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Arctostaphylos manzanita (whiteleaf manzanita)

Synonyms: Arctostaphylos manzanita var. apiculata

Wikipedia Abstract

One of many species of manzanita, Arctostaphylos manzanita has the common names Common manzanita and Whiteleaf manzanita. Arctostaphylos manzanita is endemic to California, where it can be found in the Coast Ranges and Sierra Nevada foothills. It is common on chaparral slopes and low-elevation coniferous forest ecosystems.
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Infraspecies

Arctostaphylos manzanita elegans (Konocti manzanita)
Arctostaphylos manzanita glaucescens (whiteleaf manzanita)
Arctostaphylos manzanita laevigata (Contra Costa manzanita)
Arctostaphylos manzanita manzanita (Whiteleaf manzanita)
Arctostaphylos manzanita roofii (Roof's manzanita)
Arctostaphylos manzanita wieslanderi (Wieslander's manzanita)

Attributes

Allergen Potential [1]  Medium-Low
Screening - Summer [2]  Moderate
Screening - Winter [2]  Moderate
Bloom Period [2]  Winter
Drought Tolerance [2]  High
Edible [3]  May be edible. See the Plants For A Future link below for details.
Fire Tolerance [2]  High
Flower Type [3]  Hermaphrodite
Frost Free Days [2]  4 months
Fruit/Seed Abundance [2]  Medium
Fruit/Seed Begin [2]  Summer
Fruit/Seed End [2]  Summer
Growth Form [2]  Multiple Stem
Growth Period [2]  Spring, Summer
Growth Rate [2]  Slow
Leaf Type [3]  Evergreen
Lifespan [2]  Perennial
Pollinators [3]  Bees, Bats
Propagation [2]  Bare Root, Container, Seed
Root Depth [2]  20 inches (51 cm)
Seed Spread Rate [2]  Slow
Seed Vigor [2]  Low
Seeds Per [2]  18000 / lb (39683 / kg)
Shape/Orientation [2]  Semi-Erect
Structure [3]  Shrub
Usage [3]  A yellowish-brown dye is obtained from the leaves, it does not require a mordant; The leaves can be boiled and the yellowish-red extract used as a cleansing body wash; The wood makes an exceedingly fine fuel;
Vegetative Spread Rate [2]  None
Flower Color [2]  White
Foliage Color [2]  Green
Fruit Color [2]  White
Fruit Conspicuous [2]  Yes
Height [3]  6.56 feet (2 m)
Width [3]  6.56 feet (2 m)
Hardiness Zone Minimum [2]  USDA Zone: 4 Low Temperature: -30 F° (-34.4 C°) → -20 F° (-28.9 C°)
Light Preference [2]  Mixed Sun/Shade
Soil Acidity [2]  Neutral
Soil Fertility [2]  Infertile
Water Use [2]  Low
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Protected Areas

Name IUCN Category Area acres Location Species Website Climate Land Use
Table Mountain   California, United States      

Predators

Aspidaspis arctostaphyli (Arctostaphylis scale)[4]
Epinotia subplicana[5]
Phyllonorycter manzanita[5]

External References

USDA Plant Profile

NatureServe Explorer

Citations

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♦ 1Derived from Allergy-Free Gardening OPALS™, Thomas Leo Ogren (2000)
♦ 2USDA Plants Database, U. S. Department of Agriculture
♦ 3Plants For A Future licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License
♦ 4Ben-Dov, Y., Miller, D.R. & Gibson, G.A.P. ScaleNet 4 November 2009
♦ 5HOSTS - a Database of the World's Lepidopteran Hostplants Gaden S. Robinson, Phillip R. Ackery, Ian J. Kitching, George W. Beccaloni AND Luis M. Hernández
Abstract provided by DBpedia licensed under a Creative Commons License
Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0