Arctostaphylos uva-ursi

		Foliage: tough, shiny leaves that remain at least two years. Flowers: the pinkish white flowers hang in clusters and bloom from April to June. Fruit: the small red fruit are edible but bitter.

Size: this small shrub with creeping branches reaches about 20 cm. Habitat: stony heathland on south-facing slopes or under hooked pine or Scots pine.

In the Pyrenees: throughout the range up to 2,300 m. Frequent at the foot of the Canigou and on the Puigmal massif. Typical companions: dwarf juniper, wild cotoneaster, heather, northern bilberry, festuca eskia, anemone alpina sulphurea, amplexicaule buttercup.

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