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Arctostaphylos (bearberries)

Subtaxa

Rank Taxon #photos #refs #webs
Species Arctostaphylos alpinus (L.) Sprengel (Mountain Bearberry)   1  
Species Arctostaphylos uva-ursi (L.) Sprengel (Bearberry) 16 1 6

Suggested Literature

Arctostaphylos may be covered by literature listed under:

BIOTA
(living things)
Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)
PLANTAE
(plants)
SPERMATOPHYTA
(vascular plants)
MAGNOLIOPSIDA
(flowering plants)
MAGNOLIIDAE
(dicotyledonous flowering plants)
ERICACEAE
(heaths and heathers)

Feeding and other inter-species relationships

Associated with Arctostaphylos:

leaf (dead) dead leaf is parasitised by epiphyllous, subepidermal, opening by slit or by 4 to 5 teeth apothecium Coccomyces arctostaphyli - a discomycete (Rhytismatales: Rhytismataceae) Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
root (live) live root is ectomycorrhizal host of fruitbody Hydnellum caeruleum - Blue Tooth (Thelephorales: Bankeraceae) Minor Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005

Arctostaphylos may be associated with more taxa listed at higher taxonomic level

MAGNOLIOPSIDA
(flowering plants)
MAGNOLIIDAE
(dicotyledonous flowering plants)
ERICACEAE
(heaths and heathers)

References

Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997 Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook
Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005 Checklist of the British and Irish Basidiomycota

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