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Arctostaphylos uva-ursi (kinnikinnick; bearberry manzanita; bearberry; mealberry)

Synonyms:

Wikipedia Abstract

Arctostaphylos alpina, with the common names alpine bearberry, mountain bearberry, or black bearberry is a dwarf shrub in the heather family Ericaceae. The basionym of this species is Arbutus alpina L..
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Infraspecies

Arctostaphylos uva-ursi crassifolia
Arctostaphylos uva-ursi cratericola
Arctostaphylos uva-ursi uva-ursi
Arctostaphylos uva-ursi var. uva-ursi

Attributes

Allergen Potential [1]  Medium-Low
Screening - Summer [3]  Porous
Screening - Winter [3]  Porous
Bee Flower Color [2]  Blue-Green
Flower Color [3]  Purple
Foliage Color [3]  Dark Green
Fruit Color [3]  Red
Bloom Period [3]  Late Spring
Dispersal Mode [7]  Endozoochory
Drought Tolerance [3]  High
Fire Tolerance [3]  Low
Frost Free Days [3]  4 months 20 days
Fruit/Seed Abundance [3]  Medium
Fruit/Seed Begin [3]  Summer
Fruit/Seed End [3]  Fall
Growth Form [3]  Multiple Stem
Growth Period [3]  Spring, Summer
Growth Rate [3]  Moderate
Leaf Type [4]  Evergreen
Lifespan [5]  Perennial
Pollinators [2]  Bumblebees
Propagation [3]  Bare Root, Container, Cutting
Root Depth [3]  10 inches (25 cm)
Seed Spread Rate [3]  Slow
Seed Vigor [3]  Low
Seeds Per [3]  42400 / lb (93476 / kg)
Shape/Orientation [3]  Prostrate
Structure [4]  Shrub
Vegetative Spread Rate [3]  Moderate
Fall Conspicuous [3]  Yes
Flower Conspicuous [3]  Yes
Fruit Conspicuous [3]  Yes
Height [5]  8 inches (.2 m)
Hardiness Zone Minimum [3]  USDA Zone: 3 Low Temperature: -40 F° (-40 C°) → -30 F° (-34.4 C°)
Light Preference [6]  Mostly Sunny
Soil Acidity [6]  Very Acid
Soil Fertility [6]  Infertile
Soil Moisture [6]  Moist
Water Use [3]  Low

Protected Areas

Predators

Providers

Pollinated by 
Apis mellifera (honey bee)[16]

Consumers

Parasitized by 
Exobasidium sydowianum (Bearberry Redleaf)[10]
Lembosina gontardii[10]
Marthamyces phacidioides[10]

External References

USDA Plant Profile

NatureServe Explorer

Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
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♦ 8Ben-Dov, Y., Miller, D.R. & Gibson, G.A.P. ScaleNet 4 November 2009
♦ 9Butterflies of Canada, Canadian Biodiversity Information Facility
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♦ 12Marmota vancouverensis, David G. Nagorsen, MAMMALIAN SPECIES No. 270, pp. 1-5 (1987)
♦ 13Phenacomys intermedius, James A. McAllister and Robert S. Hoffman, MAMMALIAN SPECIES No. 305, pp. 1-8 (1988)
♦ 14Phenacomys ungava (Rodentia: Cricetidae), JANET K. BRAUN, SARA B. GONZALEZ-PEREZ, GARRETT M. STREET, JENNIE M. MOOK, AND NICHOLAS J. CZAPLEWSKI, MAMMALIAN SPECIES 45(899):18–29 (2013)
♦ 15Tamias townsendii, Dallas A. Sutton, MAMMALIAN SPECIES No. 435, pp. 1-6 (1993)
♦ 16Clements, R. E., and F. L. Long. 1923, Experimental pollination. An outline of the ecology of flowers and insects. Washington, D.C., USA, Carnegie Institute of Washington.
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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