Arctostaphylos morroensis - Morro manzanita

Morro manzanita (Arctostaphylos morroensis) is an evergreen shrub of the San Luis Obispo County sand dunes in California, requiring sandy, well drained soil.¹ It grows 1-2.2 m tall and 1-2.5 m wide.¹

Inputs

• Hardiness zone 7¹
• Hardiness zone 8¹
• Hardiness zone 9¹
• Hardiness zone 10¹
• Full sun¹
• Semi-shade¹
• Well drained soil¹

Outputs

• Human food¹

Type

• Arctostaphylos spp. - Manzanita
• Shrub
• Evergreen

Functions

• Wildlife habitat¹
• Flammable²

Dimension	At maturity
Height (m)	1-2.2
Diameter (m)	1-2.5

Footnotes

1. Arctostaphylos morroensis ‘Park View’, Morro Manzanita | Las Pilitas Nursery Native Plant Database ↩ ↩² ↩³ ↩⁴ ↩⁵ ↩⁶ ↩⁷ ↩⁸ ↩⁹ ↩¹⁰ ↩¹¹

2. Leaf burn times of California native plants, Las Pilitas Nursery, 2005 propane-torch ignition trial, live-leaf ignition time 12 seconds ↩