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greenleaf manzanita

Arctostaphylos patula

14,024 observations in the source records

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Wildlife study photograph from iNaturalist. — (c) stpat, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

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What the records say

14,024 observations are recorded in the imported source snapshot. Observation source

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in California.

United States	9,862
California	7,238
Utah	2,338
Oregon	2,027
Nevada	848
Colorado	120
Mexico	101
Baja California	101
Arizona	48
Washington	26

Counts show where people looked, not only where it lives.

Traits

Physical

Aquatic larvaLarval stage lives in water before becoming terrestrialFrom its classification

Group and habits

Medicinal useListed as having medicinal use by a harvested source. This is not medical advice.Kew World Checklist of Useful Plant Species
Material useListed as being used for materials such as wood, fiber, resin, gum, or oil.Kew World Checklist of Useful Plant Species
Shrub growth formListed by a harvested source as having a shrub or bush growth form.USDA PLANTS Characteristics
Perennial plantListed by a harvested source as having a perennial life duration.USDA PLANTS Characteristics

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Classification

Kingdom	Plants · Plantae
Phylum	Vascular Plants · Tracheophyta
Class	Dicots · Magnoliopsida
Order	Heathers, Balsams, Primroses, and Allies · Ericales
Family	heath family · Ericaceae
Genus	bearberries and manzanitas · Arctostaphylos

Sources

Names, taxonomy and observation counts: www.inaturalist.org
Photos and recordings: the creator and source are on each one.
Traits: Kew World Checklist of Useful Plant Species (CC BY 4.0)
Traits: USDA PLANTS Characteristics (U.S. Government work / public domain)
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