Garrya elliptica
Coast silk-tassel · also Silk tassel bush, Wavyleaf silktassel, Silk-tassel
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Garrya elliptica is an erect, bushy, evergreen shrub native to the coastal ranges of California and southern Oregon. It features leathery, wavy-margined leaves, showy pendant catkins, and clusters of berries. This species is valued in urban plantings for its drought and salt tolerance and ability to grow in various soil types.
Where it grows
Trees in each city's inventory, with the share of that city's named trees this species accounts for.
- 170.00%—1.4 in
- 20.00%—7.0 in
- 10.00%——
No city in this list records planting dates for this species, so age is blank throughout.
Traits
- Foliage
- Evergreen
- Mature height
- 6.6–16.4 ft
- Canopy spread
- 8–15 ft
- Soil
- Clay-tolerant, Serpentine
- Water needs
- Low
- Drought tolerance
- High
- Wildlife value
- Moderate
- Tolerates
- coastal, salt
- Blooms
- Jan, Feb, Mar, Apr, May
Trunk diameters across every city: median 1.9 in, mean 2.2 in, 90th percentile 2.9 in. Measured at breast height, as published by each inventory.
Native range
Terrestrial ecoregions where this species is native. Trees in the dataset mostly stand well outside it.
Temperate Conifer Forests
- Central Pacific Northwest coastal forests
- Northern California coastal forests
Mediterranean Forests, Woodlands & Scrub
- California coastal sage and chaparral