Arctostaphylos hooveri
| Santa Lucia manzanita | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Ericales |
| Family: | Ericaceae |
| Genus: | Arctostaphylos |
| Species: | A. hooveri |
| Binomial name | |
| Arctostaphylos hooveri P.V. Wells | |
Arctostaphylos hooveri, the Santa Lucia manzanita, is a plant species endemic to the Santa Lucia Mountains in Monterey County, California. It grows in woodlands and in chaparral scrub-land at elevations of 900–1200 m.[1]
Arctostaphylos hooveri is a shrub or tree up to 8 meters tall, but typically ranges between 1 and 6 meters tall and 1 and 3 meters wide. Leaves are egg-shaped, whitish with wax, up to 6 cm long. Flowers are white, conical to urn-shaped, in branched panicles, and have red stems. Fruits are spherical or nearly so, about 8 mm in diameter.[1][2][3][4][5]
Communities
Communities where arctostaphylos hooveri is commonly found in include the Northern Coastal Sage Scrub, Northern Juniper Woodland, Coastal Prairie, Redwood Forest, Riparian, Sub-Alpine Forest and Yellow Pine Forest. This plant survives best at a pH of 5.00-6.00 with 100–160 cm of rainfall per year. This is a rare plant that survives best in the sunny coastal regions of California.[5]
References
- ^ a b Flora of North America v 8 p 433
- ^ Wells, Philipp Vincent. 1961. A new manzanita from the Santa Lucia Range, California. Leaflets of Western Botany 9(9–10): 152–153.
- ^ "Arctostaphylos hooveri". Jepson Manual Treatment.
- ^ David J. Keil. 2011. Lectotypification of Arctostaphylos hooveri (Ericaceae). Madroño 58(4):256-257.
- ^ a b "Arctostaphylos hooveri Hoovers Manzanita".