What kind of tree was this in San Francisco?

Question

i was in SF and I noticed they have a lot of trees that have no leaves. Very strange looking. I couldn't find any pics of them to post them, but all i can describe about it is that they don't have any leaves, it's basically all bark. we saw them all along the walk to fishermans wharf.

Answer 1

Manzanita trees.......they will bloom soon.......check it out in wikepdia.......

Some manzanita species are among the rarest plants in the world. Arctostaphylos hookeri subsp. ravenii (also known as Presidio manzanita) is the most endangered and restricted plant in the mainland United States. In 1987 only one specimen remained, at a secret location in the Presidio district of San Francisco, California. This plant has since been successfully cloned.