Notholithocarpus densiflorus var. echinoides broadleaf evergreen MONDO GRASS

MONDO GRASS

these from a wild collection on the Klamath River

slowly to 3-4 ft tall

5' tall by 4' wide

tall by 15 ft wide trees in the Chiricahua Mountains of southeast Arizona where

Notholithocarpus densiflorus var. echinoides broadleaf evergreen MONDO GRASSAnother of Cistus' growing collection of the small form of the tan oak, endemic to southern OR. Siskiyou Mountains, reach to only 4 ft or so in habitat, as dense shrubs of blue green leaves. In this form, the new growth, furry and tinted pink or golden and leaf undersides particularly white. Very striking. The flowers look like those of a chestnut, fuzzy cream colored inflorescences and golden brown acorns. Tough, native mostly to serpentine soil