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Arbutus Menziesii
(Pacific Madrone)

Observed at: Butano State Park
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Tree size
 
Leaf or Needle
Leaves are ablong, and thick
Bark
The bark is a green to reddish brown, smooth, and peeling
Flower
Flowers are tiny and white in color
Fruit
 
Cone
 
Habitat
coniferous forests, oak woodlands
Additional
notes
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!
 
This page was created by Holly Nickel on July 20, 2004
Field Biology - BIOSC 7
Professor Jean Replicon
Mission College, Santa Clara, California
 
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