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boundary of park near Eleanor Dam, 5,300 feet. SEQUOIA, common, 2,500 to 5,500 

 feet: Flapjack Creek, along road to Mineral King; old Colony Mill road to Giant 

 Forest. 



7. PiNEMAT Manzanita (Arctostapbylos nevadensis Gray). — This is 

 a prostrate shrub very similar to kinnikinnick with its traihng stems often 

 rooting where they touch the ground. The two plants may usually be dis- 

 tinguished by their leaves, those of bearberry being mostly rounded or blunt- 

 pointed at the tips, while those of pinemat manzanita are mostly sharp- 

 pointed. Pinemat manzanita occurs most commonly in pine forests of the 

 parks of Washington and Oregon and in the Sierra Nevada parks of Cali- 

 fornia. The erect branches of this species sometimes become 1 foot high. 

 Bearberry is the prevailing species in the parks of the Rocky Mountains. It 

 seldom grows over 6 inches in height. Both species commonly occur at high 

 elevations, but the bearberry often extends down nearly to sea level on the 

 Northwest coast. 



Occurrence. — OLYMPIC. MOUNT rainier, common, 2,500 to 6,500 feet: Longmire 

 Springs; head of Stevens Canyon; Ciystal Lake trail; Ipsut Pass. CRATER LAKE, com- 

 mon. Union Peak, 6.000 feet. LASSEN, 7,000 to 8,000 feet: Mount Lassen; Flatiron 

 Ridge; Manzanita Lake checking station; Manzanita Creek; trail to Bumpas Hell. 

 YOSEMITE, common, 7,000 feet to timberline: Illilouette Falls; Cloud's Rest; Glacier 

 Point; west of Mount Watkins; Gin Flat; Mount Dana; Osfrander Lake; Eagle 

 Peak; Isberg Lake. SEQUOIA, common, 8,000 feet to timberline: ridge east of Panther 

 Peak; trail from Eagle Lake to Mineral King. 



8. Bearberry, Kinnikinnick {Arctostapbylos uva-ursi (L.) Spreng.), 

 fig. 113. — A prostrate or trailing evergreen shrub 6 to 12 inches high, with 

 thin, shreddy, reddish-brown bark; leaves smooth, thick and leathery, light 

 green, 1/2 to 1 inch long, 

 with an untoothed mar- 



usua 



lly 



roun 



ded 



or 



gin, 



blunt-pointed at the tip; 

 flowers small, waxy- 

 white or pinkish, bell- 

 shaped, borne in few- 

 flowered clusters at the 

 ends of the stems; berry 

 round, red, smooth, the 

 ripe pulp dry and mealy, 

 with several hard seeds. 

 Bearberry is our most 

 widely distributed man- 

 zanita and the only spe- 

 cies found outside of 

 western North America. 

 It is found around the 

 world in the northern re- 

 gions. The plant is a 

 low trailing shrub, often 



Fig. 113. Bearberry {Arctostaph^los uvn-ursi). 



