Everywhere, deciduous, exceedingly variable, three to eight feet high.

Negundo Aceroides Mœnch. Box-Elder.

A medium sized tree, twenty to thirty feet high; common among the Oakland hills, on banks of creeks.

Acer macrophyllum Pursh. Large-Leaved Maple.

Common on the banks of Walnut Creek, N.W. of Mount Diablo; fifty to seventy feet high, and two to five feet in diameter, in light sandy soil.

Æsculus Californica Nutt. Horse-Chestnut.

Mostly a shrub, seldom a medium sized tree, largest on the banks of creeks and moist hill sides; grows commonly in groups. Common.

Euonymus Occidentalis Nutt. Spindle-Tree.

A shrub seven to fifteen feet high, with slender upright branches; in swampy places, near the head of Tomales Bay; rare.

Frangula Californica Gray. California Buckthorn.