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Maybe? Do you know how many times I walked by this and didn't notice?? 😵🤦🏻 And it's huge! It sure isn't a Brittleleaf, the closest I know of nearby, at the top of Ipiwa Trail. There's been a lot of forest clearing of Monterey Pines, and now nonnatives having a field day, so that's my only excuse for not noticing through the shrubbery.
Pic 16 is me going What???!! I'm standing on the trail.
@alex_wentworth @morganstickrod help! Would someone have planted one (like say, a 'Dr. Hurd') back in the day?

It's a very attractive manzanita.

After checking out upper Hidden Canyon on the Upper Creek Trail for Brittleleaf Manzanitas thanks to recent observations by @alex_wentworth particularly, I ventured into unexplored (by me, anyway, strangely enough) territory across the street, in the enticing hills above Carlmont HS. An area obviously frequented by partying adolescents, mountain bikers, and trash-dumpers much to the annoyance of residents I am sure, there is, an amazing chaparral forest with Brittleleaf Manzanitas all over. Pic 1- they have a great view.

Seen on a special night hike with Friends of Edgewood at Edgewood Natural Preserve (event was listed on eventbrite). I was part of a group of around fifteen led by three great leaders and learned a lot about the nocturnal critters of Edgewood.

Learn more about Friends of Edgewood here:
https://friendsofedgewood.org/

All of my observations from this evening visit:
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations?on=2024-07-13&order=asc&place_id=1919&user_id=joemdo

Hybridized with A. tomentosa?

Large for A. pumila, but not fully upright. Thicker stems heavily gray and shredded.

Growing in an area dominated by A. montereyensis and A. hookeri. Nearest burl-formers appear to be A. crustacea. I did not see any other A. pumila in the vicinity.

No burl. At the end of a short, abandoned dirt road at the south end of the Precious Forest Retreat property. Approximately 15 individuals in an opening in mixed conifer forest. Growing with Arctostaphylos canescens ssp. canescens, Festuca californica, Hypericum perfoliatum, Artemisia douglasiana, Pteridium aquilinum, Torilis arvensis, Pinus ponderosa, Pseudotsuga menziesii, Quercus kelloggii, Pinus lambertiana, Umbellularia californica.