Chrysolepis sempervirens

Description

Chrysolepis sempervirens is a species of mountain shrub in the oak family known by the common names bush chinkapin, bush golden chinquapin, or Sierra evergreen chinquapin. It is native to the western United States, where it grows on rocky slopes and chaparral throughout the San Gabriel, San Jacinto, Sierra Nevada, Cascade, and Klamath Ranges of California and Southern Oregon.