Holodiscus discolor - Mountain spray

Mountain spray (Holodiscus discolor) is a many-stemmed deciduous shrub native to western North America, valued for erosion control and for its very hard wood, historically used for small tools.¹

Inputs

• Hardiness zone 4¹
• Hardiness zone 5¹
• Hardiness zone 6¹
• Hardiness zone 7¹
• Hardiness zone 8¹
• Full sun¹
• Semi-shade¹
• Well drained soil¹
• Moist soil¹

Outputs

• Medicinal use¹
• Wood¹

Type

• Shrub
• Deciduous

Functions

• Soil stabilization¹
• Flammable²

Footnotes

1. Holodiscus discolor | Plants for a Future ↩ ↩² ↩³ ↩⁴ ↩⁵ ↩⁶ ↩⁷ ↩⁸ ↩⁹ ↩¹⁰ ↩¹¹ ↩¹² ↩¹³

2. Leaf burn times of California native plants, Las Pilitas Nursery, 2005 propane-torch ignition trial, live-leaf ignition time 5 seconds ↩