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Arctostaphylos glandulosa

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Eastwood's manzanita
ssp. glandulosa

Secure  (NatureServe)
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Ericales
Family: Ericaceae
Genus: Arctostaphylos
Species:
A. glandulosa
Binomial name
Arctostaphylos glandulosa

Arctostaphylos glandulosa, with the common name Eastwood's manzanita, is a species of manzanita.

Distribution

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This shrub is native to the coastal slopes of western North America from Oregon through California to Baja California.

Description

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Arctostaphylos glandulosa is an erect shrub reaching up to 2.5 meters in height. It is bristly and sometimes glandular, secreting sticky oils. It is quite variable in appearance and there are several subspecies scattered across its range.

Subspecies

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Subspecies include:

The rare Arctostaphylos glandulosa ssp. crassifolia is federally listed as an endangered species in the United States. There are about 25 remaining populations, most occurring in fragmented and degraded coastal sage scrub chaparral habitats on both sides of the border.[13] Arctostaphylos glandulosa ssp. gabrielensis is only known in the wild from one population near the Mill Creek Summit divide within the Angeles National Forest in the San Gabriel Mountains, and is on the California Native Plant Society Rare and Endangered Plant Inventory.[14]

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