Who Needs a Forest Fire? Sale Plant Characteristics Family Name Ericaceae

Plant Characteristics Family Name Ericaceae Species Name Arctostaphylos 'Ian Bush' Common Name Ian Bush Manzanita Plant Type Shrub Sun Exposure Coast-Sun

Cold Hardy to 25 degrees F Distribution Selected for the garden Natural Habitat Coastal bluffs

Northwestern CA

Cold Hardy to 32 degrees F Distribution Hybrid of Malva (Lavatera) venosa & Malva (Lavatera) assurgentifolia Introduced by Tree of Life Natural Habitat Coastal bluffs

Spreads by underground roots

Who Needs a Forest Fire? Sale Plant Characteristics Family Name EricaceaeWho needs a forest fire? We do! But not the kind we have now. The first people who live in California did not fight fire. They use it as a tool and tend the forest floor like a garden for thousands of years. The California Gold Rush of 1849 brought settlers and miners who killed Native Americans and destroyed forest ecosystems. Stopping all fires and allowing the forest floor to become overcrowded and overgrown led to conditions that were perfect for