Mycologist, Zookeeper, Naturalist, Ecologist, Botanist

Garryaceae: the Silktassel family!
~20-30 species across one North American genus (Garrya) and one Central/East Asian genus (Aucuba)
~evergreen shrubby plants in warm-temperate and subtropical regions
~shares the order Garryales with Eucommia ulmoides in the monotypic family Eucommiaceae