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Pinemat manzanita

Arctostaphylos nevadensis

Also called Snowmat Manzanita

Pinemat manzanita
Photo: Walter Siegmund (talk), CC BY-SA 3.0
Family
Ericaceae (Heather family)
Grows as
Shrub
Native range
C. Washington to NC. California
Climate
temperate

About

Arctostaphylos nevadensis, commonly known as pinemat manzanita, is a species of manzanita native to western North America.

How to grow it

This species is cultivated as a chaparral landscaping plant and it is used to stabilize soil against erosion on mountain slopes.

Where it grows

Arctostaphylos nevadensis is native to western North America from Washington to California, where it grows in the coniferous forests of the inland and coastal mountain ranges. It is a dominant shrub in the mountain understory chaparral in many areas.

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 nevadensis 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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