Buckbrush

Mature Height: Up to around 11.0 feet

Planting Distance: 3.9 feet

Plant Type: Shrub

Root Depth: 20 inches

Growth Form: Thicket Forming

Growth Rate: Moderate

Flower Color: White

Conspicuous Flowers: Yes

Bloom Time: Early Summer

Seasonal Growth: Spring and Summer

Evergreen: Yes

Fall Colors: No

Shade Tolerance: Intolerant

Clay Soil Tolerance: Yes

Sandy Soil Tolerance: Yes

Drought Tolerance: High

Flood Tolerance: None

Fire Tolerance: High

Salt Tolerance: Medium

Pollinators: Native Bees; Bombus; Honey Bees; Beetles, Wasps, Flies; Butterflies; Larval Host (Butterfly); Larval Host (Moth)

Larval Species depending on Buckbrush: Acronicta perdita, Aethaloida packardaria, Anacamptodes clivinaria, Anavitrinella pampinaria, Archips argyrospila, Aristotelia adceanotha, Aseptis binotata, Callophrys augustinus, Drepanulatrix falcataria, Drepanulatrix foeminaria, Drepanulatrix monicaria, Drepanulatrix unicalcararia, Eupithecia maestosa, Eupithecia minturata, Hesperumia latipennis, Hesperumia sulphuraria, Lacanobia lutra, Malacosoma californica "central population", Malacosoma californica pluvialis, Microcalyptris punctulata, Nemoria darwiniata, Nola minna, Nymphalis californica, Orgyia pseudotsugata, Palthis angulalis, Pandemis pyrusana, Papilio eurymedon, Saturnia albofasciata, Saturnia mendocino, Saturnia walterorum, Satyrium albofasciata, Satyrium californicum, Satyrium saepium, Satyrium saepium saepim, Sericosema juturnaria, Synaxis jubararia