Arctostaphylos pechoensis - Pecho manzanita

Pecho manzanita (Arctostaphylos pechoensis) is a rare evergreen shrub native to shaly, sandy, hardpan soils of California’s central coast, tolerating drought very well.¹ It grows 1-2 m tall and wide.¹

Inputs

• Hardiness zone 7¹
• Hardiness zone 8¹
• Hardiness zone 9¹
• Hardiness zone 10¹

Outputs

• Human food¹

Type

• Arctostaphylos spp. - Manzanita
• Shrub
• Evergreen

Functions

• Drought-tolerance¹
• Wildlife habitat¹
• Flammable²

Dimension	At maturity
Height (m)	1-2
Diameter (m)	1-2

Footnotes

1. Arctostaphylos pechoensis, Pecho Manzanita | Las Pilitas Nursery Native Plant Database ↩ ↩² ↩³ ↩⁴ ↩⁵ ↩⁶ ↩⁷ ↩⁸ ↩⁹

2. Leaf burn times of California native plants, Las Pilitas Nursery, 2005 propane-torch ignition trial, live-leaf ignition time 5 seconds ↩