Manzanitas
see the wikipedia entry for this species
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Native to Sonoma County California.
Very rare only a dozen or so plants known to remain in the wild. Local habitat is chaparral with sandy shale derived soils.
You might want to contact the California Native Plant Society as they bought one piece of property for the sole purpose of preserving habitat for half a dozen of this species of Manzanitas. The Society has members that know more about Manzanita horticulture than anyone on BNut would.
California is one of the world's biodiversity hotspots. We celebrate and conserve California's native plants and habitats.
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CNPS is the authoritative resource on California’s rare plants, providing tools for scientists, conservationists, and citizen scientists.
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