Littleleaf Buckbrush

(Ceanothus microphyllus)

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Description

Buckbrush is the common name for several species of North American shrubs that deer feed on, including but probably not limited to: Phyllanthopsis phyllanthoides, maidenbrush (south-central U.S.) Some western North American species of the genus Ceanothus, especially: Ceanothus cuneatus Purshia tridentata and P. stansburiana (dry regions of western North America) Symphoricarpos orbiculatus, native to the eastern United States and Canada

Taxonomic tree:

Domain:
Kingdom: Plantae
Phylum: Magnoliophyta
Class: Magnoliopsida
Order:Rosales
Family:Rhamnaceae
Genus:Ceanothus
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