Chamise, Greasewood

Like Adenostoma fasciculatum var. fasciculatum and Adenostoma fascuculatum var. obtusifolium, Adenostoma fascilculatum var. prostratum ha...Read Mores small, needle-like leaves with blunt apexes, that contain oils that are highly flammable, but plants regenerate quickly from the roots after a fire. The small, oily leaves are resistant to deer. Shrubs usually occur in dense stands and are usually dominant where they occur. A. fasciculatum var. prostratum differs from the the other two varieties in that it rarely attains more than three feet in height, and the branches are decumbent. The infloresence of A. fasciculatum var. prostratum is also more compact than the other two varieties, often not exceeding 2in in length.