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Manzanita
Arctostaphylos patula
Ericaceae



Two species of Arctostaphylos in the Southern Sierra Nevada are:

A. patula, which has dark green leaves;
A. viscida, which has grayish-green leaves.

(Above: fruit on A. patula)

They often are seen together as below:

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Mtn99 south of the entrance to the R-Ranch

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Along Forest Road 23S82

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