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Arctous rubra

(Rehd. & Wilson) Nakai

Red Manzanita

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G5SecureGlobal Rank

Identity

Unique IDELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.160429

Element CodePDERI041D0

Record TypeSPECIES

ClassificationSpecies

Classification StatusStandard

Name CategoryVascular Plant

Endemicoccurs (regularly, as a native taxon) in multiple nations

KingdomPlantae

PhylumAnthophyta

ClassDicotyledoneae

OrderEricales

FamilyEricaceae

GenusArctous

Synonyms

Arctostaphylos alpina var. rubra(Rehd. & Wilson)BeanArctostaphylos rubra(Rehd. & Wilson) Fern.Arctous ruber(Rehder & E. H. Wilson) Nakai

Other Common Names

Busserole rouge (FR) Red Alpine Bearberry (EN) Red Bearberry (EN) red fruit bearberry (EN) Red-fruit Bearberry (EN)

Concept Reference

Kartesz, J.T. 1994. A synonymized checklist of the vascular flora of the United States, Canada, and Greenland. 2nd edition. 2 vols. Timber Press, Portland, OR.

Taxonomic Comments

FNA, 2009 (vol. 8) transfers Arctostaphylos rubra to Arctous rubra.

Conservation Status

Rank MethodExpertise without calculation

Review Date2015-08-24

Change Date1992-11-30

Range Extent Comments

Arctous rubra occurs in Eastern Siberia to Newfoundland, south to Alberta. Disjunct in Wyoming where it is restricted to the Clarks Fork Valley in the northern Absaroka Mountains. This is the only known population in the lower 48 United States.

Ecology & Habitat

Other Nations (2)

United StatesNNR

Province	Rank	Native
Wyoming	S1	Yes
Alaska	SNR	Yes

CanadaN5

Province	Rank	Native
Nunavut	S4	Yes
Alberta	S5	Yes
Yukon Territory	S5	Yes
Northwest Territories	S5	Yes
Ontario	S4	Yes
Manitoba	S4	Yes
British Columbia	S5	Yes
Saskatchewan	S3	Yes
Island of Newfoundland	S2	Yes
Quebec	S3	Yes

Plant Characteristics

Economic Value (Genus)No

Roadless Areas (3)

Alaska (2)

Area	Forest	Acres
Freshwater Bay	Tongass National Forest	44,933
Game Creek	Tongass National Forest	54,469

Wyoming (1)

Area	Forest	Acres
Reef	Shoshone National Forest	16,817

References (2)

Flora of North America Editorial Committee (FNA). 2009. Flora of North America north of Mexico. Vol. 8. Magnoliophyta: Paeoniaceae to Ericaceae. Oxford University Press, New York. xxiv + 585 pp.
Kartesz, J.T. 1994. A synonymized checklist of the vascular flora of the United States, Canada, and Greenland. 2nd edition. 2 vols. Timber Press, Portland, OR.