Some Common Plants of Upper Newport Bay
Peruvian Pepper Tree
(Schinus molle)
Plant: Deciduous spreading, weeping, evergreen tree, 15 to 30 feet tall with slender twigs with gnarled bark, roots tend to be surface rooted.
Flowers: Yellowish white in drooping clusters 4 to 6 inches long.
Fruit: Rose colored clusters of berries.
Leaf: Compound leafs with linear leaflets up to 3 inches long.
Flowering period:
June to August
Can be found here:
Bayview Nature Trail, Below West Bluffs
Native Plant: No
Halophyte: No
Family Name: Sumac
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Date: 10/26/2003