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§1 Plant

Arctostaphylos nevadensis A. Gray

vernacular pinemat manzanita — species · Ericaceae

USDA: ARNE
GBIF: 2882552
Rank: species

pinemat manzanita (Arctostaphylos nevadensis) — Platephotograph · Thayne TuasonCC BY-NC source · iNaturalist ↗

§2Habit & range

Growth habit: Shrub, Subshrub
Duration: Perennial
Group: Dicot
Family: Ericaceae Juss.
Genus: Arctostaphylos

§2a

Native status, by region

L48 Lower 48 States Native

§2b

County-level range

· 66 counties across 4 states/territories

Legend Native · 66 Introduced · 0 Both · 0 Hover a county for detail.

§3Cultivation specs · USDA

Recorded by the USDA Plant Materials Program.

§3a

Tolerances

Drought: High
Shade: Low
Moisture use: Low
Fire: Low
Salinity: None
Anaerobic: None
CaCO₃: Medium
Hedging: None

§3b

Climate & soil

Cold tolerance: -13 °F minimum
Frost-free days: 180 min.
Precipitation: 16–80 in/yr
pH range: 6–8.4
Root depth: 30 in min.
Fertility need: Low
Soil texture: coarse, medium

§3c

Form & growth

Growth form: Stoloniferous
Growth rate: Slow
Lifespan: Long
Mature height: 2 ft
Height @ 20 y: 2 ft
Foliage texture: Coarse
Foliage colour: Green
Porosity (summer): Dense
Porosity (winter): Dense
Flower colour: White
Fruit colour: Red
Fire resistant: No
N fixation: None
Toxicity: None

§3d

Reproduction

Bloom period: Early Summer
Seed abundance: Medium
Seed begins: Summer
Seed ends: Fall
Spread rate: Slow
Stratify: Yes
Seeds / lb: 37,000
Propagation: seed, cuttings, bare root, container

§3e

Use & availability

Commercial availability: Routinely Available
Nursery stock: Yes
Browse palatability: Low
Graze palatability: Low
Palatable, human: No
Protein potential: Low
Lumber: No
Christmas tree: No

§4Counties, by state

Recorded in 66 counties across 4 states/territories.

California view state ↗ 27 N ▾

Nevada view state ↗ 4 N ▾

Oregon view state ↗ 23 N ▾

Washington view state ↗ 12 N ▾

§5Sources & provenance

USDA PLANTS

Symbol, taxonomy, distribution, cultivation specs, native status. Public domain.

plants.usda.gov/ARNE ↗

GBIF Backbone

Canonical taxonomic identity, synonym resolution, cross-refs. CC0.

gbif.org/species/2882552 ↗

Record version

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