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§1 Plant

Adenostoma fasciculatum Hook. & Arn.

vernacular chamise — species · Rosaceae


USDA
ADFA
GBIF
3030227
Rank
species
chamise (Adenostoma fasciculatum)
Platephotograph · losencinosshpCC BY-NC source · iNaturalist ↗

§2Habit & range

Habit and range

Growth habit
Shrub
Duration
Perennial
Group
Dicot
Family
Rosaceae Juss.
Genus
Adenostoma
§2a

Native status, by region

  • L48 Lower 48 States Native
§2b

County-level range

· 39 counties across 2 states/territories
Legend Native · 39 Introduced · 0 Both · 0 Hover a county for detail.

§3Cultivation specs · USDA

Recorded by the USDA Plant Materials Program.

§3a

Tolerances

Drought
High
Shade
High
Moisture use
Medium
Fire
High
Salinity
Medium
Anaerobic
None
CaCO₃
Low
Hedging
High
§3b

Climate & soil

Cold tolerance
32 °F minimum
Frost-free days
120 min.
Precipitation
6–30 in/yr
pH range
4–6
Root depth
8 in min.
Fertility need
Low
Soil texture
coarse, medium, fine
§3c

Form & growth

Growth form
Thicket Forming
Lifespan
Moderate
Mature height
10 ft
Height @ 20 y
6 ft
Foliage texture
Medium
Foliage colour
Dark Green
Porosity (summer)
Moderate
Porosity (winter)
Moderate
Flower colour
White
Fruit colour
Brown
Fire resistant
Yes
N fixation
None
Toxicity
None
§3d

Reproduction

Bloom period
Mid Spring
Seed abundance
Medium
Seed begins
Summer
Seed ends
Fall
Spread rate
Slow
Stratify
No
Seeds / lb
413,000
Propagation
seed, bare root, container
§3e

Use & availability

Commercial availability
Contracting Only
Nursery stock
No
Browse palatability
Medium
Graze palatability
Low
Palatable, human
No
Protein potential
Medium
Lumber
No
Christmas tree
No

§4Counties, by state

Recorded in 39 counties across 2 states/territories.


§5Sources & provenance

USDA PLANTS

Symbol, taxonomy, distribution, cultivation specs, native status. Public domain.

plants.usda.gov/ADFA ↗

GBIF Backbone

Canonical taxonomic identity, synonym resolution, cross-refs. CC0.

gbif.org/species/3030227 ↗

Record version

Cached and built locally. Source version on this record:

usda-plants-mt-2026-05-26

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