Multi-part graphic showing observations of toyon reproductive activity contributed to iNaturalist.
🌱 From the upcoming #AJB special issue: “Plant Resilience and Conservation for a Changing Climate.” 🌱
Temporal analysis of reproduction distributed in space illuminates the #climatechange resiliency of #toyon
By Daniel Dakduk & @jbyoder.org
doi.org/10.1002/ajb2... #botany @inaturalist.bsky.social
Smallish toyon tree filled with red berries
Toyon tree filled with red berries
🍒Toyon - Wildlife Magnet
Clusters of bright red berries feed mockingbirds, robins, cedar waxwings, coyotes, and even bears
Its bright red winter berries once covered the hills around Los Angeles so vividly that early settlers called the area the holly woods
#GrowNativePlants #Toyon #TheNativeGuild
The bright red berries of #Toyon (Heteromeles arbutifolia) stand steady in the California Collection, bed 18b. Holiday Hours: Closed on 12/24; 12/25; 12/31 & Jan 1, 2026. The Garden is open on Friday, 12/26—Monday, 12/29. Plan a winter walk through the Garden's collections! #ucbg #botanicalgarden
Toyon tree beginning to develop "Christmas Berries"
Toyon "Christmas Berries" in full display Image by Andie Kolbeck
🍒Christmas Berry
☀️For the Chumash, the winter solstice marks the "Day of the New Sun" - when the "Old Sun" is pulled back from the brink of darkness to ensure the return of longer days
🌿Several native plants, shrubs & trees are involved, including Toyon
#Toyon #GrowNativePlants #TheNativeGuild
A clump of bright red berries stands out against all the green leaves of a toyon bush that is common along the trails in San Luis Obispo, California. It is also a popular bush for home and business landscaping.
#ColorADay #RedWed
Toyon (Heteromeles arbutifolia) berries, also known as Christmas Berry, is an evergreen shrub that is very common in California as it is drought tolerant.
#EastCoastKin #Toyon #ChristmasBerry #Hiking #Macro
A tree with clumps of hundreds of bright red berries backed by small green leaves, with a blue sky at the top.
It is is that time of year when the toyon trees sprout bright red berries here in Northern California, which is why "Christmas berry" is a nickname. The berries appear in November and peak in late December. #toyon #sfba #photography
Speaking of #CaliforniaWildflowers, I am slowly converting our landscape over to #droughttolerant plants, mostly #NativeCalifornian. In order is #YellowTulip or #BeanBush ( #TecomaStans ) #Toyon, #CoffeBerry and #DrHurdManzanita.
A somewhat closeup of a toyon tree with a clump of red berries. There is another clump on a plant to the right. The ground is covered with leaves and ground cover vegetation. The trees and bushes are thick with little light getting through.
#ForestFriday
Red berries on a Toyon tree, a native plant to California which frequent our hills and forests.
#EastCoastKin #Toyon #Hiking #Scape #ArtYear
🎄 It’s not holly — it’s Toyon, the California native that inspired the name Hollywood.
With summer blooms for bees and bright red berries in winter for birds, Toyon feeds wildlife year-round.
Evergreen, drought-tough, and full of history.
#Toyon #CaliforniaNatives #TheNativeGuild #NativePlants
Toyon 'Christmas Berries' bush
Today's spotlight: Toyon (Heteromeles arbutifolia) 🌿
Native plants heal the land.
Toyon is a tough, beautiful shrub or small tree that provides food for birds and structure for your habitat garden.
Drought-tolerant once established, it thrives in full sun to part shade.
#Toyon #NativeGarden
House Finch
#housefinch #toyon #naturephotography #nature #birds #birders #birdwatchers #birding #birdwatching #birdphotography #GriffithPark #DailyBird #BirdsOfPixelfed #BirdsOfMastodon #naturephotos #LAWildlife #losangeles
Toyon, California’s native “holly,” is a hardy shrub with bright red berries that feed wildlife in winter. Indigenous tribes used its berries, leaves, and wood for food, medicine, and tools. Some even say it inspired Hollywood’s name! #CaliforniaNature #Toyon californiacurated.com/2023/05/08/t...
Volunteer Toyon, Heteromeles arbutifolia in the garden.
Volunteer Toyon,
Heteromeles arbutifolia in the garden. #californianativeplants #toyon #heteromelesarbutifolia #christmasberry #redwood
American Robin - Santiago Oaks Regional Park, Orange County CA. #birds #americanrobin #orangecountyca #santiagooaksregionalpark #toyon #toyonberries #toyonberry #nativeplant #californianativeplant
Toyon, Los Gatos Creek Trail, Los Gatos Creek County Park, Campbell, December 25, 2024.
#Toyon
#LosGatosCreekTrail
#LosGatosCreekCountyPark
A close-up image of toyon with ripe red berries and very serrated leaves.
Local adaptation & phenotypic plasticity drive leaf trait variation in the California endemic #toyon
New #AJB research by Laurel Thomas & Rachel Prunier
doi.org/10.1002/ajb2... #botany #conservation #Rosaceae
Some native plants from the Northern California coast range on a hike last weekend #berryessasnowmountain #coldcanyon #Umbellularia #Ribes #toyon
The #pomes (#fruit) of the #Toyon provided food for #NativeAmerican tribes, #Chumash #Tongva & #Tataviam. The pomes also can be made into a #jelly. #NativeAmericans also made a tea from the leaves as a stomach remedy. Pics by Alice Cummings.
#Toyon leaves are evergreen, alternate, sharply toothed. It produces small white #flowers (peaks in June) in dense terminal #corymbs. The #fruit is a small #pome, bright red and berry-like, produced in large quantities, maturing in the fall and persisting well into the winter.
Day 20 of #JRBPvirtualtour! We bring you the sole species in the genus #Heteromeles: #Toyon (Heteromeles #arbutifolia). Toyon is a prominent component of the #coastal #sage scrub #plant community, and is a part of #drought-adapted #chaparral and mixed #oak #woodland habitat
