PLANT NOTES: Mountain Lover
Plant Notes from the Arboretum
Mountain Lover (Paxistima myrsinites)
Mountain lover (Paxistima myrsinites) is a low-growing, evergreen shrub with glossy, dark green leaves. As the name implies, it prefers mountain slopes in the understory of pine and fir forests, but is highly adaptable. Common to the western United States and Canada, Mountain Lover is one of only two extant species in the Celastraceae (Bittersweet) family...
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