Arctostaphylos manzanita subsp. manzanita

Family: Ericaceae · Type: shrub · Native

Manzanita is a California native shrub found in the Klamath Ranges, northern Coast Ranges, southern Cascade Range, northern Sierra Nevada foothills, northern Sierra Nevada, Sacramento Valley, and northern San Francisco Bay Area in woodland, chaparral, and conifer forest at elevations of 30 to 1,200 meters. Flowering from February to May, this plant produces pale pink to white urn-shaped flowers in compact clusters. Growing with smooth to sparsely hairy twigs and reaching heights of 1 to 4 meters, it forms a distinctive branching structure with a woody base. Its leaves are dull to bright green, typically leathery and oval-shaped, arranged alternately along the branches. The fruit consists of smooth, hard stones that may be variably fused or remain separate.

Habitat: Woodland, chaparral, conifer forest

Bloom period: Feb-May

Elevation: 30-1200 m

Bioregions: KR, NCoRO, NCoRI, s CaRF, n&ampc SNF, n SNH, ScV, n SnFrB.

California counties: Humboldt, Sonoma, Lake, Butte, Glenn, Santa Clara, Mendocino, Trinity, Amador, Tehama, Calaveras, Napa, Monterey, Plumas, Shasta, Lassen, Mariposa, Tuolumne, Solano, Contra Costa, Tulare, Modoc, Alameda, Siskiyou, Marin, Sutter, San Mateo, El Dorado, Placer, Colusa, Kern, Stanislaus, Fresno, Yolo, Sierra, San Diego, Del Norte

Data from The California Species Project — 14,000+ California species with verified data from CNPS, CDFW, USFWS, Jepson eFlora, Cal-IPC, and more.