Arctostaphylos nevadensis
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Arctostaphylos nevadensis | |
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Wenatchee Mountains | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Clade: | Asterids |
Order: | Ericales |
Family: | Ericaceae |
Genus: | Arctostaphylos |
Species: | A. nevadensis
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Binomial name | |
Arctostaphylos nevadensis |
Arctostaphylos nevadensis, with the common name pinemat manzanita, is a species of manzanita.
Distribution[]
Arctostaphylos nevadensis is native to western North America from Washington to California, where it grows in the coniferous forests of the inland and coastal mountain ranges. It is a dominant shrub in the mountain understory chaparral in many areas.
Description[]
Arctostaphylos nevadensis is a short, spreading shrub forming mats, tangles, or mounds less than half a meter tall. The larger branches have dull red bark and the twigs are generally woolly. Leaves are bright green and shiny, with few hairs especially along the edges. They measure 1 to 3 centimeters in length. The shrub blooms in spherical clusters of urn-shaped whitish manzanita flowers. The fruit is a spherical drupe about 7 millimeters wide.
Cultivation[]
This species is cultivated as a chaparral landscaping plant and it is used to stabilize soil against erosion on mountain slopes.[1]
See also[]
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References[]
External links[]
- Jepson Manual Treatment - Arctostaphylos nevadensis
- USDA Plants Profile; Arctostaphylos nevadensis
- Arctostaphylos nevadensis - Photo gallery
- Arctostaphylos
- Flora of California
- Flora of Oregon
- Flora of Washington (state)
- Flora of the Cascade Range
- Flora of the Klamath Mountains
- Flora of the Sierra Nevada (U.S.)
- Plants described in 1878
- Ericaceae stubs