Amy Palmer says: “I found and shot this manzanita (Arctostaphylos) clinging to the rocky outcropping in the chaparral biome just before entering Yosemite Valley, while scrambling about and dodging rattlers.”
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Photo Art Contest: Entry #14
Posted in Styling and tagged $100 Bonsai Art Photo Contest, Amy Palmer, Arctostaphylos, Bonsai art photography contest, Chaparral biome, Manzanita, Photo by Amy Palmer, Yosemite. Permalink.
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I love manzanita. It’s a cousin I believe to madrone which is native to the pacific northwest and one of my other favorite trees. Do you see many people using either of these species for bonsai?
Ben, check out this manzanita post and the comments from back in November: http://bonsaibark.com/2009/11/15/the-manzanita-mystery/