous forests, woodlands, and scrub (California hardwood forests and chaparral); in associations with broad-leaved trees e.g. oaks, boxelder, eucalyptus, and with coniferous trees like Douglas fir

Constraints according radiation (light)

sun- and shade-tolerant

Constraints according habitat

not windfirm

Usage

wood is used for furniture, cabinets, interior trim, paneling, veneer, gunstocks, and turned woodenware; also used for wood carvings and other fine making items (marketed as "myrtlewood"); used as ornamental tree

Phytopathogenic organisms

is affected by heart rot, a disease caused by the fungus Ganoderma applanatum

Bark

thin, smooth to scaly bark

Altidudinal lower limit (sea level in m)

0

Altitudinal higher limit (sea level in m)

1,524

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The International Plant Names Index (2009). Published on the Internet http://www.ipni.org; Courtesy to IPNI, 2009. Exported from IPNI at date: 2009-09-22 20:17:51;