Arctostaphylos canescens

Arctostaphylos canescens

Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
(unranked):	Angiosperms
(unranked):	Eudicots
(unranked):	Asterids
Order:	Ericales
Family:	Ericaceae
Genus:	Arctostaphylos
Species:	A. canescens
Binomial name
*Arctostaphylos canescens* Eastw.

Arctostaphylos canescens, common name hoary manzanita, is a species of manzanita.

Distribution

Arctostaphylos canescens is native to the coastal mountain ranges of southwestern Oregon and northern California, where it grows in forest and chaparral plant communities.

Description

The Arctostaphylos canescens is a shrub varying in shape from short and matted to spreading up to 2 meters (6.6 ft) in height. Smaller branches and twigs are hairy to woolly. The smooth-edged leaves are oval in shape and pointed at the tip, woolly to rough and waxy, and up to 5 centimeters long.

The plant blooms in dense inflorescences of whitish, urn-shaped manzanita flowers which are woolly inside. The fruit is a hairy drupe 0.5 to 1 centimeter wide.

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Extant Arbutoideae species

Arbutus

Arctostaphylos

Subgenus Micrococcus

Section Micrococcus	Arctostaphylos mendocinoensis Arctostaphylos myrtifolia Arctostaphylos nissenana Arctostaphylos nummularia

Subgenus Arctostaphylos

Section Arctostaphylos	Arctostaphylos bakeri Arctostaphylos densiflora Arctostaphylos edmundsii Arctostaphylos franciscana Arctostaphylos gabrielensis Arctostaphylos glauca Arctostaphylos hispidula Arctostaphylos hookeri Arctostaphylos insularis Arctostaphylos klamathensis Arctostaphylos manzanita Arctostaphylos mewukka Arctostaphylos nevadensis Arctostaphylos parryana Arctostaphylos patula Arctostaphylos pumila Arctostaphylos pungens Arctostaphylos rudis Arctostaphylos stanfordiana Arctostaphylos uva-ursi Arctostaphylos viscida

Section Foliobracteata	Arctostaphylos andersonii Arctostaphylos auriculata Arctostaphylos canescens Arctostaphylos catalinae Arctostaphylos columbiana Arctostaphylos confertiflora Arctostaphylos cruzensis Arctostaphylos glandulosa Arctostaphylos glutinosa Arctostaphylos hooveri Arctostaphylos imbricata Arctostaphylos luciana Arctostaphylos malloryi Arctostaphylos montaraensis Arctostaphylos montereyensis Arctostaphylos morroensis Arctostaphylos nortensis Arctostaphylos obispoensis Arctostaphylos osoensis Arctostaphylos otayensis Arctostaphylos pajaroensis Arctostaphylos pallida Arctostaphylos pechoensis Arctostaphylos pilosula Arctostaphylos purissima Arctostaphylos refugioensis Arctostaphylos regismontana Arctostaphylos silvicola Arctostaphylos tomentosa Arctostaphylos virgata Arctostaphylos viridissima Arctostaphylos wellsii

Section Pictobracteata	Arctostaphylos pringlei

Unassigned

Arctous

Arctous alpina
Arctous rubra

Comarostaphylis

Comarostaphylis arbutoides
Comarostaphylis discolor
Comarostaphylis diversifolia
Comarostaphylis glaucescens
Comarostaphylis lanata
Comarostaphylis longifolia
Comarostaphylis mucronata
Comarostaphylis polifolia
Comarostaphylis sharpii
Comarostaphylis spinulosa

Ornithostaphylos

Ornithostaphylos oppositifolia

Xylococcus

Xylococcus bicolor

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