Introductory
SPECIES: Arctostaphylos patula | Greenleaf Manzanita 



ABBREVIATION : 
ARCPAT

SYNONYMS : 
NO-ENTRY


SCS PLANT CODE : 
   ARPA6


COMMON NAMES : 
   greenleaf manzanita
   buckbrush.
   indian tobacco


TAXONOMY : 
The currently accepted scientific name of greenleaf manzanita is
Arctostaphylos patula Greene [60,84].  There are no infrataxa [84].
Hybrids resulting from crsses between greenleaf manzanita and other
Arctostaphylos species include:

      A. X coloradensis Rollins - a hybrid of A. uva-ursi x A. patula [71]
      A. X jepsonii Eastwood - a hybrid of A. patula Greene x A.
                viscidia ssp. mariposa Dudley var. bivisa Jepsson [21,69].


LIFE FORM : 
Shrub

FEDERAL LEGAL STATUS : 
No special status

OTHER STATUS : 
MT State Rank:  S1 - critically imperiled in Montana (5 or fewer
                     occurrences) [50].
Global Rank:  G5 - demonstrably secure globally [50].


COMPILED BY AND DATE : 
Mary Lou Zimmerman, April 1991


LAST REVISED BY AND DATE : 
NO-ENTRY


AUTHORSHIP AND CITATION : 
Zimmerman, Mary Lou. 1991. Arctostaphylos patula. In: Remainder of Citation

Related categories for Species: Arctostaphylos patula | Greenleaf Manzanita