Arctostaphylos refugioensis - Refugio manzanita

Refugio manzanita (Arctostaphylos refugioensis) is an evergreen shrub native to the chaparral of the Santa Ynez Mountains near Santa Barbara, California, thriving in full sun with little supplemental water.¹ It grows 1-2 m tall and 1-2.5 m wide.¹

Inputs

• Hardiness zone 7¹
• Hardiness zone 8¹
• Hardiness zone 9¹
• Hardiness zone 10¹
• Full sun¹

Outputs

• Human food¹

Type

• Arctostaphylos spp. - Manzanita
• Shrub
• Evergreen

Functions

• Drought-tolerance¹
• Wildlife habitat¹
• Flammable²

Dimension	At maturity
Height (m)	1-2
Diameter (m)	1-2.5

Footnotes

1. Arctostaphylos refugioensis ‘Refugio’, Refugio Manzanita | Las Pilitas Nursery Native Plant Database ↩ ↩² ↩³ ↩⁴ ↩⁵ ↩⁶ ↩⁷ ↩⁸ ↩⁹ ↩¹⁰

2. Leaf burn times of California native plants, Las Pilitas Nursery, 2005 propane-torch ignition trial, live-leaf ignition time 15 seconds ↩