Bearberry
Arctostaphylos alpina - Alpine Bearberry
Arctostaphylos rubra - Red Bearberry
Arctostaphylos uva-ursi - Common Bearberry
Bearberries are three species of dwarf shrubs in the genus Arctostaphylos. Unlike the other species of Arctostaphylos (see Manzanita), they are adapted to Arctic and Subarctic climates, and have a circumpolar distribution in northern North America, Asia and Europe, one with a small highly disjunctive population in Central America.
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