Greenleaf Manzanita Utah
Upper mule canyon utah april 8 2005.
Greenleaf manzanita utah. Arctostaphylos patula greenleaf manzanita ericaceae heath family desert semi desert. This manzanita is native to western north america where it grows in coniferous forests at moderate to high elevations. Greenleaf manzanita is pleasing in appearance and seems to a very stable manzanita at the santa margarita nursery.
1 4 to 1 2 inch long the urn shaped corollas are white to pink leaves. This perennial shrub occurs naturally in utah forests and are among the best shrubs for landscaping in northern utah. Oregon south to california and arizona east to colorado.
March july range. Pungens differs in having narrower leaves that taper to a sharper point and flower stalks coated in short white hairs giving the stem a velvety appearance. It is often evergreen in winter snows and its gray and rich brown red bark are distinctive and beautiful all year.
Pungens is far less frequent in southern utah but can be found growing in similar habitats as its greenleaf cousin. The greenleaf manzanita is commonly known as arctostaphylos patula. Discover life s page about the biology natural history ecology identification and distribution of arctostaphylos patula greenleaf manzanita discover life mobile.
Ponderosa pine forests flowering season for the bryce region. It belongs to the heath family and reaches 6 feet in height with green leaves and a red brown inner bark. Arctostaphylos patula is a species of manzanita known by the common name greenleaf manzanita.
Arctostaphylos patula size height diameter english metric. Stalks covered with minute glands. Green leaf manzanita is a shrub with reddish brown spreading stems which are up to 1 m 3 ft high and can propagate by layering.
Usually 40 1 m or smaller at bryce. Manzanita is lovely year round. Greenleaf manzanita scientific name.
Greenleaf manzanita arctostaphylos patula is an evergreen shrub that is common in areas of heavy snow at higher elevations in the eastern sierras through utah and north into oregon extending down into lake county california. May 10 2012 10 miles south then east of scipio millard county utah description flower. The alternate yellow green leaves have broadly elliptic blades which are 2 5 cm long with entire margins and petioles less than 1 2 as long.
Interior ponderosa pine idaho fescue greenleaf manzanita phase in the rocky mountain and intermountain west regions of eastern washington idaho northern utah central and southeastern montana and north central wyoming from 2 500 to 6 000 feet 760 2 000 m and south central colorado from 8 800 to 9 300 feet 2 700 2 800 m.
