Family: Ericaceae
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Arctostaphylos × media Greene
Collector/Expedition: Edinburgh, Howick Expedition to British Columbia (EHBC),
Collection number: 50
Collection date: 29th August 2016
Country/Territory: Canada:British Columbia
Collecting locality: Canada:British Columbia:Side of Franklin River Road, just south of China Creek Marina, Vancouver Island
Latitude: 49°8'649''N, Longitude: 124°47'141''W
Habitat: Common in full sun on a dry west facing roadside embankment/rocky outcrop with seedlings of Pseudotsuga menziesii, Holodiscus discolor, Thuja plicata and Pinus contorta var. contorta, Arctostaphyllos uva-ursi and Arctostaphyllos columbiana.
Description: Evergreen spreading shrub to 0.6M with obovate leaves to 3cm x 2cm, glossy green above and light green/hirsute below. Fruit a red flattened spherical berry to 0.7cm x 1.5cm.
Kind of specimen: HERBARIUM SPECIMEN/SHEET
Barcode: E00997813
Herbarium region: 13 (North America)
Number of sheets: 1