Arctostaphylos uva-ursi - Kinnickinnick Size:Large Square This small to medium-sized shrub

This small to medium-sized shrub is native to the North Willamette Valley

written by Austin Booth

Creamy white clusters of flowers form an umbel shape above low growing silver arrow shaped leaves

Its roots form a symbiotic relationship with nitrogen-fixing bacteria

Arctostaphylos uva-ursi - Kinnickinnick Size:Large Square This small to medium-sized shrubArctostaphylos uva ursi, commonly known as Kinnickinnick, is an evergreen groundcover native to Oregon. This is a circumpolar species native across the Northern Hemisphere including North America, Europe and Asia and is the only Manzanita found in the wild outside of Western North America. In the spring it is adorned with white or pink urn shaped (ericaceous) flowers, followed by bright red berries in the fall that carry into winter providing food for