Arctostaphylos uva-ursi (L.) Spreng.
(Bearberry)

Taxonomic hierarchy:

Species	Arctostaphylos uva-ursi (Bearberry)
Genus	Arctostaphylos (bearberries)
Family	ERICACEAE (heaths, heathers, rhododendrons, azaleas & wintergeeens)
Order	ERICALES (heaths, heathers, azaleas, primroses, loosestrifes and balsams)
Subclass	EU-DICOTS (dicotyledonous flowering plants)
Class	MAGNOLIOPSIDA (flowering plants)
Phylum	TRACHEOPHYTA (vascular plants)
Kingdom	PLANTAE (plants)
Domain	Eukaryota (eukaryotes)
Life	BIOTA (living things)

Arctostaphylos uva-ursi is also a member of:
Woody plants - subshrubs (via Ericaceae)
Broadleaved shrubs - broadleaved shrubs (via Ericaceae)
Endomycorrhizal broadleaved trees and shrubs - endomycorrhizal or endotrophic mycorrhizal broadleaved trees and shrubs (via Ericaceae)
Endomycorrhizal trees and shrubs - endomycorrhizal or endotrophic mycorrhizal trees and shrubs (via Endomycorrhizal broadleaved trees and shrubs)
Broadleaved trees and shrubs - broadleaved trees and shrubs (via Endomycorrhizal broadleaved trees and shrubs)
Xylophytes - broadleaved trees, shrubs and woody climbers (via Broadleaved trees and shrubs)
Endomycorrhizal plants - plants that form endomycorrhiza (via Endomycorrhizal trees and shrubs)
Trees and shrubs - trees and shrubs, including conifers (via Endomycorrhizal trees and shrubs)
Trees, shrubs, woody and climbing plants - trees, shrubs, subshrubs and climbers, including conifers (via Broadleaved shrubs)

Records of Arctostaphylos uva-ursi (Bearberry) :
1: Arctostaphylos uva-ursi (Bearberry)
21 Aug 2005	OSGR: NJ01	57° 10’ N, 3° 40’ W	Vice County: East Inverness-shire (VC 96)	Scotland

Identification Works

	Author	Year	Title	Source
	Henrici, A.	2014	Notes & Records (Jul 2014)	Field Mycology Vol 15 (3): 104-107, Rear cover.

Arctostaphylos uva-ursi (Bearberry) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

MAGNOLIOPSIDA
(flowering plants)

TRACHEOPHYTA
(vascular plants)

PLANTAE
(plants)

Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)

BIOTA
(living things)

Xylophytes
(broadleaved trees, shrubs and woody climbers)

Trees and shrubs
(trees and shrubs, including conifers)

Trees, shrubs, woody and climbing plants
(trees, shrubs, subshrubs and climbers, including conifers)

NBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Arctostaphylos uva-ursi (Bearberry)

BioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 18 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for Arctostaphylos uva-ursi (Bearberry)

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Taxonomic hierarchy:

Arctostaphylos uva-ursi is also a member of:

Identification Works

BioImages - Virtual Field-Guide (UK)