Arctostaphylos nevadensis

Taxobox
name = "Arctostaphylos nevadensis"


regnum = Plantae
divisio = Magnoliophyta
classis = Magnoliopsida
ordo = Ericales
familia = Ericaceae
genus = "Arctostaphylos"
species = "A. nevadensis"
binomial = "Arctostaphylos nevadensis"
binomial_authority = A.Gray

"Arctostaphylos nevadensis" is a species of manzanita known by the common name pinemat manzanita. It 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. This 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. This species is cultivated as a chaparral landscaping plant and it is used to stabilize soil against erosion on mountain slopes. [ [http://www.fs.fed.us/database/feis/plants/shrub/arcnev/all.html Fire Service Ecology] ]

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* [http://ucjeps.berkeley.edu/cgi-bin/get_JM_treatment.pl?3449,3454,3507 Jepson Manual Treatment]
* [http://plants.usda.gov/java/profile?symbol=ARNE USDA Plants Profile]
* [http://calphotos.berkeley.edu/cgi/img_query?query_src=photos_index&where-taxon=Arctostaphylos+nevadensis Photo gallery]