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Arctostaphylos imbricata
San Bruno Mountain Manzanita
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Photographer: Aaron Schusteff
ID: 0000 0000 0406 0057 (2006-04-03)Copyright © 2006 Aaron Schusteff
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date of photo Mar 26, 2006
location
San Bruno Mountain (San Mateo County, California, US)family
Ericaceae
notes Habit shot of A. imbricata. This species is a low, sprawling, shrub with tightly spaced, clasping leaves, arranged in a highly regular spiral pattern. The plants typically grow in large, crowded colonies of many individuals which hug rocky slopes, dominating tens to hundreds of square feet and excluding most other plants, save relatively small herbs which can grow up through its dense stems and leaves. The colony shown in this image is among the smallest I have seen...most would not fit in a single image frame. Nevertheless, this species is a very narrowly distributed endemic...the entire wild population consists of a few colonies restricted to about four side ridges on San Bruno Mountain, all within a band less than 3/4 mile long. It is a unique and beautiful manzanita, and also a rare and endangered one. The yellow-flowered herb in the background is Goldfields (Lasthenia californica).camera Shot on a Canon D60 at f8, 1/60, ISO 200 with a Canon 50mm Compact macro lens.
photo category: Plant - shrub
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MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THIS PLANT
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San Bruno Mountain Manzanita
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