Arctostaphylos silvicola

Taxobox
name = "Arctostaphylos silvicola"
regnum = Plantae
divisio = Magnoliophyta
classis = Magnoliopsida
ordo = Ericales
familia = Ericaceae
genus = "Arctostaphylos"
species = "A. silvicola"
binomial = "Arctostaphylos silvicola"
binomial_authority = Jeps. & Wiesl.

"Arctostaphylos silvicola" is a species of manzanita known by the common name Bonny Doon manzanita. It is endemic to Santa Cruz County, California, where it is known from only about 20 occurrences in the southern Santa Cruz Mountains. It grows in coniferous forest and chaparral on the sandy coastal slopes. This is a large shrub growing at least a meter tall and known to exceed six meters in height, looking much like a tree. The bark is dark red and smooth. The leaves are greenish gray in color and sometimes slightly woolly. They are oval in shape and up to 3.5 centimeters long. The shrub flowers in inflorescences of long, urn-shaped manzanita flowers and produces drupes 6 to 12 millimeters wide. A main threat to this species is sand mining.

External links

* [http://ucjeps.berkeley.edu/cgi-bin/get_JM_treatment.pl?3449,3454,3527 Jepson Manual Treatment]
* [http://plants.usda.gov/java/profile?symbol=ARSI USDA Plants Profile]
* [http://www.elkhornsloughctp.org/factsheet/factsheet.php?SPECIES_ID=49 Local Plant Profile]
* [http://calphotos.berkeley.edu/cgi/img_query?query_src=photos_index&where-taxon=Arctostaphylos+silvicola Photo gallery]