Arctostaphylos nissenana

Arctostaphylos nissenana
Conservation status
	; Critically Imperiled (NatureServe)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Asterids
Order:	Ericales
Family:	Ericaceae
Genus:	Arctostaphylos
Species:	A. nissenana
Binomial name
	Arctostaphylos nissenana; Merriam

Arctostaphylos nissenana is a species of manzanita known by the common name Nissenana manzanita or El Dorado manzanita.^[2] It is endemic to California, where it grows in the woodlands and chaparral of the Sierra Nevada foothills, mostly in El Dorado County.

Description

Arctostaphylos nissenana is a shrub reaching a maximum height between one half and 1.5 meters, with gray bark and fuzzy twigs. The leaves are grayish in color, smooth or fuzzy, oval in shape, and 1 to 2 centimeters long. It blooms in plentiful small clusters of urn-shaped manzanita flowers, each with five lobes at its mouth. The fruit is a cylindrical drupe a few centimeters long which contains five seeds.

References

^ "NatureServe Explorer 2.0".
^ U.S. Forest Service - Eldorado National Forest (2018-08-13). "RARE MANZANITA".

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[TNC_status_14_may_2022-1] "NatureServe Explorer 2.0".

[usfspost-2] U.S. Forest Service - Eldorado National Forest (2018-08-13). "RARE MANZANITA".

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Arctostaphylos nissenana

Conservation status
Critically Imperiled (NatureServe)^[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Asterids
Order:	Ericales
Family:	Ericaceae
Genus:	Arctostaphylos
Species:	A. nissenana
Binomial name
*Arctostaphylos nissenana* Merriam