Arctostaphylos insularis

Arctostaphylos insularis is a species of manzanita known by the common name island manzanita. It is endemic to Santa Cruz Island, one of the Channel Islands of California.

Island manzanita
unripe fruits
Conservation status
Apparently Secure  (NatureServe)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Asterids
Order:	Ericales
Family:	Ericaceae
Genus:	Arctostaphylos
Species:	A. insularis
Binomial name
Arctostaphylos insularis Greene ex Parry

Description

Arctostaphylos insularis is a large, spreading shrub reaching over 2 metres (6 ft 7 in) tall and known to exceed 5 metres (16 ft 5 in) in width. It has waxy, reddish bark and the smaller twigs sometimes have bristly glandular hairs. The leaves are shiny green and smooth, generally oval in shape and slightly convex, and up to about 4.5 centimetres (1+3⁄4 in) long. The shrub blooms in many dense clustered inflorescences of urn-shaped flowers. The fruit is an orange-brown drupe up to 1.5 centimetres (5⁄8 in) wide.

Habitat

Arctostaphylos insularis grows in the chaparral, oak woodland, and coastal pine forest habitat of its native island.

See also

• California chaparral and woodlands
• California coastal sage and chaparral ecoregion

External links

• Media related to Arctostaphylos insularis at Wikimedia Commons
• Data related to Arctostaphylos insularis at Wikispecies
• Arctostaphylos insularis. The Jepson Manual.
• Arctostaphylos insularis. USDA PLANTS.
• Arctostaphylos insularis. CalPhotos gallery.