manzanitan.

1846 J. C. Frémont Mem. 7 Apr. (1887) xiii. 475 The mansanita is the strange shrub which I met in March of '44 in coming down from the Sierra Nevada to Sutter's Fort.

1848 E. Bryant Jrnl. 22 Aug. in What I saw in California xviii. 236 We have met occasionally with a reddish berry called by the Californians manzanita (little apple).

1869 C. L. Brace New West xi. 138 Around her were..dishes of the manzanita seed.

1872 C. King Mountaineering in Sierra Nevada ii. 36 The reverence due to the Giver of manzanita berries.

1888 B. Harte Drift from Redwood Camp in Phyllis of Sierras 227 A bent manzanito-bush..flew back against his breast.

1918 C. E. Mulford Man from Bar-20 xvii. 178 He pushed through matted thickets of oak brush and manzanito.

1938 Amer. Home Jan. 42 (caption) With a weathered manzanita stump and a few white pebbles, William Allen gave this porcelain figure a striking setting.

1971 Black Scholar Apr. 47/2 Our job is to clear out 10 miles of oak trees, manzanita shrubs and sagebrush on both sides of the highway.

1972 Village Voice (N.Y.) 1 June 76/1 A sign next to a luxuriant manzanita plant welcomes you to God's land.

1990 Forest Resources Arizona Dec. 21 The chaparral ecosystem..is not really considered a forest type because most species associated with it, such as manzanita (Arctostaphylos pungens), do not generally reach tree form.