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This bobcat walked past the window of a Mountain Center home. “Made my day,” said Bethany Pulliam. Photo by Bethany Pulliam

Comarostaphylis diversifolia is a species of shrub in the heath family known by the common name “Summer holly.” Native to Southern California and Northern Baja California’s coastal chaparral habitat, it grows slowly to 12 inches tall and 8 feet wide or slightly larger.
Tourists today expect to find at least one golf course at almost any vacation destination. Idyllwild is unusual in not having one …