Xylococcus bicolor - Mission manzanita

Mission manzanita (Xylococcus bicolor) is an evergreen shrub, occasionally a small tree, native to coastal chaparral from Los Angeles to Baja California and Santa Catalina Island. It is the only species in its genus, resembling a cross between manzanita and coffeeberry, with edible fruit. It grows 1-3 m tall and 1-2 m wide.¹

Inputs

• Hardiness zone 7¹
• Hardiness zone 8¹
• Hardiness zone 9¹
• Hardiness zone 10¹
• Well drained soil¹

Outputs

• Human food¹

Type

• Shrub¹
• Evergreen¹

Functions

• Fire resistance²
• Nectar¹
• Wildlife habitat¹

Dimension	At maturity
Height (m)	1-3
Diameter (m)	1-2

Footnotes

1. Xylococcus bicolor, Mission 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 45 seconds ↩