Manzanita
Arctostaphylos canescens
42.4664, -122.886
Field Notes
Description:
Shrub varying in shape from short and matted to spreading up to 2 meters (6.6 ft) in height. Smaller branches and twigs are hairy to woolly. The smooth-edged leaves are oval in shape and pointed at the tip, woolly to rough and waxy, and up to 5 centimeters long.
The plant blooms in dense inflorescences of whitish, urn-shaped manzanita flowers which are woolly inside. The fruit is a hairy drupe 0.5 to 1 centimeter wide.
Habitat:
Oak savanna, chaparral, and mixed woodland
Notes:
Native to the coastal mountain ranges of southwestern Oregon and northern California, where it grows in forest and chaparral plant communities.
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