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− | + | '''Common Name:''' Kinnikinnick,Bearberry, Red bearberry | |
− | '''Abbreviation:''' ARUV | + | '''Abbreviation Code (Codon):''' ARUV |
+ | {{Taxobox | ||
+ | | name = Arctostaphylos uva-ursi| image = ARUV1.png | ||
+ | | image_alt = Arctostaphylos uva-ursi | ||
+ | | image_caption = Arctostaphylos uva-ursi | ||
+ | | regnum = [[Plant]]ae | ||
+ | | subregnum = Tracheobionta | ||
+ | | phylum = Spermatophyta | ||
+ | | subphylum= Magnoliophyta | ||
+ | | classis = Magnoliopsida | ||
+ | | subclassis = Asteridae | ||
+ | | ordo = Ericales | ||
+ | | familia = ericaceae | ||
+ | | genus = '' Arctostaphylos'' | ||
+ | | species = '''''uva-ursi'''' | ||
+ | | synonyms = '' uva-ursi'' | ||
+ | }} | ||
+ | |||
+ | ==Description== | ||
+ | |||
+ | General: Shrub; stems trailing across ground, less than 2 dm tall. | ||
+ | Leaves: Alternate, 1-3 cm long, dark green, leathery, rounded at tip. | ||
+ | Flowers: Light pink urn-shaped flowers in small clusters near tips of stems. | ||
+ | Fruit: Bright red round berries 7-10 mm in diameter. | ||
+ | |||
+ | Prostrate shrub with somewhat stoloniferous rooting stems sometimes forming mats several meters wide; bark reddish to brownish, peeling off; stems ascending at the tip, 5-15 cm tall, minutely hairy, sometimes glandular. Leaves: Alternate, evergreen, leathery, egg- to spoon-shaped, 1-3 cm long, 0.3-1.2 cm wide, rounded at tip, rarely pointed, narrowed basally; entire, glabrous to minutely hairy especially on the margins and midrib, dark green above, paler below; stalks 2-5 mm long. Flowers: several in few-flowered terminal clusters; flower stalks 2-5 mm long, straight or curved, borne in the axils of hairy bracts; corollas pinkish-white, urn-shaped, 4-6 mm long, five lobed; clayces 1-1.5 mm long. Berries, bright red, 5-10 mm wide (<ref>Douglas et al., 1999</ref>). | ||
+ | |||
+ | ==Bloom Period== | ||
+ | April - June | ||
+ | ==Distribution== | ||
+ | Alaska south to California and New Mexico, east to the Atlantic Coast; also in Eurasia. | ||
+ | ==Habitat== | ||
+ | Ecological Setting-Coastal bluffs and prairies, rocky balds, dry subalpine meadows, and dry coniferous forest. | ||
+ | Soil Texture-Medium and coarse textured soils | ||
+ | Nutrients-Nitrogen poor soils (<ref>Klinka et al., 1989</ref>). | ||
+ | Soil Reaction / Salinity-5.5-8.0 pH – medium salinity | ||
+ | Moisture Regime Low moisture use – high drought tolerance | ||
+ | Shade Tolerance Intermediate shade tolerance | ||
+ | Successional Status-Common in open canopy in young seral lodgepole pine forests (<ref>Klinka et al., 1989</ref>). | ||
+ | |||
+ | ==Uses== | ||
+ | ==Propagation== | ||
+ | |||
+ | |||
+ | |||
+ | |||
+ | ===Seed=== | ||
+ | [[File:Arctostaphylis uva-ursi.jpg|300px|thumb|right|''Arctostaphylos uva-ursi'']] | ||
'''Seed sample from:''' 2009 | '''Seed sample from:''' 2009 | ||
− | '''Measurement:''' 3.9 x 2.3 x 1.8 | + | '''Average Measurement:''' 3.9 x 2.3 x 1.8 |
− | ''' | + | '''Measurement Range:''' L: 3.75 - 4, W: 2.1 - 2.5, D: 1.5 - 2.25 |
− | + | ====Features==== | |
− | ''' | + | '''Shape:''' Fruits segmented with seeds like an orange. Individual seeds are orange segment shaped. |
− | '''Longitudinal Cross Section:''' elliptical | + | '''Color:''' Seeds brown. Hilum is a small brown dot on the ridge where the two flat planes of the segment come together. |
+ | |||
+ | '''Surface:''' Seed mostly smooth. Rounded surface of seed is ridged. It has a slight sheen on the flat planes. | ||
+ | |||
+ | '''Latitudinal Cross Section:''' triangular [[File:ARUV lat.png]] | ||
+ | |||
+ | '''Longitudinal Cross Section:''' elliptical [[File:ARUV long.png]] | ||
{{Basics}} | {{Basics}} | ||
+ | |||
+ | ==Photo Gallery== | ||
+ | <gallery> | ||
+ | File:ARUV1.png | ||
+ | File:ARUV12.png | ||
+ | </gallery> | ||
+ | ==References== | ||
+ | <references/> |
Revision as of 12:57, 21 May 2012
Common Name: Kinnikinnick,Bearberry, Red bearberry Abbreviation Code (Codon): ARUV
Arctostaphylos uva-ursi | |
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Arctostaphylos uva-ursi | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Subkingdom: | Tracheobionta |
Phylum: | Spermatophyta |
Subphylum: | Magnoliophyta |
Class: | Magnoliopsida |
Subclass: | Asteridae |
Order: | Ericales |
Family: | ericaceae |
Genus: | Arctostaphylos |
Species: | uva-ursi' |
Synonyms | |
uva-ursi |
Contents
Description
General: Shrub; stems trailing across ground, less than 2 dm tall. Leaves: Alternate, 1-3 cm long, dark green, leathery, rounded at tip. Flowers: Light pink urn-shaped flowers in small clusters near tips of stems. Fruit: Bright red round berries 7-10 mm in diameter.
Prostrate shrub with somewhat stoloniferous rooting stems sometimes forming mats several meters wide; bark reddish to brownish, peeling off; stems ascending at the tip, 5-15 cm tall, minutely hairy, sometimes glandular. Leaves: Alternate, evergreen, leathery, egg- to spoon-shaped, 1-3 cm long, 0.3-1.2 cm wide, rounded at tip, rarely pointed, narrowed basally; entire, glabrous to minutely hairy especially on the margins and midrib, dark green above, paler below; stalks 2-5 mm long. Flowers: several in few-flowered terminal clusters; flower stalks 2-5 mm long, straight or curved, borne in the axils of hairy bracts; corollas pinkish-white, urn-shaped, 4-6 mm long, five lobed; clayces 1-1.5 mm long. Berries, bright red, 5-10 mm wide ([1]).
Bloom Period
April - June
Distribution
Alaska south to California and New Mexico, east to the Atlantic Coast; also in Eurasia.
Habitat
Ecological Setting-Coastal bluffs and prairies, rocky balds, dry subalpine meadows, and dry coniferous forest. Soil Texture-Medium and coarse textured soils Nutrients-Nitrogen poor soils ([2]). Soil Reaction / Salinity-5.5-8.0 pH – medium salinity Moisture Regime Low moisture use – high drought tolerance Shade Tolerance Intermediate shade tolerance Successional Status-Common in open canopy in young seral lodgepole pine forests ([3]).
Uses
Propagation
Seed
Seed sample from: 2009
Average Measurement: 3.9 x 2.3 x 1.8
Measurement Range: L: 3.75 - 4, W: 2.1 - 2.5, D: 1.5 - 2.25
Features
Shape: Fruits segmented with seeds like an orange. Individual seeds are orange segment shaped.
Color: Seeds brown. Hilum is a small brown dot on the ridge where the two flat planes of the segment come together.
Surface: Seed mostly smooth. Rounded surface of seed is ridged. It has a slight sheen on the flat planes.
Latitudinal Cross Section: triangular
Longitudinal Cross Section: elliptical
Basic Explanations and Assumptions:
The dimensions for the seeds are length x width x depth. The location of the hilum is used as the base of the seed, and the length is measured from hilum to the opposite apex. Where a style is present, the length is measured from the hilum to the bottom of the style. Width is measured at a right angle to the length at the widest part. Depth is measured at a right angle to the intersection of height and width lines.
Measurements included are the mean average for each measurement of ten separate seeds.
All measurements in millimeters unless otherwise noted.