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Arctostaphylos morroensis
Morro manzanita is a spreading, drought-tolerant evergreen shrub native only to the Morro Bay area of San Luis Obispo County, California, and listed as threatened. It is grown as a native landscape plant and needs sandy, well-drained soil and full sun.
Arctostaphylos morroensis is a species of manzanita known by the common name Morro manzanita. This shrub is endemic to San Luis Obispo County, California, where it is known only from the vicinity of Morro Bay.
The Arctostaphylos morroensis plant is cultivated as a landscaping ornamental plant, for California native plant, drought tolerant, and natural habitat gardens.
There are 18 occurrences of the Arctostaphylos morroensis plant, and it is abundant in some local areas. It is largely limited to a specific type of substrate known as "Baywood fine sands", a type of sandy soil which originated in the Pleistocene as windblown sand dunes. The plant is found on less than 900 acres of coastal sage scrub and chaparral habitat, sometimes forming monotypic stands on hillsides.
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Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Arctostaphylos morroensis 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.
