index KINDOM PLANT KINDOM phylum TRACHEOPHYTA (VASCULAR PLANTS) phylum SPERMATOPHYTA (SEED PLANTS) phylum ANGIOSPERMAE (FLOWERS) CLASS DICOTS CLASS ASTERIDAE ORDER ERICALES FAMILY ERICACEAE
GENUS Arctostaphylos

Manzanita, Bearberry

BBALLBLU Evergreen
BBALLBLU Native: Western North America
BBALLBLU Mycorrhizal symbiotic fungi (association, family)
BBALLBLU Flowers:
Bloom in winter
Many (younger species) germinate only after a fire

BBALLBLU Wood:
Hard, Dense wood
Hot burning wood

BBALLBLU Inception: 15 million years ago
BBALLBLU 106 species worldwide, 95 in California

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MANZBARK.JPG, 15 kB
2005.03.08 March
The following pictures were taken the same day in Cohasset, Ca
Several different plants
Probably Species Arctostaphylos manzanita (Just a guess...)



2005.03.08 March
Cohasset

MANZBARKFORK.JPG, 23 kB
2005.03.08 March


2005.03.08 March
Cohasset
Huge trunk!

MANZLEAF20050308.JPG, 33 kB
2005.03.08 March
2005.03.08 March
Cohasset

MANZREDFL.JPG, 27 kB
2005.03.08 March
2005.03.08 March
Cohasset

MANZWHTFL.JPG, 30 kB
2005.03.08 March
2005.03.08 March
Cohasset

RULERYEL
Species Arctostaphylos. columbiana
Species Arctostaphylos. uva-ursi (emerald carpet)
Species Arctostaphylos franciscana (low grownd crawler few living)
Species Arctostaphylos.montana. ravenii (Presidio manzanita one living)
Species Arctostaphylos stanfordiana (Sonoma manzanita, Stanford Manzanita)
Species Arctostaphylos densiflora, (Sonoma manzanita)
Species Arctostaphylos. hispidula (Howell's manzanita Del Norte and Sonoma County).
Species Arctostaphylos otayensis (Otay Manzanita)
Species Arctostaphylos canescens (Hoary Manzanita)
Species Arctostaphylos elegans, (Konocti Manzanita)
Species Arctostaphylos glandulosa campbelliae, (Eastwood Manzanita)
Species Arctostaphylos manzanita (Northern California Manzanita)
Species Arctostaphylos mewukka Indian Manzanita
Species Arctostaphylos myrtifolia Ione Manzanita
Species Arctostaphylos nevadensis (Pine-mat Manzanita ground cover)
Species Arctostaphylos nummularia Fort brag Manzanita

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