NATIVE WOODY PLANTS OF THE UNITED STATES 5Q 



Arctostaphylos parryana Lemmon. 



Uva-ursi parryana (Leminon) Abrams. 

 Range: 4, 5. 



Site : Dry, well-drained, sun. 

 Fruit : Berry. 



A small evergreen shrub. Very closely related to A. manzanita and possibly 

 better made a variety of that species. 



Arctostaphylos pastillosa, see Arctostaphylos mewukka. 



Aretostaphylos patula Greene. Greenleaf manzanita. 



A. platyphylla (Gray) Kuntze, Uva-ursi patula (Greene) Abrams. 

 Range: 1, 3, 4, 9, 11, 13. 

 Site: Dry, well-drained, sun. 

 Fruit: Berry; available May-September, occasionally persists all year 



round. 



A large evergreen shrub ; repeated burnings cause the formation of a large 

 root crown, which sprouts after each fire ; heavy snowfall may force its branches 

 to the ground, where they root ; attempts have been made to eradicate it with 

 concentrated goat feeding, but these have proved impracticable. 



Observations: Of outstanding importance as browse for mule deer. An emer- 

 gency winter feed for livestock. 



Arctostaphylos pechoensis, see Arctostaphylos andersonii. 

 Arctostaphylos platyphylla, see Arctostaphylos patula. 



Arctostaphylos pringlei Parry. 



Uva-ursi pringlei (Parry) Abrams. 

 Range : 10, 11, 14. 

 Site: Dry, sun. 

 Fruit: Berry. 

 A large evergreen shrub. 

 Observations: Mearn's and Gambel quail; skunks, foxes, coyotes. 



Arctostaphylos pumila Nutt. Sandmat manzanita. 



Uva-ursi pumila (Nutt.) Abrams. 

 Range : 1. 



Site: Dry, well-drained, sun. 

 Fruit: Berry. 



A small evergreen shrub or sometimes a vinelike plant; stems prostrate, 

 forming mats ; occurs most often on sandy soil. 



Arctostaphylos pungens H. B. K. Pointleaf manzaaita. 



Uva-ursi pungens (H. B. K.) Abrams. 

 Range : 9, 10, 11, 13, 14. 

 Site : Dry, well-drained, sun. 

 Fruit: Berry, available July-April. 



A small to large evergreen shrub ; root system fibrous, generalized, not deep, 

 but taproots well developed in light sandy soil; decumbent branches root; 

 germination of seed about 35 percent or less. 



Stomach records: Sooty gi'ouse; northern hooded skunk, black-tailed deer. 

 Observations: Blue grouse, Mearn's and Gambel quail; bear, pigeons, skunks, 

 foxes, coyotes. Freely grazed by goats. 



Arctostaphylos sensitiva Jeps. 



Range: 1. 



Site : Dry, well-drained, sun. 



Fruit: Berry. 



A small evergreen shrub ; often invades burnt-over areas ; root system shal- 

 low ; colony-forming ; killed outright by chaparral fires. 



Arctostaphylos setosissima Eastw. 

 Range: 1. 



Site : Dry, well-drained, sun. 

 Fruit: Berry. 

 A large evergreen shrub. 



