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Glossary
- acorn
- fruit of an oak tree
- alpine
- the area on a mountain where no trees grow; also called the tundra
- axillary bud
- tiny bud in the axil between the leaf and the stem
- capsule
- a type of fruit that is dry and opens at maturity
- chaparral
- vegetation along the California coast ranges
- compound leaves
- more than one leaflet beyond the axillary bud; a compound leaf will lay flat
- glandular
- with glands; usually sticky or gummy
- irregular flower
- has bilateral symmetry. All petals are not the same.
- lanceolate
- several times long than wide
- lobed
- wavy margin or indent
- montane
- elevation 5,000 to 9,000 feet, where Jefferey pine is dominant
- palmate compound
- compound leaf with all the leaflets radiating from a point
- palmate lobed
- lobing radiates out from the base like the open hand
- petiole
- little stem at the base of a leaf
- regular flower
- has radial symmetry. All petals are the same
- simple leaves
- leaves occur singly on the stem
- spur
- narrow tail extending from the base of the flower
- subalpine
- area on a mountain below timberline. Often about 9,000 to 10,000 feet elevation
- succulent
- fleshy