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Huckleberry Oak One of the most common plants in this area, huckleberry oak typically gets up to about 3 feet high and grows on dry south-facing slopes. It has small leathery ovate leaves of medium to dark green. At the end of the narrow stalks you may see a light green acorn.

Manzanita While there are five species of manzanita in the Sierra, only two are commonly seen in the Tahoe area. Greenleaf manzanita is widespread in dryer areas over a wide elevation range. Its smooth bark is dark red or reddish-brown with shiny, bright green leaves, and it grows to about 3 to 5 feet tall. Manzanita has lots of rigid, crooked thick branches. In the spring they put out tiny pink flowers that supposedly look like little apples (manzanita is Spanish for “little apple”). Pinemat manzanita, with smaller leaves and stalks, is a smaller plant that grows to about a foot tall; it likes to form a carpet along the ground or over the top of granite rocks. Pinemat manzanita usually grows at a higher altitude than its greenleaf cousin. It is especially common between South Camp Peak and Kingsbury Grade.