CHRISTMASBERRY

or toyontōˈyən, evergreen tree or shrub (Photinia arbutifolia) of the family Rosaceae (rose family), found on the Pacific coast of North America. Its white flowers are followed by bright red berries; with its handsome leaves, it is used on the Pacific coast as a Christmas green. It is also called California holly. Most other species of Photinia, sometimes cultivated, are native to Asia East. Christmasberry is classified in the division Magnoliophyta, class Magnoliopsida, order Rosales, family Rosaceae.

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Life Histories of North American Gallinaceous Birds: Orders Galliformes and Columbiformes
Book by Arthur Cleveland Bent; U.S. Govt. Print. Off., 1932
Subjects: Birds--North America, Pigeons
...in the fall they feed on the fruit of the coffeeberry, elderberry, and chokecherry. In winter they have the toyon, or Christmasberry, and when the nut and fruit crops become exhausted they feed on the flower and leaf buds of the same plants, such as manzanita...


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Around the Bend
Magazine article by Robert H. Mohlenbrock; Natural History, Vol. 108, November 1999
Subjects: Florida, Forests, Wetlands, Wildlife, Wildlife sanctuaries
...around the lighthouse at Saint Marks. Characteristic shrubs are three types of groundsel tree, a shrubby marsh elder, and Christmasberry. Ox-eye sunflower, two kinds of wild aster, seaside goldenrod, and sea lavender are usually present. Fleshy or succulent...


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encyclopedia articles on: Christmasberry  - 3 results

 
 
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Christmasberry
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
CHRISTMASBERRY or toyon to y n, evergreen tree or shrub ( Photinia arbutifolia...species of Photinia, sometimes cultivated, are native to Asia East. Christmasberry is classified in the division Magnoliophyta , class Magnoliopsida...
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Rose
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...members of the family prized as ornamentals, e.g., the fruit trees and bushes mentioned and also the antelope brush , Christmasberry , mountain ash , pyracantha , and shadbush . Many genera have species that are native wildflowers of the United States...
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Toyon
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
TOYON see Christmasberry . ____________________ Copyright 2009 Columbia University Press. Used with the permission of Columbia University Press. All rights reserved.


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