ornamental evergreen treelike shrub of the Pacific coast of the United States having large white flowers and red berrylike fruits; often placed in genus Photinia
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toyon::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | christmas berry, christmasberry, heteromeles arbutifolia, photinia arbutifolia, tollon |
| Type of | bush, shrub |
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Toyon is one of several garden-worthy native plants whose berries are bird magnets.
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We've read that toyon berries, unlike pyracantha, don't intoxicate birds.
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You pass through manzanita groves, toyon, buckeye and Coulter pine.
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Some unusual plants, such as the Davis Gold toyon, got their start at the arboretum as hybrids.
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Toyon berries are a favorite food of the cedar waxwing, a bird that migrates through the Central Valley.
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Toyon pine and coastal sage dot the roadsides.
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Another name for toyon is hollywood and, yes, Tinseltown was named for this plant, which is indigenous to the Hollywood Hills.
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There are other plants, like toyon, that you don't notice until winter when they are covered with red or yellow berries, he says.
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Both of these hollies grow up to 20 feet tall but unlike the edible berries of firethorn, clusterberry and toyon, holly berries are toxic.
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- Ornamental evergreen treelike shrub of the Pacific coast of the United States having large white flowers and red berrylike fruits; often placed in genus Photinia
- Toyon (Heteromeles arbutifolia, (more commonly by California botanists) is a common perennial shrub native to California (down to Baja California).
