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bitterbrush

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bit·ter·brush  (btr-brsh)
n.
An evergreen shrub of the genus Purshia, especially P. tridentata of western North America, having bitter-tasting leaves with fuzzy undersides that are nutritious for deer, elk, and antelope.


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Chipmunks, ground squirrels, root wads, yellow-jackets, junco, nitrogen-releasing bitterbrush, badgers, fire - even the windstorm Rucker and I experienced - figure into Hopkins' scheme of things, right along with the ponderosas themselves.
It gradually burned through bitterbrush and light woody debris, mimicking the natural understory fires of old and thus protecting a stand of mature ponderosas.
But add flammable manzanita and bitterbrush to that mix, and you have the ingredients for a bona fide disaster.
 
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