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chamise

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cha·mi·se  (ch-mz) also cha·mi·so (-ms)
n. pl. cha·mi·ses also cha·mi·sos
An evergreen shrub (Adenostoma fasciculatum) in the rose family, native to California, having small needlelike leaves in fascicles and clusters of small white flowers.

[Spanish chamisa, from Galician chamiça, dry brush, firewood, from chama, flame, from Latin flamma; see flame.]


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Chamise brush moisture levels from Bouquet Canyon in Saugus to La Tuna Canyon in Tujunga are a smidgen past 60 percent -- or critical stage, according to the Los Angeles County Fire Department.
When the researchers exposed seeds in a test: chamber to nitrogen dioxide for as little as 1 minute, the seeds sprouted at high rates that matched those of seeds exposed to actual smoke from sprigs of the common chaparral shrub called chamise.
McGuff tests manzanita and chamise, snipping pieces a quarter-inch or less in diameter and weighs them.
 
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