red bearberry
May 10 2014
Moose Skull Lake, Mendenhall subdivision
arctous - northern or land of bears
Previously I have called it Arctostaphylos rubra
Kinnikinnik is an arctostaphylos, The Arctous has leaves with winged stalkes, blunt toothed margins, anthers without horns or awns, and juicy rather than mealy berries.
In the Yukon we also have Arctous alpina, A. alpina has hairs on the leaf stems,
and the leaves are smaller,
and
Arctous ruba; bare branches
Arctous alpina; persistant old leaves
