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Klamath manzanita

Arctostaphylos klamathensis

Klamath manzanita
Photo: John Game, CC BY 2.0

Klamath manzanita is a low, matted shrub of the Klamath Mountains in far northern California, forming mounds no taller than about half a meter. It is a native of open forest and chaparral and is rarely grown in gardens, so care advice here is general.

Family
Ericaceae (Heather family)
Grows as
Shrub
Light
Full sun
Water
Water sparingly once established; it tolerates drought and dislikes wet feet.
Soil
Well-drained, gritty or sandy soil with low fertility.
Temperature
Hardy in cool temperate climates; protect young plants from prolonged frost below about -10 °C.
How easy
Hard
Native range
N. California
Climate
temperate

About

Arctostaphylos klamathensis, with the common name Klamath manzanita, is a species of manzanita. It is endemic to the Klamath Mountains of far northern California, where it was first described during an ecological survey in Cedar Basin near the border between Siskiyou and Trinity Counties in 1982.

Where it grows

Arctostaphylos klamathensis is a resident of open areas in the forest and the local mountain chaparral plant community, where it is the dominant shrub in some spots.

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 · Brittleleaf Manzanita · La Cruz manzanita · Vine Hill manzanita · Little Sur manzanita

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Arctostaphylos klamathensis by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts and the care summary drawn from them are shared under the same licence.

The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.

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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