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Brittleleaf Manzanita

Arctostaphylos crustacea

Brittleleaf Manzanita
Photo: John Rusk from Berkeley, CA, United States of America, CC BY 2.0
Family
Ericaceae (Heather family)
Grows as
Shrub
Native range
W. & SW. California
Climate
subtropical

About

Arctostaphylos crustacea, commonly known as brittleleaf manzanita, is a species of manzanita found mostly in the fog belt of the Central Coast of California and the San Francisco Bay Area.

Other Arctostaphylos plants

Santa Cruz manzanita · Mt. Diablo manzanita · Baker's manzanita · Cerro Bola manzanita · Hoary manzanita · Santa Catalina Island manzanita · Hairy manzanita · Santa Rosa Island manzanita · La Cruz manzanita · Vine Hill manzanita · Little Sur manzanita · Franciscan Manzanita

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Arctostaphylos crustacea by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts are shared under the same licence.

Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.

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