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SPECIES: Ceanothus cuneatus | Wedgeleaf Ceanothus
ABBREVIATION : CEACUN SYNONYMS : Rhamnus cuneatus Ceanothus submontanus SCS PLANT CODE : NO-ENTRY COMMON NAMES : wedgeleaf ceanothus buckbrush ceanothus buckbrush narrowleaf buckbrush hornbrush wedgeleaf chaparral greasebush TAXONOMY : The currently accepted scientific name of wedgeleaf ceanothus is Ceanothus cuneatus (Hook.) Nutt. [14,32,42]. Wedgeleaf ceanothus is a member of the section Cerastes [13]. Species within this section are described as "highly interfertile," and wedgeleaf ceanothus is known to hybridize with bigpod ceanothus (C. megacarpus), C. flexilis, squawcarpet ceanothus (C. prostratus), C. connivens, and Fresno mat (C. fresnensis) [13,42,52]. Wedgeleaf ceanothus is extremely variable and a number of forms have been named [43]. Commonly recognized varieties are as follows [31]: Ceanothus cuneatus var. cuneatus C. cuneatus var. fascicularis (McMinn) Hoover C. cuneatus var. rigidus (Nutt.) Hoover LIFE FORM : Shrub FEDERAL LEGAL STATUS : See OTHER STATUS OTHER STATUS : C. c. var. rigidus is federally listed as a Category 2 taxa [68]. COMPILED BY AND DATE : D. Tirmenstein, May 1989 LAST REVISED BY AND DATE : NO-ENTRY AUTHORSHIP AND CITATION : Tirmenstein, D. 1989. Ceanothus cuneatus. In: Remainder of Citation

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