General Plant Information (Edit)
Plant Habit: Tree
Life cycle: Perennial
Sun Requirements: Full Sun to Partial Shade
Partial or Dappled Shade
Water Preferences: Mesic
Minimum cold hardiness: Zone 7a -17.8 °C (0 °F) to -15 °C (5 °F)
Plant Height: 15 to 90 feet or more
Leaves: Evergreen
Fragrant
Needled
Fruit: Showy
Other: Pollen cones are 1/4 inch elliptical white to pale yellow and borne solitary in leaf axils. Seed cones are brown, 1 to 1.25 inches long and borne in pairs.
Fruiting Time: Late summer or early fall
Flowers: Showy
Uses: Useful for timber production
Wildlife Attractant: Birds
Resistances: Deer Resistant
Propagation: Seeds: Self fertile
Pollinators: Wind
Miscellaneous: Dioecious
Conservation status: Vulnerable (VU)

Conservation status:
Conservation status: Vulnerable
Common names
  • California nutmeg
  • California-nutmeg

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