Per Roger Raiche, Designer, Naturalist, Botanist and Licensed Contractor at Planet Horticulture Landscape Design & Construction who also ...Read Morehappens to be the Chief Liaison between The Cedars and the Bureau of Land Management, [HYPERLINK@www.planethorticulture.com] :
"The two manzanitas in The Cedars are easy to distinguish especially when the lower angle of the sun illuminates the flat sides of their leaves. The green leafed is Arctostaphylos bakeri subsp. sublaevis and the silver is A. viscida subsp. pulchella. A. b. sublaevis is endemic to The Cedars (and contiguous serpentines) and A. v. pulchella is at its southern limit in the Coast Ranges. They seldom hybridize due to their rather distinct flowering periods, A.b.sublaevis from Jan- mid-March, A. v.pulchella late March - early May."
Per Roger Raiche, Designer, Naturalist, Botanist and Licensed Contractor at Planet Horticulture Landscape Design & Construction who also ...Read More