The musical number that is our unofficial city anthem would have sounded slightly different if our city founders had been sticklers for taxonomic accuracy. Hollywood was alledgedly named for the large shrubs bearing bright red berries in the winter, not really holly, but toyon. They are one of the dominant species in the Santa Monicas and other hills and mountains of the coastal sage scrub climate that prevails from Los Angeles to the great inland valleys like San Bernardino. And they are apparently good for a snack, if you’re a raven and feeling a bit peckish.
Toyon (but in high desert, not Hollywood)