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bearberries and manzanitas
Arctostaphylos
Arctostaphylos (/ˌɑːrktoʊˈstæfɪləs, -lɒs/; arkto bear + staphyle grape) is a genus of plants comprising the manzanitas (/ˌmænzəˈniːtəz/) and bearberries. They are shrubs or small trees.
60 branches of this genus, most-observed first

bearberry
speciesArctostaphylos uva-ursi

greenleaf manzanita
speciesArctostaphylos patula
pointleaf manzanita
speciesArctostaphylos pungens

Big Berry Manzanita
speciesArctostaphylos glauca

Eastwood's Manzanita
speciesArctostaphylos glandulosa

Whiteleaf Manzanita
speciesArctostaphylos viscida

Brittleleaf Manzanita
speciesArctostaphylos crustacea

Common Manzanita
speciesArctostaphylos manzanita

hairy manzanita
speciesArctostaphylos columbiana

Pinemat Manzanita
speciesArctostaphylos nevadensis

Pringle's manzanita
speciesArctostaphylos pringlei

woollyleaf manzanita
speciesArctostaphylos tomentosa

Bonny Doon manzanita
speciesArctostaphylos silvicola

Mount Tamalpais manzanita
speciesArctostaphylos montana

glossyleaf manzanita
speciesArctostaphylos sensitiva

Santa Cruz Manzanita
speciesArctostaphylos andersonii

hoary manzanita
speciesArctostaphylos canescens

Sandmat Manzanita
speciesArctostaphylos pumila

Mount Diablo manzanita
speciesArctostaphylos auriculata

Hooker's Manzanita
speciesArctostaphylos hookeri

Pallid manzanita
speciesArctostaphylos pallida

Kings Mountain manzanita
speciesArctostaphylos regismontana

Morro Manzanita
speciesArctostaphylos morroensis

Montara manzanita
speciesArctostaphylos montaraensis

Glossyleaf Manzanita
speciesArctostaphylos nummularia

Toro manzanita
speciesArctostaphylos montereyensis

Bishop manzanita
speciesArctostaphylos obispoensis

Medium Manzanita
hybridArctostaphylos × media

vine hill manzanita
speciesArctostaphylos densiflora
Pajaro Manzanita
speciesArctostaphylos pajaroensis

San Bruno Mountain manzanita
speciesArctostaphylos imbricata

Stanford's Manzanita
speciesArctostaphylos stanfordiana

Parry Manzanita
speciesArctostaphylos parryana

Marin manzanita
speciesArctostaphylos virgata

island manzanita
speciesArctostaphylos insularis

La Purisima manzanita
speciesArctostaphylos purissima

Me-Wuk manzanita
speciesArctostaphylos mewukka

Santa Catalina Island manzanita
speciesArctostaphylos catalinae

Peninsular Manzanita
speciesArctostaphylos peninsularis

rainbow manzanita
speciesArctostaphylos rainbowensis

Baker's Manzanita
speciesArctostaphylos bakeri

sand mesa manzanita
speciesArctostaphylos rudis

Franciscan manzanita
speciesArctostaphylos franciscana

Santa Margarita manzanita
speciesArctostaphylos pilosula

Santa Lucia manzanita
speciesArctostaphylos luciana

Pecho manzanita
speciesArctostaphylos pechoensis

Little Sur manzanita
speciesArctostaphylos edmundsii

Santa Rosa Island manzanita
speciesArctostaphylos confertiflora

otay manzanita
speciesArctostaphylos otayensis

refugio manzanita
speciesArctostaphylos refugioensis

Nipomo Mesa manzanita
speciesArctostaphylos nipumu

ione manzanita
speciesArctostaphylos myrtifolia

Del Norte manzanita
speciesArctostaphylos nortensis

white-haired manzanita
speciesArctostaphylos viridissima

Oso manzanita
speciesArctostaphylos osoensis

Pacific manzanita
speciesArctostaphylos pacifica

Hoover's manzanita
speciesArctostaphylos hooveri

Arroyo de la Cruz manzanita
speciesArctostaphylos cruzensis

San Benito Manzanita
hybridArctostaphylos × benitoensis

Mallory's manzanita
speciesArctostaphylos malloryi
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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In the old herbals & bestiaries
In the stacks
Searching the stacks…
Every page naming Arctostaphylos in the Biodiversity Heritage Library →
This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 47179.
