Arctostaphylos uva-ursi -- (Kinnikinnick)


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 Scientific Name:  Arctostaphylos uva-ursi
 Common Name:  Kinnikinnick
 Duration of Life:  Perennial
 Bloom Color:  Purple
 Plant Origin:  Native
 Soil Type prefered:  Sand, Loam
 Drought Tolerance:  High
 Flower Conspicuous:  Yes
 Soil Fertility Requirement:  Low
 Moisture Use:  Low
 Shade Tolerance:  Intermediate
 Active Growth Period:  Spring, Summer
 Anaerobic Tolerance:  None
 Calcium Carbonate Tolerance:  Medium
 Bloom Period:  Late Spring
 Commercial Availability:  Routinely Available
 Cold Stratification Required:  Yes
 Fall Conspicuous:  Yes
 Frost Free Days, Minimum:  140
 Foliage Color:  Dark Green
 Fruit/Seed Abundance:  Medium
 Fruit/Seed Period Begin:  Summer
 Fruit/Seed Conspicuous:  Yes
 Fruit/Seed Period End:  Fall
 Fruit/Seed Color:  Red
 Fruit/Seed Persistence:  Yes
 Fire Tolerance:  Low
 Foliage Texture:  Coarse
 Growth Form:  Multiple Stem
 Growth Habit:  Subshrub, Shrub
 Growth Rate:  Moderate
 Height, Mature (feet):  .5
 Leaf Retention:  Yes
 Low Growing Grass:  No
 Life Span:  Long
 Max. Planting Density/Acre:  10912
 Min. Planting Density/Acre:  1746
 pH (Maximum):  8
 pH (Minimum):  5.5
 Precipitation (Minimum):  14
 Protein Potential:  Low
 Resprout Ability:  No
 Root Depth, Min. (inches):  10
 Salt Tolerance:  Medium
 Shape and Orientation:  Prostrate
 Small Grain:  No
 Seed per Pound:  42400
 Seed Spread Rate:  Slow
 Seedling Vigor:  Low
 Temperature, Minimum (F):  -33
 Toxicity:  None
 Vegetative Spread Rate:  Moderate
 Propagation:  Bare Root, Container, Cuttings
 Palpable: (eatable)  Browse Animal (Low), Graze Animal (Low)
 Category:  Dicot
 Division:  Magnoliophyta
 Class:  Magnoliopsida
 Order:  Ericales
 Family:  Ericaceae
 Genus:  Arctostaphylos

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