Arctostaphylos catalinae | |
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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.