| Arctostaphylos nevadensis | |
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| Wenatchee Mountains | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| (unranked): | Angiosperms |
| (unranked): | Eudicots |
| (unranked): | Asterids |
| Order: | Ericales |
| Family: | Ericaceae |
| Genus: | Arctostaphylos |
| Species: | A. nevadensis |
| Binomial name | |
| Arctostaphylos nevadensis A.Gray |
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Arctostaphylos nevadensis, with the common name Pinemat manzanita, is a species of manzanita.
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Arctostaphylos nevadensis is native to western North America from Washington to California, where it grows in the coniferous forests of the inland and coastal mountain ranges. It is a dominant shrub in the mountain understory chaparral in many areas.
Arctostaphylos nevadensis is is a short, spreading shrub forming mats, tangles, or mounds less than half a meter tall. The larger branches have dull red bark and the twigs are generally woolly. Leaves are bright green and shiny, with few hairs especially along the edges. They measure 1 to 3 centimeters in length. The shrub blooms in spherical clusters of urn-shaped whitish manzanita flowers. The fruit is a spherical drupe about 7 millimeters wide.
This species is cultivated as a chaparral landscaping plant and it is used to stabilize soil against erosion on mountain slopes.[1]