Scientific name: Arctostaphylos 'Lester Rowntree'
Date collected: April 18th, 2011
Location: Mildred E. Mathias Botanical Garden located in the University of California, Los Angeles
Habitat: This plant needs full sunlight and is found on hillsides, but rarely because it is an endangered species of plant.
Nativity: The plant's nativity is in the West Coast and Mexico. There are some areas in California as well where you can see this plant, bu they are rare due to them being endangered.
Habitat: This plant needs full sunlight and is found on hillsides, but rarely because it is an endangered species of plant.
Nativity: The plant's nativity is in the West Coast and Mexico. There are some areas in California as well where you can see this plant, bu they are rare due to them being endangered.
Special notes: This plant has hard fruit that are berries for songbirds to eat after winter. The astonishing thing about this fact is that the berries resemble a mini apple. It is also thought that this plant was a hybrid of two other species of Arctostaphylos, but no one knows for sure.
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