Arctostaphylos montana

Arctostaphylos montana
Conservation status
	; Endangered (ESA)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Asterids
Order:	Ericales
Family:	Ericaceae
Genus:	Arctostaphylos
Species:	A. montana
Binomial name
	Arctostaphylos montana; Eastw.
Synonyms
	Arctostaphylos hookeri subsp. montana Eastw.; Arctostaphylos pungens subsp. montana (Eastw.) Roof; Arctostaphylos pungens var. montana (Eastw.) Munz; Uva-ursi montana (Eastw.) A.Heller;

Arctostaphylos montana is a species of manzanita. It is endemic to the San Francisco Bay area where it has been found on Mount Tamalpais and at the Presidio of San Francisco.

Taxonomy[edit]

Arctostaphylos montana has two subspecies, both of which were formerly considered as a subspecies of Hooker's manzanita until reclassified following modern genetic analysis and comparisons.^[2]

Arctostaphylos montana subsp. montana Eastw. - Mt. Tamalpais manzanita - native to Mount Tamalpais
Arctostaphylos montana subsp. ravenii (P.V.Wells) V.T.Parker, M.C.Vasey & J.E.Keeley - Presidio manzanita - one single plant and a few clones exist at the Presidio of San Francisco. Federally listed as an endangered subspecies of the United States.

Fruit
Arctostaphylos montana

References[edit]

^ "Pallid Manzanita". wildlife.ca.gov. Retrieved 2022-12-31.
^ Parker, V. Thomas; Vasey, Michael C.; Keeley, Jon E. (2007). "Taxonomic Revisions in the Genus Arctostaphylos (Ericaceae)". Madroño. 54 (2): 148–155. doi:10.3120/0024-9637(2007)54[148:TRITGA]2.0.CO;2. JSTOR 41425696. S2CID 43442173.

External links[edit]

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[1] "Pallid Manzanita". wildlife.ca.gov. Retrieved 2022-12-31.

[2] Parker, V. Thomas; Vasey, Michael C.; Keeley, Jon E. (2007). "Taxonomic Revisions in the Genus Arctostaphylos (Ericaceae)". Madroño. 54 (2): 148–155. doi:10.3120/0024-9637(2007)54[148:TRITGA]2.0.CO;2. JSTOR 41425696. S2CID 43442173.

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