Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Asterids: Ericales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (11/30/12):
Arctostaphylos uva-ursi
FAMILY
Ericaceae
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SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Arctostaphylos uva-ursi
FAMILY
Ericaceae
COMMON NAME:
Bearberry, Kinnikinick
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913 pnd_uvuv_001_lvd
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JK Marlow jkm090923_011
September Hancock County ME
Leaves scattered along the stem, glabrous, 1-3cm long, tapered to the base, per Field Guide to Acadia National Park by Russell D. Butcher.
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JK Marlow jkm090923_012
September Hancock County ME
Bearberry is an attractive little ground-covering evergreen, per Field Guide to Acadia National Park by Russell D. Butcher.
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JK Marlow jkm090924_062
September Hancock County ME
Acadia National Park: Wild Gardens of Acadia
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JK Marlow jkm090924_063
September Hancock County ME
Acadia National Park: Wild Gardens of Acadia
Dark green paddle-shaped leaves grow from stems with reddish bark, per Field Guide to Acadia National Park by Russell D. Butcher.
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (11/30/12):
Arctostaphylos uva-ursi
FAMILY
Ericaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Arctostaphylos uva-ursi
FAMILY
Ericaceae
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Shrub; Subshrub
Perennial
Native: north of the Carolinas
Habitat: High elevation granitic outcrop (VA); Coastal Plain pitch pine woodlands and sandy barrens (DE and NJ); ridgeline and NW-facing shale outcrops (MD and WV), per Weakley's Flora
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LEAVES:
Evergreen
Simple
Alternate
FLOWER:
Spring/Summer
White tinged pink
Bisexual
5 sepals
5-lobed urceolate corolla
(8-)10 included stamens
Superior ovary
FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Red
Drupe
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