Just the other day, at the base of the trunk of my neighbor’s eucalyptus tree, I spotted a laurel sumac (Malosma laurina) seedling that had only recently sprouted. I have frequently seen ...

Prominent native plants include two members of the sumac family — laurel sumac and lemonadeberry. Laurel sumac (Malosma laurina) grows in frost-free areas where early growers used healthy plants ...

"This plant is in the cashew family," said Ranger Goldstein. "The Kumeyaay people called the Laurel Sumac the Woman's Plant. A tea is made from this used during childbirth to cause contractions to ...

Both trails were lined with some of my favorite native vegetation, including mountain lilac, laurel sumac and sage. Hikers cross over a small stream near the start of the Big Rock Trail.

Large patches of native plants — buckwheat, laurel sumac, ceanothus — absolutely covered in what could be described as mats of spaghetti. Strands of bright orange and yellow spider-web-looking ...