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Refugio Manzanita (Arctostaphylos refugioensis)

Global Rank: G3 - Vulnerable
Legal Status: N/A
Family: Ericaceae
State: CA
Nature Serve ID: 141373
Lifeform: Shrub
Date Inducted in National Collection: 01/17/2019

Description:

Data for the Refugio Manzanita is outdated but from what we do know, Arctostaphylos refugioensis is an Imperiled species found in Santa Barbara County. A. refugioensis was named after where it can be found – Refugio State Beach and Refugio Pass in the Santa Ynez Mountains (north of the city of Santa Barbara, CA). This species prefers coastal sage/chaparral environments with sandstone soils where its known to grow up to 4m tall. In the winter months, December through March, clusters of white, bell-shaped blossoms occur. As mentioned, there is currently no valid data about how many natural occurrences are left but there are previously known threats to A. refugioensis that are still believed to persist today including development and road maintenance.

Where is Refugio Manzanita (Arctostaphylos refugioensis) located in the wild?

States & Provinces:

Refugio Manzanita can be found in California

Which CPC Partners conserve Refugio Manzanita (Arctostaphylos refugioensis)?

California Botanic Garden

Not Sponsored

Assigned 06/09/17

University of California-Santa Cruz Arboretum & Botanic Garden

Not Sponsored

Assigned 01/17/19

The Huntington

Not Sponsored

Assigned 10/30/23

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Conservation Actions

09/01/2020

Based on an September 2020 extract of the California Plant Rescue Database, Santa Barbara Botanic Garden holds 2 accessions of Arctostaphylos refugioensis in orthodox seed collection. There are as many as 12980 seeds of this species in their collection - although some may have been used for curation testing or sent to back up.

08/05/2020

Based on an August 2020 extract of the California Plant Rescue Database, Santa Barbara Botanic Garden has collected 2 seed accessions of Arctostaphylos refugioensis from 1 plant occurrences listed in the California Natural Diversity Database. These collections together emcompass 19 maternal plants