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SPECIES: Arctostaphylos uva-ursi | Bearberry 



ABBREVIATION : 
ARCUVA

SYNONYMS : 
NO-ENTRY


SCS PLANT CODE : 
   ARUV


COMMON NAMES : 
   bearberry
   kinnikinnick


TAXONOMY : 
The currently accepted scientific name of bearberry is Arctostaphylos
uva-ursi (L.) Spreng [59,67].  The following forms are recognized
[117,149]:

A. u. forma adenotricha (Fern. & Macbr.) Wells         
A. u. forma coactilis (Fern. & Macbr.) Wells           
A. u. forma longipilosa (Packer & Denford) Wells       
A. u. forma stipitata (Packer & Denford) Wells         
A. u. forma uva-ursi                                   

Bearberry hybridizes with hairy manzanita (A. columbiana) to produce A.
Xmedia Greene [59,73].  It occasionally hybridizes with greenleaf
manzanita (A. patula) [150].


LIFE FORM : 
Shrub

FEDERAL LEGAL STATUS : 
No special status

OTHER STATUS : 
NO-ENTRY


COMPILED BY AND DATE : 
M. F. Crane, February 1991


LAST REVISED BY AND DATE : 
NO-ENTRY


AUTHORSHIP AND CITATION : 
Crane, M. F. 1991. Arctostaphylos uva-ursi. In: Remainder of Citation

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