Arctostaphylos uva-ursi


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Noun1.Arctostaphylos uva-ursi - evergreen mat-forming shrub of North America and northern Eurasia having small white flowers and red berriesArctostaphylos uva-ursi - evergreen mat-forming shrub of North America and northern Eurasia having small white flowers and red berries; leaves turn red in autumn
bear's grape, common bearberry, creashak, hog cranberry, mealberry, mountain box, red bearberry, sand berry, sandberry, wild cranberry
bearberry - chiefly evergreen subshrubs of northern to Arctic areas
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A single extraction step in the quantitative analysis of arbutin in bearberry (Arctostaphylos uva-ursi) leaves by high-performance liquid chromatography.
Simultaneous Determination of Arbutin and Hydroquinone in Different Herbal Slimming Products Using Gas Chromatography-mass Spectrometry/Arbutin ve Hidrokinonun Farkli Bitkisel Zayiflama Urunlerinde Gaz Kromatografisi-Kutle Spektrometresi ile Eszamanli Belirlenmesi
Some native shrubs that are good for these birds are nannyberry (Viburnum lentago), fragrant sumac (Rhus aromatica), winged sumac (Rhus copallinum), Northern spicebush (Lindera benzoin), common winterberry (Ilex verticillata), red bearberry (Arctostaphylos uva-ursi), American hazelnut (Corylus americana) and American witch hazel (Hamamelis virginiana).
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Also working nearby, Blood (1967) reported trace use of Wax Currant, Bearberry (Arctostaphylos uva-ursi), and Grouseberry (Vaccinium scoparium) leaves by Bighorn Sheep, but not the berries.
Berry consumption by Bighorn Sheep (Ovis canadensis) in the arid interior of British Columbia
Bearberry (Arctostaphylos uva-ursi) is nearly as useful, and berberines are handy, too.
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Factors affecting the re-vegetation of abandoned extracted peatlands in Estonia: a synthesis from field and greenhouse studies

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