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Bookmark or Share- Pacific Madrone, Arbutus menziesii | Native Plants PNWDiagnostic Characters: Pacific Madrone is easy to recognize by its leathery, oval-shaped leaves. Old leaves are shed in the summer. Also in summer, especially where exposed to the sun, the cinnamon-colored bark peels off to reveal smooth, light green, younger bark that turns golden with age.
- Native madrones are special to the Northwest - OSU Extension ServiceCORVALLIS, Ore. - Madrone, madrona, madrono, arbutus. Wherever you live along the Pacific coast and whatever it's called where you are, it's the same tree: Arbutus menziesii, with leathery evergreen leaves, red bark peeling, whitish flowers and bright clusters of reddish-orange berries.
- Pacific Northwest Native Plant Profile: Pacific Madrone (Arbutus ...Pacific Northwest Native Plant Profile: Pacific Madrone (Arbutus menziesii) Posted on November 26, 2017 by Eileen Stark. Although it looks exotic, Pacific madrone — a beautiful broadleaf evergreen tree with a captivating and distinctive presence that transforms with the seasons — is endemic to the Pacific coast.
- Pacific Madrone - U.S. National Park ServiceMadrone trees can reach up to 40 m (130 ft), though more typically they are half that height. Its upper red-brown bark peels each summer in thin strips to reveal smooth, greenish-yellow bark that ripens into a deep, dark red color. White, fragrant, urn-shaped flowers (8 mm; 1/3 in) dangle in clusters at the ends of branches.
- About Pacific Madrone | PPO Home | Washington State UniversityPacific madrone (arbutus, madrona, madroño) is the largest flowering tree of the family Ericaceae. The species produces sweet smelling flowers around May that attract many honeybees. It is an important species for birds and wildlife in the Pacific Northwest. Madrone berries ripen in autumn and last until December.
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