{"product_id":"arctostaphylos-uva-ursi-kinni","title":"Arctostaphylos uva-ursi (Kinnikinnick)","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eKinnikinnick (Arctostaphylos uva-ursi)\u003c\/strong\u003e is a circumboreal evergreen groundcover native to Alaska, Canada, Greenland, and the Lower 48. Including the Oregon and Washington coast. The name is Algonquin for 'smoking mixture,' a reference to its widespread traditional use.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSmall white-to-pink urn-shaped flowers in spring; bright red drupes ripen in summer and persist through winter. Leathery evergreen leaves flush bronze-red in winter cold.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOne of the most documented ethnobotanical plants of North America. Traditional food, medicine, smoking leaf, and dye for at least 53 Indigenous Nations including the Makah, Quileute, Hoh, Coast Salish, Upper Skagit, Skokomish, Tolowa, Yurok, and many Plains, Boreal, and Arctic peoples. Leaves are widely documented as a urinary-tract medicine.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe fruits are highly important to black bear (and moderately to grizzly bear), plus songbirds and many small mammals.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSun to partial shade.\u003c\/strong\u003e Poor sandy infertile acid soil. Explicitly salt-tolerant per OSU, excellent for coastal dune and bluff gardens. Drought-tolerant once established. Hardy Zone 2 to 8.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eExcellent coastal plant:\u003c\/strong\u003e salt-spray tolerant, thrives on exposed dunes and bluffs. Difficult to transplant. Choose siting carefully.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eNote on deer:\u003c\/strong\u003e FEIS documents moderate winter browse by black-tailed deer, mule deer, bighorn sheep, mountain goat, and elk. Not a deer-proof plant. Protect young stock until established.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eClassic coastal companion for Beach Strawberry, Salal, Beach Grass, and Evergreen Huckleberry.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Dragonfly Farm \u0026 Nursery","offers":[{"title":"Doak Creek","offer_id":43999507021912,"sku":"05304092","price":9.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/dragonflyfarmlanglois.com\/products\/arctostaphylos-uva-ursi-kinni","provider":"Dragonfly Farm \u0026 Nursery","version":"1.0","type":"link"}