ashy silktassel Garryaceae Garrya flavescens S. Watson   symbol: GAFL2
	Leaf: Opposite, simple, evergreen and leathery, ovate, to 4 inches, entire margins, ashy gray-green and silky pubescent above and (more so) below. Flower: Dioecious; produced in silky drooping spikes (tassels), 4 inches long, lacking petals, gray-green, appearing late winter to early spring. Fruit: Several round berries borne in pairs on 1 1/2 to 3 inch-long tassels, individual berries to 1/2 inch, purplish and silky-hairy, somewhat persistent. Twig: Moderate to stout, brown but gray with pubescent, may be 4-angled. Bark: Ashy gray with brown stripes and smooth, becoming gray-brown and rough. Form: A shrub to 12 feet.
	No range map exists for this species. See a map of the states in which Garrya flavescens can be found (opens a new window). USDA Plants Database Garrya flavescens is native to North America.