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Parry Manzanita
( Arctostaphylos parryana )
Arctostaphylos parryana
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About Parry Manzanita (Arctostaphylos parryana)
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Arctostaphylos parryana
is a species in the Ericaceae (Heath) family known by the common name Parry manzanita. This shrub is endemic to California, where it grows in the western section of the Transverse Ranges, from coastal Santa Barbara County to the San Gabriel Mountains, western Riverside County and San Diego County. This is an erect manzanita, standing on red-barked stems and reaching up to two meters in height. The leaves are bright green, generally oval in shape and pointed. The small pink-tinted white flowers are borne in densely-bunched flower clusters, but it does not produce as many flowers as some other species of Manzanita. The fruit is a rounded drupe which contains two or more seeds which have fused into one body. It does not produce a basal burl and so may be killed by fire. This is a manzanita of mid-elevation chaparral and coniferous forest ecosystems, between 3,000 and 7,500 ft. The fruit was a food of the Luiseno native people of Southern California. There are four recognized subspecies, of which ssp. tumescens is a considered rare.
Plant Description
Plant Type
Shrub
Size
3.3 - 6.6 ft tall
9 ft wide
Form
Mounding
Growth Rate
Moderate
Dormancy
Evergreen
Fragrance
None
Flower Color
Pink, White
Flowering Season
Winter, Spring
Wildlife Supported
Hummingbirds are attracted to the flowers. Various other birds are attracted to the fruits.
Butterflies & moths hosted ( 32
likely
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The Brown Elfin
Callophrys augustinus
Callophrys augustinus
*
Ceanothus Silkmoth
Hyalophora euryalus
Hyalophora euryalus
*
Elegant Sheepmoth
Hemileuca eglanterina
Hemileuca eglanterina
*
Brown Woodling
Egira perlubens
Egira perlubens
*
Lappet Moth
Phyllodesma americana
Phyllodesma americana
*
Fruit-Tree Leafroller Moth
Archips argyrospila
Archips argyrospila
*
Sulphur Moth
Hesperumia sulphuraria
Hesperumia sulphuraria
Landscaping Information
Sun
Part Shade, Full Sun
Moisture
Very Low
Summer Irrigation
Max 1x / month once established
Nurseries
Carried by 1
Cold Tolerance
Tolerates cold to -20° F
Soil Drainage
Fast
Soil Description
Typically rocky or gravelly. Tolerates high boron content.. Soil PH: 6.0 - 7.8
Common uses
Hedges, Bird Gardens, Hummingbird Gardens, Bee Gardens
Companion Plants
Use with Pines such as
Pinus monophylla
, P. jeffreyi, or P. ponderosa; Flannelbush (
Fremontodendron californicum
), Oaks such as Quercus xalvordiana or Q. chrysolepis, and
Mountain Mahogany
(
Cercocarpus betuloides
).
Maintenance
Prune dead branches in late summer
Sunset Zones
?
2, 3, 15, 16, 18
Natural Setting
Site Type
Dry, rocky slopes of middle elevations in southern California mountains where freezing temperatures and snow are common in winter.
Climate
Annual Precipitation: 4.9" - 52.0", Summer Precipitation: 0.27" - 3.21", Coldest Month: 30.5" - 58.8", Hottest Month: 53.1" - 87.5", Humidity: 1.25" - 38.31", Elevation: 506" - 9849"
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Parry Manzanita
Arctostaphylos parryana
Sources include:
Wikipedia
. All text shown in the "About" section of these pages is available under the
Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License
. Plant observation data provided by the participants of the
California Consortia of Herbaria
, Sunset information provided by
Jepson Flora Project
. Propogation from seed information provided by the
Santa Barbara Botanical Garden
from "Seed Propagation of Native California Plants" by Dara E. Emery. Sources of plant photos include
CalPhotos
,
Wikimedia Commons
, and independent plant photographers who have agreed to share their images with Calscape. Other general sources of information include
Calflora
,
CNPS Manual of Vegetation Online
,
Jepson Flora Project
,
Las Pilitas
,
Theodore Payne
,
Tree of Life
,
The Xerces Society
, and information provided by CNPS volunteer editors, with special thanks to Don Rideout. Climate data used in creation of plant range maps is from
PRISM Climate Group, Oregon State University
, using 30 year (1981-2010) annual "normals" at an 800 meter spatial resolution.
Links:
Jepson eFlora Taxon Page
CalPhotos
Wikipedia
Calflora
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