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Ceanothus integerrimus (Deer Brush) is a woody shrub in the family Rhamnaceae, native to the western United States, in Arizona, New Mexico, California, Oregon, and Washington. It grows in chaparral mountain shrub regions, in hardwood forests of the west, and in fir, spruce, and Ponderosa Pine communities, being most abundant in chaparral in California , . It is a deciduous shrub from 1-4 meter tall with an open ascending to erect branch habit . It is a drought-tolerant phanerophyte. Nitrogen fixing actinomycete bacteria form root nodules on Ceanothus roots , .

Plant type

Shrub

Size

3 - 13 ft Tall

Dormancy

Winter Deciduous

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Color

White

Special uses

Bank stabilization

Sun

Full Sun

Water

Low, Very Low

Birds
Bees
Caterpillars
Butterflies

Butterflies and moths supported

0 confirmed and 31 likely

Confirmed Likely

Aethaloida packardaria

Andropolia theodori

Alfalfa Looper Moth

Autographa californica