Myrica californica - California wax myrtle

California wax myrtle (Myrica californica) is an evergreen shrub native to the Pacific coast of North America, its waxy berries edible in small amounts and historically rendered for candle wax.¹

Inputs

• Hardiness zone 7¹
• Hardiness zone 8¹
• Hardiness zone 9¹
• Hardiness zone 10¹
• Hardiness zone 11¹
• Full sun¹
• Semi-shade¹
• Moist soil¹

Outputs

• Human food¹
• Medicinal use¹
• Dye¹
• Wood¹

Type

• Myrica spp. - Bayberry
• Shrub
• Evergreen

Functions

• Windbreak¹
• Flammable²

Footnotes

1. Myrica californica | Plants for a Future ↩ ↩² ↩³ ↩⁴ ↩⁵ ↩⁶ ↩⁷ ↩⁸ ↩⁹ ↩¹⁰ ↩¹¹ ↩¹² ↩¹³ ↩¹⁴

2. Leaf burn times of California native plants, Las Pilitas Nursery, 2005 propane-torch ignition trial, live-leaf ignition time 15 seconds ↩