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Paintbrush The orange Red Applegate’s paintbrush and the giant red paintbrush are the two species most commonly seen in the Tahoe area. Both have flowers that look like the brush end of a bright orange and red paintbrush. Often they are called Indian paintbrush. These and other species can be found on dry slopes to wet meadows, up to 9000 feet.

Paintbrush

Shrubs and Bushes

Buckthorn, Snowbush, or Mountain Whitethorn This plant with many names grows along disturbed areas, such as trails, and has lots of narrow white branches with spiny, thorny tips; when flattened by the snow, these branches lay down over the trail. I call it “mountain bikers’ menace” because its thorns can puncture tires. Whitethorn is about 3 to 4 feet tall and spreads out over 5 to 10 feet. It has small ovate-shaped whitish or green leaves. Often the plants are so thick that it is difficult to determine where one plant ends and another begins.

Chinquapin This common plant was named after a condominium project north of Tahoe City (or was it the other way around?). Chinquapin is a bushy shrub related to oaks that inhabits dry slopes and rocky ridges and frequently grows near manzanita bushes. The narrow leaves of this 2- to 4-foot-tall plant are up to 3 inches long, yellow-green on the top, and yellow-brown underneath. Chinquapin produces yellow-green seedpods in spring.