Arctostaphylos

The manzanita, also known as Arctostaphylos franciscana , was believed to be extinct until 2009, when a sharp-eyed botanist saw the lonely plant on a traffic island in the middle of a busy highway, part of a major construction project near the Golden Gate Bridge.

News - latimes.com 2011

Arctostaphylos spp. and chamise Adenostoma fasciculatum or mixed coniferous forest with ponderosa pine Pinus ponderosa, incense-cedar Calocedrus decurrens, Douglas fir Pseudotsuga menziesii, white fir Abies concolor and California black oak Quercus kelloggii.

Yosemite National Park, United States 2009

Above the timber line, high mountain summits are mainly characterized by endemic-rich cushion scrub communities, where dwarf Juniper, broom and heather species (Genista legionensis, G. occidentalis, Arctostaphylos crassifolia, Daboecia cantabrica, Erica mackaiana, Ulex gallii) predominate in meadows, peat bogs and rock plant communities.

Cantabrian mixed forests 2008

The dominant vegetation in the northernmost part of the ecoregion in the Madrean Sky Islands includes Pinus leiophulla, P. cembroides, P. ponderosa arizonica, Quercus hypodleucodes, Q. arizonica, Q. emoryi, Q. rugosa, Juniperus deppeana, and Arctostaphylos punges.

Sierra Madre Occidental pine-oak forests 2007

These steep-sided cliffs have thinner soils limiting vegetation to chaparral types; characterized by dense clumps of Arctostaphylos pungens, Quercus potosinai and Q. rugosa.

Sierra Madre Occidental pine-oak forests 2007

Black oak (Quercus velutina) canyon live oaks, and manzanitas (Arctostaphylos spp.) are common associates in these montane forests.

California coastal sage and chaparral 2007

Chamizo (Adenostoma fasciculatum), manzanito (Arctostaphylos spp.), and buckthorn (Ceanothus spp.) are some of the dominant chaparral plants.

California coastal sage and chaparral 2007

Uva ursi Arctostaphylos uva-ursi has antimicrobial effects against Escherichia coli, Proteus vulgaris, Enterobacter aerogenes, Streptococcus faecalis, Staphylococcus aureus, Salmonella typhi, and Candida albicans.

THE NATURAL REMEDY BIBLE JOHN LUST 2003

Bearberry, Evergreen Arctostaphylos uva-ursi 52, 276

The Field Guide to Wildlife Habitats of the Eastern United States Janine M. Benyus 1989

Bearberry, Evergreen Arctostaphylos uva-ursi 52, 276

The Field Guide to Wildlife Habitats of the Eastern United States Janine M. Benyus 1989