Arctostaphylos canescens Calflora

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Arctostaphylos canescens Eastw.

Hoary manzanita

2024 Kyle Suchy

2022 Ryan O'Dell

2018 Cynthia Powell

2019 Susan McDougall

2020 R.A. Chasey

2019 Elliot Gunnison

2020 Hunter Breck

2020 R.A. Chasey

2021 R.A. Chasey

2015 Robert Steers

2019 Mary Conway

2021 Mike Russler

2019 Elliot Gunnison

2024 Robert Steers

2022 John Rawlings

2008 Keir Morse

Arctostaphylos canescens is a shrub that is native to California, and also found elsewhere in western North America.


	Plant Range Observation Search ~662 records in California Plant Characteristics

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Subspecies and Varieties:
... ssp. canescens ... ssp. sonomensis
Genus:	Arctostaphylos
Family:	Ericaceae
Category:	angiosperm
PLANTS group:	Dicot
Jepson eFlora section: eudicot

Communities: Douglas-Fir Forest, Yellow Pine Forest, Chaparral

Name Status:
Accepted by JEF + JEF + PLANTS + POWO

Information about Arctostaphylos canescens from other sources


Nursery availability from CNPLX This plant is available commercially. Jepson eFlora USDA PLANTS Profile (ARCA5) Photos on Calflora Photos on CalPhotos Google Images Photos on iNaturalist ID Tips on PlantID.net	ITIS Original Publication citation International Plants Names Index Search efloras.org (Flora of North America) Landscape information from Calscape BONAP Distribution Map Consortium of California Herbaria 2 Search the Native American Ethnobotany Database	Add an Observation Location Suitability Planting Guide Distribution by County
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Suggested Citation

Calflora: Information on California plants for education, research and conservation, with data contributed by public and private institutions and individuals. [web application]. 2025. The Calflora Database [a non-profit organization]. Available: https://www.calflora.org/ (Accessed: 05/19/2025).