Lichens on a manzanita branch.

#lichen #lichenSubscribe #macroPhotography #manzanita #Arctostaphylos

Manzanita blooms from late January set and the fruit is enjoying this early April sunshine.

#Manzanita #Arctostaphylos

The 1st researchers that had an #evolutionary view of #fire were probably EB Poulton (when looking at fire beetles 1915) & WL Jepson (studying #Arctostaphylos 1922)

1) Do you know of any other earlier?
2) Do you know of any woman with such view earlier than 1970?

https://www.annualreviews.org/doi/full/10.1146/annurev-ecolsys-102320-095612 | @AnnualReviews

@wildfirescience #evolutionary #ecology #FireEcology #PlantEcology #evolution

It's a warm Wednesday morning. Lesser Goldfinches and Whiteleaf Manzanita (A. viscida subsp viscida) enjoying the sunshine.

#Birding #Manzanita #Arctostaphylos #viscida

A few shots from today's windswept hike near Keswick. The brief storm went south of us.

Keswick Reservoir - California Towhee
Mallory's Manzanita, Arctostaphylos malloryi

#Birding #CaliforniaTowhee #Manzanita #Arctostaphylos #Malloryi

The pollinators are out this warm sunny day hitting the Arctostaphylos manzanita subsp. manzanita blooms. Would welcome any entomological information folks may have from these distant shots.

#Manzanita #Arctostaphylos #insects #Entomology

Sun popped out for a few moments just now, a few shots from the yard before the clouds closed back up.

House Finch - Hermit Thrush
Arctostaphylos manzanita - Red-breasted Sapsucker

#birding #HermitThrush #Red-breastedSapsucker #Manzanita #Arctostaphylos

Spent the day in San Francisco with family, made a quick detour to check in with a local celebrity: the Presidio Manzanita (Arctostaphylos montana ssp. ravenii). Historically restricted to serpentine outcrops in the city, development has nearly driven this plant to extinction. Since the 50s, only one known specimen survives in the wild. And so friendly in person!
#CaliforniaNativePlants #arctostaphylosmontanaravenii #arctostaphylos #manzanitas #sanfranciscobotany #botany #wildlifephotography

Lichen and moss community on manzanita branch #Arctostaphylos #mosstodon #lichensubscribe

Visited this Montara Mountain manzanita on Monday morning. This beautiful species (*Arctostaphylos montaraensis*) can be encountered on sandstone ridges on Montara Mountain near Pacifica, as well as one grove on San Bruno Mountain.
I can't wait to come back in a month to see them flowering. Like most manzanitas they are pollinated by bumblebees and hummingbirds.
#botany #CaliforniaNativePlants #manzanitas #arctostaphylosmontaraensis #arctostaphylos #sanmateocountybotany #montaramountain