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Arctostaphylos parryana Lemmon. 
Uva-ursi parryana (Lemmon) 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. 
Arctostaphylos patula Greene. Greenleaf manzanita. 
A. platyphylla (Gray) Kuntze, Uva-ursi patula (Greene) Abrams. 
Rangewieva, 4.) 95 tae rs: 
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- 
geney 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 manzanita. 
Uva-ursi pungens (H. B. K.) Abrams. 
Range: 9, 10, 11, 18, 14. 
Site: Dry, well-drained, sun. 
Fruit: Berry, available Juiy—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. f 
Stomach records: Sooty grouse; 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 Hastw. 
Range: 1. 
Site: Dry, well-drained, sun. 
Fruit: Berry. 
A large evergreen shrub. 
