Misc. Pub. 303. U. S. Dept. of Agriculture 
Plate 3 
Arctostaphylos manzanita. A, Prevention of erosion on part of this central- California hillside is assured by a 
dense thicket of manzanita. Young plants pioneering in the worn-out cultivated field in the foregound 
may soon afford protection to the rest of the hillside. B, A view^ in the interior of the same thicket shoveing 
the dense cover and litter accumulation. The cleared drainage ditch carries water from a cultivated field. 
