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Comarostaphylis
Comarostaphylis is a genus of shrubs in the heath family native to the Americas from California in the United States to Panama. These are hairy, glandular shrubs to small trees with shreddy bark, often quite similar to their close relatives, the manzanitas.
11 branches of this genus, most-observed first
summer holly
speciesComarostaphylis diversifolia
Comarostaphylis discolor
speciesComarostaphylis discolor
Comarostaphylis polifolia
speciesComarostaphylis polifolia
Comarostaphylis glaucescens
speciesComarostaphylis glaucescens
dwarf madrone
speciesComarostaphylis arbutoides
Comarostaphylis longifolia
speciesComarostaphylis longifolia
Comarostaphylis arguta
speciesComarostaphylis arguta
Comarostaphylis spinulosa
speciesComarostaphylis spinulosa
Comarostaphylis mucronata
speciesComarostaphylis mucronata
Comarostaphylis sharpii
speciesComarostaphylis sharpii
Comarostaphylis lanata
speciesComarostaphylis lanata
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 72062.