Arctostaphylos catalinae

Arctostaphylos catalinae
Conservation status
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Eudicots
(unranked): Asterids
Order: Ericales
Family: Ericaceae
Genus: Arctostaphylos
Species: A. catalinae
Binomial name
Arctostaphylos catalinae
P.V. Wells

Arctostaphylos catalinae, the Santa Catalina Island manzanita, is a species of manzanita in the Ericaceae family. It is endemic to California, where it grows wild only in the Channel Islands, specifically, Catalina Island.

Arctostaphylos catalinae is a tall, bristly manzanita adapted to the stiff, saline breezes of the island bluffs in its habitat.

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