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  3. Vascular Plants
  4. Dicots
  5. Laurels, Spicebushes, and Allies
  6. Laurels
  7. California Laurel

genus

California Laurel

Umbellularia

Traits
Includes
1 native
Where
In the US
Source
iNaturalist

Field notes

Children

  • California Bay native

Range

United States

Greener is more native, amber more introduced; paler is less certain. How this was decided

Key traits

Layer
Trees
Plant type
Perennial Shrub Tree

From USDA PLANTS.

Top native california laurel All

Native to the US, ranked by caterpillars, then bees and other hosts, food, flowers and shelter.

  • California Bay Umbellularia californica caterpillars 2 hosts 1 food 12 flowers 7 shelter 1

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