Taxon: Arctostaphylos alpina (L.) Spreng.

See also subordinate taxa:

• Arctostaphylos alpina var. japonica (no accessions)

Common names:

• alpine bearberry   (Source: Websters Dict ) – English
  
• mountain bearberry   (Source: F BritStace ) – English
  

Economic importance:

• Environmental: ornamental   (fide Eur Gard F; Zander ed14)
  

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Distributional range:

• ASIA-TEMPERATE
  Siberia: Russian Federation - Altay, Eastern Siberia
  Middle Asia: Kazakhstan; Kyrgyzstan
  Russian Far East: Russian Federation - Far East
  Mongolia: Mongolia
• EUROPE
  Northern Europe: Finland; Norway; United Kingdom
  Middle Europe: Austria; Czechoslovakia; Germany; Switzerland
  East Europe: Belarus; Russian Federation - European part
  Southeastern Europe: Albania; Former Yugoslavia; Italy
  Southwestern Europe: France; Spain
• NORTHERN AMERICA (Check conservation status in U.S. & Canada in NatureServe Explorer database)
  Subarctic America: Greenland; United States - Alaska
  Eastern Canada: Canada - Newfoundland, Ontario, Quebec
  Western Canada: Canada - Alberta, British Columbia, Manitoba, Saskatchewan
  Northeastern U.S.A.: United States - Maine, New Hampshire

References:

• Encke, F. et al. 1993. Zander: Handwörterbuch der Pflanzennamen, 14. Auflage. (Zander ed14) [= A. alpinus].
• Greuter, W. et al., eds. 1984–. Med-Checklist. (L Medit) [= A. alpinus].
• Huxley, A., ed. 1992. The new Royal Horticultural Society dictionary of gardening. (Dict Gard)
• Komarov, V. L. et al., eds. 1934–1964. Flora SSSR. (F USSR)
• Scoggan, H. J. 1978–1979. The flora of Canada, 4 vol. (F Canada)
• Stace, C. 1995. New flora of the British Isles. (F BritStace) [= A. alpinus].
• Tutin, T. G. et al., eds. 1964–1980. Flora europaea. (F Eur)
• Walters, S. M. et al., eds. 1986–. European garden flora. (Eur Gard F)
• Webster's third new international dictionary. (Websters Dict)

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Search AGRICOLA article citation database for citations referencing Arctostaphylos alpina.

Search NCBI's Entrez search engine for PubMed citations referencing Arctostaphylos alpina. Note: Defaults to a search by genus or species epithet if species binomial not found.

Check other databases for Arctostaphylos alpina (L.) Spreng.:

• Flora Europaea: Database of European Plants (ESFEDS)
• PLANTS: USDA-NRCS Database of Plants of the United States and its Territories
• TROPICOS: Nomenclatural and Specimen Database of the Missouri Botanical Garden
• ICRA: International Cultivar Registration Authority for Arctostaphylos alpina cultivars
• ePIC: Electronic Plant Information Centre of Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
• AGRICOLA: Article Citation Database or NAL Catalog of USDA's National Agricultural Library
• Entrez: NCBI's search engine for PubMed citations, GenBank sequences, etc.
  Note: Defaults to a search by genus or species epithet if species binomial not found.

Check other databases for images:

• PlantSystematics.org
• Images Note: Be advised that their identity may be inaccurate. Proper identification of a plant may require specialized taxonomic knowledge or comparison with properly documented herbarium material.

Abbreviations & symbols in GRIN Taxonomy

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