Arctostaphylos alpina


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Noun1.Arctostaphylos alpina - deciduous creeping shrub bright red in autumn having black or blue-black berriesArctostaphylos alpina - deciduous creeping shrub bright red in autumn having black or blue-black berries; alpine and circumpolar
alpine bearberry, black bearberry
bearberry - chiefly evergreen subshrubs of northern to Arctic areas
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In the Mealy Mountains, only one species (Arctostaphylos alpina) had significantly more cover in the tundra, and two species (lichen and V.
Structure and composition of Tree Islands and Krummholz within the Forest-Tundra Ecotone in Central and Eastern Canada
Low-growing bearberries such as Arctostaphylos alpina look fantastic in rockeries at this time of year.
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Various lichens and vascular plants such as Dryopteris fragrans, Hierochloe alpina, Carex glacialis, Luzula confusa, Dryas integrifolia, Oxytropis maydelliana, Empetrum nigrum, Arctostaphylos alpina, Vaccinium vitisidaea, V.
Vegetation correlates of the history and density of nesting by Ross's geese and lesser snow geese at Karrak Lake, Nunavut

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