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Arctostaphylos hookeri

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Hooker's Manzanita

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Identity
Unique IDELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.1158929
Element CodePDERI043C0
Record TypeSPECIES
ClassificationSpecies
Classification StatusStandard
Name CategoryVascular Plant
Endemicendemic to a single state or province
KingdomPlantae
PhylumAnthophyta
ClassDicotyledoneae
OrderEricales
FamilyEricaceae
GenusArctostaphylos
Other Common Names
Hooker's manzanita (EN)
Concept Reference
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.
Taxonomic Comments
Arctostaphylos hookeri was split into three species, Arctostaphylos franciscana (syn. Arctostaphylos hookeri ssp. franciscana), Arctostaphylos montana including two subspecies (Arctostaphylos montana ssp. ravenii (syn. Arctostaphylos hookeri ssp. ravenii) and Arctostaphylos montana ssp. montana (syn. Arctostaphylos hookeri ssp. montana)), and A. hookeri including the subspecies Arctostaphylos hookeri ssp. hearstiorum and Arctostaphylos hookeri ssp. hookeri (FNA 2009, Jepson Flora Project 2020).
Conservation Status
Rank MethodExpertise without calculation
Review Date2020-08-10
Change Date2020-08-10
Ecology & Habitat

Habitat

Habitat is coastal prairies (ssp. hearstiorum) maritime chaparral and closed-cone conifer forests on stable dunes and sandstone uplands (ssp. hookeri) (Flora of North America Editorial Committee 2006).
Terrestrial Habitats
Forest/WoodlandForest - ConiferShrubland/chaparralGrassland/herbaceous
Other Nations (1)
United StatesN2
ProvinceRankNative
CaliforniaSNRYes
Plant Characteristics
Economic Value (Genus)No
Roadless Areas (1)
California (1)
AreaForestAcres
White LedgeLos Padres National Forest18,632
References (2)
  1. 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.
  2. 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.