Jack Dykinga / Autumn coloured Bearberries (Arctostaphylos sp.) and Arctic cotton (Eriophorum callitrix), Jasper National Park, Alberta, Canada.

Erlend Haarberg / Alpine bearberry (Arctous alpina) with Birch (Betula sp) trees in background. Jotunheimen National Park, Norway. September 2020.

Jeff Foott / Manzanita (Arctostaphylos sp) tree flowering, branches wet following rainfall. Yosemite National Park, California, USA. April.

Jeff Foott / Manzanita (Arctostaphylos sp) tree flowering, branches wet following rainfall. Yosemite National Park, California, USA. April.

Lynn M Stone / Bearberry {Arctostaphylos sp} and Blueberry {Vaccinium sp} plants with red leaves and berries amongst ice, Denali NP, Alaska, USA

Yva Momatiuk & John Eastcott / Tundra vegetation in autumn, Denali National Park, Alaska

Kevin Schafer / Bearberry (Arctostaphylos sp) branch and lichen, Santa Rosa Island, Channel Islands National Park, California

Tim Fitzharris / Bearberry (Arctostaphylos uva ursi) on forest floor in autumn, Yukon Territory, Canada

Michael Quinton / Tundra Vole (Microtus oeconomus) hiding in autumn colored Bearberry (Arctostaphylos uva ursi) leaves

Michio Hoshino / Bearberry (Arctostaphylos uva ursi), Blueberry (Vaccinium sp), and Horsetail (Equisetum sp) in trundra, Alaska

Michio Hoshino / Bearberry (Arctostaphylos uva ursi) and Cup Lichen (Cladonia sp) in tundra, Alaska

Michio Hoshino / Bearberry (Arctostaphylos uva ursi) close up, Alaska

Yva Momatiuk & John Eastcott / Dwarf Birch (Betula nana) saplings amid tundra vegetation, Richardson Mountains, Dempster Highway, Yukon, Canadax

Tim Fitzharris / Opuntia (Opuntia sp) cactus and Bearberry (Arctostaphylos sp), Coffee Pot Rock, Coconino National Forest, Arizona

Tim Fitzharris / Opuntia (Opuntia sp) cactus and Bearberry (Arctostaphylos sp), Coffee Pot Rock, Coconino National Forest, Arizona