Kingdom Plantae Family Ericaceae Scientific name Arctostaphylos nevadensis Rank Species | Order Ericales Genus Arctostaphylos Higher classification Arctostaphylos | |
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Similar Arctostaphylos, Arctostaphylos columbiana, Arctostaphylos canescens, Arctostaphylos viscida, Arctostaphylos pumila | ||
Arctostaphylos nevadensis, with the common name pinemat manzanita, is a species of manzanita.
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Distribution
Arctostaphylos nevadensis 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.
Description
Arctostaphylos nevadensis 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.
Cultivation
This species is cultivated as a chaparral landscaping plant and it is used to stabilize soil against erosion on mountain slopes.
