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Arctostaphylos canescens

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Arctostaphylos canescens

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Arctostaphylos

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Arctostaphylos

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Arctostaphylos canescens, common name hoary manzanita, is a species of manzanita.

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Distribution

Arctostaphylos canescens is native to the coastal mountain ranges of southwestern Oregon and northern California, where it grows in forest and chaparral plant communities.

Description

The Arctostaphylos canescens is a 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.

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Arctostaphylos canescens Wikipedia


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