Arctostaphylos catalinae
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| 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. This is a tall, bristly manzanita adapted to the stiff, saline breezes of the island bluffs in its habitat.
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- World Conservation Monitoring Centre 1998. Arctostaphylos catalinae. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 20 August 2007.
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