Pacific Coastal Wildlife Region Brooms & Dustpans Japanese steel is hard and

Japanese steel is hard and sharp

Red flowers bloom summer through fall

summer Evergreen/Deciduous Winter deciduous Fragrant Mildly Cold Hardy to 15° F Attracts pollinators Bees

An upright evergreen shrub that grows up to eight feet high by six feet wide

light shade

Pacific Coastal Wildlife Region Brooms & Dustpans Japanese steel is hard andused copy This handbook identifies common plants, mammals birds reptiles, amphibians, and fish of the humid coastal forest belt from Monterey County, California, north to the southern part of British Columbia. Elizabeth Dasmann illustrated the animals, and Charles Yocom did the plants. A handy book to take on a hike. 120 pages, Paperback First published June 1, 1965