Vascular Plants of Henry W. Coe State Park | Dicots
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Arctostaphylos glauca
Bigberry Manzanita
A member of the Ericaceae, or Heath Family
Detail of inflorescence from photo below.
Flowering branches. Note vertical orientation of leaves.
Along Hobbs Road west of Skeels' Meadow at 1840 ft. elevation.
12 February 1996.
Another flower detail, these with pinkish tinge.
Along Hobbs Road about halfway between Deer Horn and turn-off
to Skeels' Meadow.
6 February 1996.
Buds of inflorescence.
The structure of the inflorescence forms remarkably early, in early summer or late spring,
and remain in an immature stage until after the winter rains began. The image shows
swelling buds which will probably form flowers in late December or in January.
Along Hobbs Road.
27 November 2003.
Photo copyright Ó by Arvind Kumar.
Used with permission.
Trunk of large specimen with thin exfoliating bark.
Most of the year the trunk is extremely smooth.
Along Flat Frog Trail.
6 October 1994, 3:40 pm.
Trunks; diameter at the base was over 2-1/2 feet.
A gooseberry (Ribes sp.) is in the foreground.
Along old China Hole Trail near Manzanita Point.
1 May 1978.
Habit; the tree to the left of the human is a manzanita of
about fifteen feet high.
At Manzanita Point group camp.
1 May 1978.
Manzanita at right of trail is over 20 feet high, but is not
exceptionally tall for Coe Park.
Along old China Hole Trail near start at Manzanita Point.
1 May 1978.
Fruiting branches.
Along Springs Trail, Pine Ridge.
19 October 2002.
Photograph Ó Gena Zolotar.
Used with permission.
Branches with overripe (shrivelling) fruit.
Pacheco Ridge, along Coit Road.
1 August 1992.
All photos copyright Ó Lee Dittmann, except where otherwise noted.
Henry W. Coe State Park, California
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