| Accepted name: |
Arctostaphylos uva-ursi (L.) Spreng. |
| Synonym(s): |
-Arbutus uva-ursi L.
-Uva-ursi uva-ursi (L.) Britton
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| English names: |
Common Bearberry
Sandberry
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| French names: |
Arctostaphyle raisin-d'ours
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| Classification: |
Kingdom: Plantae
Divison: Magnoliophyta
Class: Magnoliopsida
Order: Ericales
Family: Ericaceae
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| OPL Code: |
WARCUV
(to track OPL, Newmaster et al. 1998) |
| Lifeform: |
1.3 |
| Lifecycle: |
P |
| Source database: |
FOIBIS, June 2005-2012 |
| Floristic Affinities: |
- |
| Distribution: |
-
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| Ecosystem: |
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| Microhabitat: |
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| Ethnobotanical Notes: |
Also collected from the wild in Russia and Canada as either tradional herbal medicine or as medicinal raw material. Leaves are used in tanning 'Russian leather' and for tea in Russia(1). |
| Key Characters: |
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