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Most of the year, coyote brush (or chaparral broom, Baccharis pilularis) can be recognized by its bright green foliage. In the fall, however, plants are covered with white as the shrub releases thousands of tiny seeds, each carried away in the breeze by a delicate, silken parachute. Description from thenaturecollective.org
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