On a Santa Barbara hillside, only a few miles from the ocean,
grow Firecracker Plants (Russelia equisetiformis), Rosemary,
and cactus (Opuntia basilavis).
But the most remarkable growing things are the Coastal Live Oaks (Quercus agrifolia).
In this grove of trees, the largest are a few centuries old.
They are evergreens with small, leathery leaves, adapted to dry summers, able to extract moisture from fog from the ocean.
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