coyotes and bears also eat and disperse the pomes. Culture In the 1920s, collecting toyon branches for Christmas became so popular in Los Angeles that the State of California passed a law forbidding collecting on public land or on any land not owned by the person picking any plant without the landowner's written permission (CA Penal Code § 384a). Toyon was adopted as the official native plant of the city of Los Angeles by the LA City Council on April 17, 2012. See also California native plants References External links C. Michael Hogan (2008) Toyon: Heteromeles arbutifolia, iGoTerra.com Photos of Toyon in flower and fruit University of Michigan: Dearborn—Native American Ethnobotany (Heteromeles arbutifolia) Los Angeles City Clerk—Council Files: Toyon CalFlora database: Heteromeles arbutifolia The Living Wild Project: Toyon USDA Plants Profile for Heteromeles arbutifolia (toyon) Heteromeles arbutifolia—U.C. Photo gallery Bird food plants Drought-tolerant plants Flora of Baja California Flora of Baja California Sur Flora of California Flora of Oregon Flora of Mexican Pacific Islands Flora of the Sierra Nevada (United States) Garden plants of North America Maleae Monotypic Rosaceae genera Natural history of the California chaparral and woodlands Natural history of the California Coast Ranges Natural history of the Peninsular Ranges Natural history of the San Francisco Bay Area Natural history of the Santa Monica Mountains Natural history of the Transverse Ranges Plants used in traditional Native American medicine