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Santa Cruz Manzanita (Arctostaphylos andersonii)

Global Rank: G2 - Imperiled
Legal Status: N/A
Family: Ericaceae
State: CA
Nature Serve ID: 141166
Lifeform: Shrub
Date Inducted in National Collection:

Description:

Commonly known as the Santa Cruz Manzanita. Arctostaphylos andersonii is endemic to Santa Cruz Mountains where it prefers open spaces in redwood and evergreen forests. It is a woody, perennial shrub that favors lower elevations in the mountain range and grows up to 5m tall. Their stiff leaves grow facing upwards with serrated edges and throughout their blooming season (November May), A. andersonii produces clusters of downward- facing, bell-shaped blossoms that come in variations of pink and white. The blooms eventually mature into fuzzy, red-yellow fruits. A. andersonii is currently Imperiled with less than 15 known occurrences across Santa Clara, Santa Cruz, and San Mateo counties and is presently threatened by ongoing human development

Where is Santa Cruz Manzanita (Arctostaphylos andersonii) located in the wild?

Habitat:

A. andersonii can be found in chaparral, redwood forest, and evergreen forest communities at the edge of clearings.

Distribution:

There are about 15 occurrences that can be found from along the coastline of three counties (Santa Clara, San Mateo, Santa Cruz).

States & Provinces:

Santa Cruz Manzanita can be found in California

Which CPC Partners conserve Santa Cruz Manzanita (Arctostaphylos andersonii)?

California Botanic Garden

Not Sponsored

Conservation Actions

Assigned 06/09/17

University of California-Santa Cruz Arboretum & Botanic Garden

Not Sponsored

Conservation Actions

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, University of California-Santa Cruz Arboretum & Botanic Garden holds 1 accessions of Arctostaphylos andersonii in orthodox seed collection. We are uncertain as to how many total seeds are in this collection.

09/01/2020

Based on an September 2020 extract of the California Plant Rescue Database, California Botanic Garden holds 1 accessions of Arctostaphylos andersonii in orthodox seed collection. There are as many as 1190 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, University of California-Santa Cruz Arboretum & Botanic Garden has collected 1 seed accessions of Arctostaphylos andersonii from 1 plant occurrences listed in the California Natural Diversity Database. These collections together emcompass an unknown number of maternal plants

08/05/2020

Based on an August 2020 extract of the California Plant Rescue Database, California Botanic Garden has collected 1 seed accessions of Arctostaphylos andersonii from 1 plant occurrences listed in the California Natural Diversity Database. These collections together emcompass 7 maternal plants