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Manzanitas Arctostaphylos

Most rated Arctostaphylos records are keep-away — 2 of 9 records, including the genus rated as a group. These counts describe the cited records — 9 records carrying 144 evidence rows from 39 cited sources; they do not make one verdict for the genus.

Rated as a group: Manzanita Arctostaphylos sp. Keep away Limited evidence 4 sources rate the genus as a whole. Species evidence never rolls upward into a genus verdict, and genus claims never override a species record. ›

Fire-resistant

1 species

Kinnikinnick Fire-resistant Arctostaphylos uva-ursi Consensus · 36 sources Zones 2–6 genus-level claims ↑

Keep away

1 species

Panchito Manzanita Keep away Arctostaphylos x coloradensis Limited evidence · 1 source genus-level claims ↑

Awaiting evidence

6 species

About manzanitas

Corpus context. Arctostaphylos is the directory's #66 largest of 550 genus groups: 9 records carrying 144 evidence rows from 39 cited sources, recorded as shrub , hardy across USDA zones 2–9. Those are corpus facts, not a whole-genus flammability claim.

FEIS-reviewed species in this group (1)

Each link is exact-species context. No statement rolls up to every member of Arctostaphylos.

Manzanita, greenleaf · Arctostaphylos patula · Fuels and condition; Immediate fire effect; Postfire response

More about Arctostaphylos: Wikipedia — external references; not evidence sources.

Where rated manzanitas grow

Tagged as growing in 35 states.

An exact greenleaf manzanita botanical plate is labeled with source-grounded leaf, flower-cluster, and drupe characters. The portrait is not a complete manzanita key and makes no flammability claim. — **FA Exhibit PORT-004.** Arctostaphylos portrait: greenleaf manzanita. After USDA Agriculture Handbook 148, p. 190, and USFS FEIS ARCPAT. Public-domain plate. Identification only — no flammability claim. Confirm uncertain material with a regional key or a botanist. CC BY 4.0.

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