Ericaceae FAMILY

Arctostaphylos tomentosa

Edibility

3/5

Medicinal

2/5

Safety & Hazards

None known

Botanical Description

Arctostaphylos tomentosa is a variable, evergreen, erect or mound-forming shrub growing 1 - 3 metres tall[ 270 Title Flora of N. America Publication Author Website http://flora.huh.harvard.edu/fna/ Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description An on-line version of the flora with an excellent description of the plant including a brief mention of plant uses. ]. The plant is harvested from the wild for local use as a food, medicine and source of wood.

Habitat & Origin

Origintemperate

Native RangeSouth-western N. America - California

HabitatSandy places[ 71 Title A California Flora. Publication Author Munz P.A. & Keck D.D. Publisher University of California Press; Los Angeles Year 1959 ISBN - Description An excellent flora but no pictures. Not for the casual reader. ] on the edge of Pinus radiata forests and on windy coastal bluffs below 150 metres[ 166 Title The Milder Garden. Publication Author Taylor. J. Publisher Dent Year 1990 ISBN Description A good book on plants that you didn't know could be grown outdoors in Britain. ]. Maritime chaparral on stabilized dunes or coastal uplands; at elevations up to 300 metres[ 270 Title Flora of N. America Publication Author Website http://flora.huh.harvard.edu/fna/ Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description An on-line version of the flora with an excellent description of the plant including a brief mention of plant uses. ].