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Ceanothus

Ceanothus is a genus of about 50–60 species of nitrogen-fixing shrubs and small trees in the buckthorn family (Rhamnaceae). Common names for members of this genus are buckbrush, California lilac, soap bush, or just ceanothus. The genus is native to North America, ranging from Canada and the United States south through Mexico to Panama, with the center of…

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Nitrogen fixation

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Ceanothus

Nodes132
Edges131
Triples73
Avg. degree1.98
Density0.015152
Components1

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Ceanothus

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related to Distribution · 11
Ceanothus → British Columbia, California, Cascades, Coastal Ranges, Colorado, North America, Oregon, Plants, Rocky Mountains, The, These
related to Species · 11
Ceanothus → Burge, Cerastes, Flora, North America Volume, Plants, Rhamnaceae, Supplementary, Taxonomic Conspectus, The, The Plant List, World Online
related to Taxonomy · 10
Ceanothus → Ancient Greek, BC, Cerastes, Cirsium, Despite, Old World, Subgenus Cerastes, The, Theophrastus, There
related to Cultivation · 9
Ceanothus → France, Gloire, Many Ceanothus, Mexican, North American, One, The, There, Versailles
related to Hybrids · 9
Ceanothus → GreeneCeanothus, Hook, Hybridization, Jeps, McMinnCeanothus, RoofCeanothus, Some, The, There
related to Nitrogen fixation · 6
Ceanothus → Colletieae, Frankia, NH, Rhamnaceae, Six, This
related to Wildlife · 5
Ceanothus → However, Porcupines, The, United States, West Coast
related to Description · 4
Ceanothus → Because, Other, The, Within
related to Other uses · 4
Ceanothus → California, Miwok Indians, Native Americans, North American
is a · 2
Ceanothus → genus of about 50, only genus not in the monophyletic tribe Colletieae

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Ceanothusis agenus of about 500.90text
Ceanothusis aonly genus not in the monophyletic tribe Colletieae0.90text
New Jersey tea for C. americanusinstance ofSpecies native elsewhere have other common names0.80text
as its leaves were used as a black tea substitute during the American Revolutioninstance ofSpecies native elsewhere have other common names0.80text
Ceanothusrelated to CultivationMany Ceanothus0.60section
Ceanothusrelated to CultivationThe0.60section
Ceanothusrelated to CultivationOne0.60section
Ceanothusrelated to CultivationGloire0.60section
Ceanothusrelated to CultivationVersailles0.60section
Ceanothusrelated to CultivationNorth American0.60section
Ceanothusrelated to CultivationMexican0.60section
Ceanothusrelated to CultivationFrance0.60section

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