Male flower. Eastbluff Park, Newport Beach, Orange County, CA. 8-18-11. © Joan Avise

Peruvian Pepper Tree
(American pepper, escobilla, false pepper, molle del Peru, peppercorn tree, Californian pepper tree, pirul, Peruvian mastic tree)

Schinus molle

Invasive species native to the Peruvian Andes

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Male flower. Eastbluff Park, Newport Beach, Orange County, CA. 8-18-11. © Joan Avise

Male flower. Eastbluff Park, Newport Beach, Orange County, CA. 8-18-11. © Joan Avise

Male flower. Eastbluff Park, Newport Beach, Orange County, CA. 8-18-11. © Joan Avise

University Hills, Irvine, Orange County, CA 8-16-11. © Joan Avise

University Hills, Irvine, Orange County, CA 8-16-11. © Joan Avise

University Hills, Irvine, Orange County, CA 8-16-11. © Joan Avise

University Hills, Irvine, Orange County, CA 8-16-11. © Joan Avise

University Hills, Irvine, Orange County, CA 8-16-11. © Joan Avise

Schinus terebinthifolius, left; Schinus molle, right. Eastbluff Park, Newport Beach, Orange County, CA. 8-17-11. © Joan Avise