Arctostaphylos Glauca, known commonly as Bigberry Manzanita, is a Woody shrub native to the Pioneertown area, and other mountainous habitats in California. Botany makes distinctions in the term Woody, describing plants which grow wood as its structural tissue. Conversely, Plants composed of stems without wood are referred to as Herbacious.
Bigberry Manzanita appears similar to another desert denizen, Jojoba. Both have dense woody twigs and branches, with flat, thick, gray green leaves on tightly spaced petioles, often heavily obscuring the interior growths. The more enticing A. Glauca can be distinguished by a red hue to its stems, more gray shades in its leaves, and eventually growing larger, sometimes reaching 25 feet tall. This plant also has a long lifespan, up to 100 years.
Pioneertowns surrouding elevation stays higher than 4,000 feet on average, bolstering the notation of Arctostaphylos Glauca prefering higher elevations of the Mojave. It becomes additionally abundant when deserts transition to mountains, wherein gradual intermingling of plant communities often occur. Such an observation can be made locally during ascention toward Big Bear Lake from the region of Pioneertown.
Sighing sands they sing in tan, seeds in seek sink snug their plan, wardens wait for weathers weep, daring delve deep sow in seep
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