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SPECIES: Arctostaphylos glauca | Bigberry Manzanita 



ABBREVIATION : 
ARCGLU

SYNONYMS : 
NO-ENTRY


SCS PLANT CODE : 
   ARGL4


COMMON NAMES : 
   bigberry manzanita
   great-berried manzanita


TAXONOMY : 
The currently accepted scientific name of bigberry manzanita is
Arctostaphylos glauca Lindl. [6,39,48].  Recognized varieties and forms
are as follows:

A. glauca var. puberula J. T. Howell [39] 
A. glauca var. glauca 
A. glauca forma eremicola (Jeps.) Wells [48] (formerly A. glauca var.
   eremicola Jeps.) [39]

Arctostaphylos glauca var. puberula is distinguished by pubescent
branchlets; branchlets of the typical variety are glabrous [39].
Arctostaphylos glauca forma eremicola is a decumbent form of bigberry
manzanita [48].

Bigberry manzanita may hybridize with pointleaf manzanita (A. pungens)
and Eastwood manzanita (A. glandulosa) [24,25].


LIFE FORM : 
Shrub

FEDERAL LEGAL STATUS : 
No special status

OTHER STATUS : 
NO-ENTRY


COMPILED BY AND DATE : 
Janet Howard, February 1993


LAST REVISED BY AND DATE : 
NO-ENTRY


AUTHORSHIP AND CITATION : 
Howard, Janet L. 1993. Arctostaphylos glauca. In: Remainder of Citation

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