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Pinemat Manzanita
Arctostaphylos nevadensis
Arctostaphylos nevadensis, commonly known as pinemat manzanita, is a species of manzanita native to western North America.
From the article Arctostaphylos nevadensis on Wikipedia (CC BY-SA), quoted section by section
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. The leaves are bright green and shiny, with few hairs especially along the edges. They measure 1 to 3 centimetres (1⁄2 to 1+1⁄4 in) in length. The shrub blooms in spherical clusters of urn-shaped whitish manzanita flowers. The fruit is a spherical drupe about 7 millimetres (1⁄4 in) wide.
Range & habitat
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.
Wikipedia: “Distribution and habitat”
How it is grown
This species is cultivated as a chaparral landscaping plant and it is used to stabilize soil against erosion on mountain slopes.
Wikipedia: “Cultivation”
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 75527.