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Plants Sue Smith | Leaves Leslie Landrum @http://swbiodiversity.org, Usage Rights Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike (CC BY-SA) | | | | |
Origin: Native
General Description: Evergreen. Greenleaf manzanita is a spreading, much branched shrub. Its smooth, dark reddish-brown, inner bark is revealed as the outer bark shreds off. Round, evergreen leaves are bright green, and the pink, bell-shaped flowers occur in clusters.
Identification notes: Ascending stems that form mounds, ovaries without hairs, glandular-hairy flower branches, bright green leaves that are more or less rounded on both ends distinguish this from other Arctostaphylos species. Roots where in contact with soil surface.
Height: 3 to 7 feet Width: Can spread to 10 feet
Habitat Description: Open coniferous forests with dry, well-drained sandy loam to silty loam soils.
Plant Communities: Montane Conifer Forest
Elevation: 7000 - 8500 feet
Color: Mostly pink, white Shape: Bell-shaped in round clusters
Tubular: N Flowering Period: May - Jun
Description: Bunches of urn shaped, pink to white flowers in terminal clusters. Sepals broadly ovate to orbicular and rounded at tip,
Leaf Color: Bright green Type: Simple Shape: Round or oval Margin: Smooth Attachment: Alternate Hairs: Top and bottom of leaves
Description: 1 to 2 inches long, leathery, green, rounded and smooth on both surfaces, often orient themselves perpendicular to the sun's rays, typically without hairs, rarely short-haired.
Color: Dark reddish-brown Type: Berry-like Description: Small, 1/4 inch in diameter, round, smooth, berry-like drupe (fleshy fruit with thin skin and a central stone containing the seed) that resembles a tiny apple, reddish brown to black.
Bark Color: Dark reddish-brown Bark Texture (Mature): Smooth Bark and Branch Description: Smooth and brown on young stems but dark reddish-brown and exfoliating on older stems to show a whitish bark.
Spines, thorns or prickles: N |
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