{"id":548,"date":"2013-09-05T12:13:32","date_gmt":"2013-09-05T19:13:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.reed.edu\/trees\/?page_id=548"},"modified":"2025-03-20T08:34:52","modified_gmt":"2025-03-20T15:34:52","slug":"oregon-myrtle-california-bay","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/blogs.reed.edu\/trees\/oregon-myrtle-california-bay\/","title":{"rendered":"Oregon Myrtle \/ California Bay"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.reed.edu\/trees\/files\/2013\/09\/UMCA1_lg.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-549 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.reed.edu\/trees\/files\/2013\/09\/UMCA1_lg-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"Oregon Myrtle \/ California Bay\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.reed.edu\/trees\/files\/2013\/09\/UMCA1_lg-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.reed.edu\/trees\/files\/2013\/09\/UMCA1_lg.jpg 640w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.reed.edu\/trees\/files\/2013\/09\/IMG_1678-oregon-myrtle-e1411425944437.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-2047\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.reed.edu\/trees\/files\/2013\/09\/IMG_1678-oregon-myrtle-e1411425944437-200x300.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_1678 oregon myrtle\" width=\"150\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.reed.edu\/trees\/files\/2013\/09\/IMG_1678-oregon-myrtle-e1411425944437-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/blogs.reed.edu\/trees\/files\/2013\/09\/IMG_1678-oregon-myrtle-e1411425944437-682x1024.jpg 682w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>The tree is native to southwestern Oregon and northern California. It often reaches a height of 60-100 feet and is distinguished by its decorative, fragrant foliage and clusters of cream-colored flowers in early spring. The leaves of this tree are often used instead of the European bay leaf in cooking. They are twice as strong, however.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The tree is native to southwestern Oregon and northern California. It often reaches a height of 60-100 feet and is distinguished by its decorative, fragrant foliage and clusters of cream-colored flowers in early spring. The leaves of this tree are&nbsp;&hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.reed.edu\/trees\/oregon-myrtle-california-bay\/\">finish&nbsp;reading&nbsp;Oregon Myrtle \/ California Bay<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":549,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","template":"trees_template.php","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-548","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.reed.edu\/trees\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/548","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.reed.edu\/trees\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.reed.edu\/trees\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.reed.edu\/trees\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.reed.edu\/trees\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=548"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.reed.edu\/trees\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/548\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2049,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.reed.edu\/trees\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/548\/revisions\/2049"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.reed.edu\/trees\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/549"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.reed.edu\/trees\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=548"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}