UCR - University of California, Riverside Herbarium - Vascular Plants (UCR)
UCR0096496
UCR-BPS-184316
UCR-184316
Aesculus californica (Spach) Nutt.
Hippocastanaceae
A.C. Sanders
33936
2007-05-24
2007-5-24
Mitch Provance
United States, California, Kern, tributary of Pastoria Creek (Bear Trap) Canyon, near Bench Mark (3364 ft.) Tejon K, c. 6 miles NE of Lebec
34.89722 -118.78472
854 meters (2801ft)
Ridge top and north-facing slope of ridge near the bench mark; oak woodland with Quercus douglasii, Q. chrysolepis and Aesculus californica.
Flowering
Common trees to 8 m tall, only on N-facing wooded slopes; fls. white. Crowns rounded and broad. Some plants with much enlarged root-crown (burl) and may have 2-4 main stems -- these appear to be resprouts from a fire long ago.