{"id":478,"date":"2014-09-10T19:43:40","date_gmt":"2014-09-10T19:43:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.naturewatch.ca\/plantwatch\/?page_id=478"},"modified":"2014-11-14T17:54:06","modified_gmt":"2014-11-14T17:54:06","slug":"bearberry","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.naturewatch.ca\/plantwatch\/bearberry\/","title":{"rendered":"Bearberry"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Bearberry (<em>Arctostaphylos uva-ursi<\/em>)<\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.naturewatch.ca\/plantwatch\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2014\/09\/arctostaphylos_uva-ursi.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-239\" style=\"display: block; float: left; padding-right: 2%; overflow: hidden; min-width: 40%; max-width: 100%;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.naturewatch.ca\/plantwatch\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2014\/09\/arctostaphylos_uva-ursi.jpg\" alt=\"Bearberry (Arctostaphylos uva-ursi)\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><strong>Also known as: <\/strong>kinnikinnick<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.naturewatch.ca\/plantwatch\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2014\/09\/shrub.gif\" alt=\"shrub\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.naturewatch.ca\/plantwatch\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2014\/09\/forest.gif\" alt=\"forest\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.naturewatch.ca\/plantwatch\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2014\/09\/meadow.gif\" alt=\"meadow\" \/><br \/>\n<strong>Bloom time: <\/strong>April &#8211; June<\/p>\n<p><strong>Additional photos:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul style=\"margin-left: 5%; overflow: hidden;\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.naturewatch.ca\/plantwatch\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2014\/09\/arctostaphylos_uva-ursi_1238607848.jpg\" target=\"_blank\">Arctostaphylos uva-ursi before first bloom<\/a><br \/>\ncredit: Elisabeth Beaubien<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.naturewatch.ca\/plantwatch\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2014\/09\/arctostaphylos_uva-ursi_1238607899.jpg\" target=\"_blank\">Arctostaphylos uva-ursi past mid bloom<\/a><br \/>\ncredit: Elisabeth Beaubien<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.naturewatch.ca\/plantwatch\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2014\/09\/arctostaphylos_uva-ursi_1239046139.jpg\" target=\"_blank\">Arctostaphylos uva-ursi flowers<\/a><br \/>\ncredit: Melanie Preisnitz<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>General<\/strong>: Trailing evergreen shrub, up to 10 cm tall; often forming mats.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Leaves &amp; Twigs: <\/strong><\/p>\n<ul style=\"margin-left: 3%; overflow: hidden;\">\n<li>Leaves have a somewhat shiny upper surface and leathery texture.<\/li>\n<li>Oval to spatula-shaped leaves, 1-2 cm long, similar to cranberry leaves, but more flat and dull.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Flowers &amp; Fruits: <\/strong>Tiny pinkish to white flowers shaped like vases or urns occur in small clusters that droop off branch tips.<br \/>\n<strong>Note<\/strong>: Flowers are similar to the cranberry&#8217;s, but bearberry blossoms have semi-translucent &#8220;windows&#8221; at their base. Cranberry flowers open wide to expose their stamens and pistils, while bearberry flowers hide theirs. Also, bearberry flowers earlier than cranberry.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Habitat:<\/strong> This circumboreal shrub is found in sandy, well-drained sites in woodlands and open areas.<\/p>\n<p><strong>PlantWatch Pointers:<\/strong> Select a typical patch of plants, if the plants are very abundant, mark off a l-metre-square section to observe.<\/p>\n<p><strong>To Observe:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>First bloom: when the first flowers open like little pink &#8220;lips&#8221; at the tip (3 places).<\/li>\n<li>Mid bloom: when 50% of the flowers on observed plants are open at the tip.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Distribution Map:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.naturewatch.ca\/plantwatch\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2014\/09\/arctostaphylos_uva-ursi_map.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"auto\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>This species is monitored in:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Alberta<\/li>\n<li>British Culumbia<\/li>\n<li>Manitoba<\/li>\n<li>New Brunswick<\/li>\n<li>Northwest Territories<\/li>\n<li>Nova Scotia<\/li>\n<li>Nunavut<\/li>\n<li>Ontario<\/li>\n<li>Prince Edward Island<\/li>\n<li>Quebec<\/li>\n<li>Saskatchewan<\/li>\n<li>Yukon<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<blockquote style=\"margin: 2% 5%; padding: 1%; border-left: 5px solid #fdb714; background-color: #ff8200; float: left; width: 90%; color: #fff; font-style: italic;\"><p>The fruit of the bearberry is a favourite food of bears.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Bearberry (Arctostaphylos uva-ursi) Also known as: kinnikinnick Bloom time: April &#8211; June Additional photos: Arctostaphylos uva-ursi before first bloom credit: Elisabeth Beaubien Arctostaphylos uva-ursi past mid bloom credit: Elisabeth Beaubien Arctostaphylos uva-ursi flowers credit: Melanie Preisnitz General: Trailing evergreen shrub,&hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-478","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Bearberry - PlantWatch<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.naturewatch.ca\/plantwatch\/bearberry\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Bearberry - PlantWatch\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Bearberry (Arctostaphylos uva-ursi) Also known as: kinnikinnick Bloom time: April &#8211; 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