Umbellularia - Wikipedia
Umbellularia californica is a large hardwood tree native to coastal forests and the Sierra foothills of California, and to coastal forests extending into Oregon. [2] It is endemic to the California Floristic Province .
California Laurel - Calscape
Bay laurel (Umbellularia californica) is an evergreen tree is an attractive tree of variable size, most often 20 to 45 feet. It is slow to establish, then grows fast. The leaves give off a peppery aroma and are often used as a cooking spice.
California Bay Laurel - National Wildlife Federation
California bay laurels are broad-leaved evergreen trees with rounded, oblong, or pyramidal (pyramid-shaped) crowns. They are in the same family as avocados—the Lauraceae. Young trees have smooth bark, but as they age, the bark turns flaky and scaly.
California-Laurel - US Forest Service Research and Development
California-laurel (Umbellularia californica) is the most valued and best publicized hardwood species in the Western United States. It is a monotypic, broadleaved evergreen with many common names, including bay, laurel, California-bay, Oregon-myrtle, myrtlewood, Pacific-myrtle, spice-tree, and pepperwood (50).
Umbellularia californica (Hook. & Arn.) Nutt. - Calflora
Umbellularia californica is a tree that is native to California, and found only slightly beyond California borders.
How to Plant and Grow California Bay Laurel - Better Homes & Gardens
2023年9月7日 · Adaptable and easy to grow, California bay laurel is native to the West Coast and the only tree of the Lauraceae family found in the western United States. It grows best in full sun to partial shade and can grow as much as 4 feet each year in the right conditions.
California Bay Laurel Tree Info - California Laurel Bay Uses
2022年12月21日 · California Bay Laurel tree is a long-lived, versatile, aromatic broadleaf evergreen that is native to Southern Oregon and California. It is suited for specimen or hedge plantings, as well as container culture.
Umbellularia californica (California bay, California Laurel, California …
California bay is a medium to a large native ornamental broadleaf evergreen tree or shrub that has an upright, dense, and rounded habit. In Oregon, it is known as the Oregon myrtle. It may grow from 30 to 75 feet tall and 30 to 75 feet wide.
Umbellularia - Landscape Plants | Oregon State University
Bay leaves are from Laurus nobilis (True Laurel, Bay Laurel), which also is a member of the family Lauraceae but it is native to the Mediterranean region. The leaves of Umbellularia californica are sometimes used as a bay leaf substitute but they have much stronger flavor.
California Bay - Friends of Edgewood
California bay is the sole remaining native species from the Laurel family in California; Learn more about this family’s extensive statewide presence in the past on the Laurel Family page; Releases terpenes (allelochemicals) that limit understory vegetation; Pollinated by small insects