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Pescadero Conservation Alliance
Trees of the Santa Cruz Mountains |
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Arbutus Menziesii
(Pacific Madrone)
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Observed at: Butano State Park
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Tree size
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Leaf or Needle
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Leaves are ablong, and thick |
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Bark
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The bark is a green to reddish brown, smooth, and peeling |
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Flower
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Flowers are tiny and white in color |
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Fruit
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Cone
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Habitat
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coniferous forests, oak woodlands |
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Additional notes
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They grown along the west coast of the U.S. from So. Cal. to British Colombia and the Sierra Nevada mt. of centeral Cal. A trait to help indentify this species is that the bark really does look red! |
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