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Arbutus menziesii, or Pacific madrone (commonly madrone or madrona in the United States and arbutus in Canada), is a species of broadleaf evergreen tree in the family Ericaceae. It has waxy foliage, a contorted growth habit, and flaky bark. It is native to the western coastal areas of North America, from British Columbia to California.
The Arbutus unedo tree makes up part of the coat of arms (El oso y el madroño, The Bear and the Strawberry Tree) of the city of Madrid, Spain. A statue of a bear eating the fruit of the madroño tree stands in the center of the city (Puerta del Sol). The image appears on city crests, taxi cabs, man-hole covers, and other city infrastructure.
Gnarled, ochre-colored madrona trees [25] grace much of the shorelines, while evergreen fir and pine forests cover large inland areas. [ 26 ] [ 27 ] The San Juan Islands get substantially less rainfall than Seattle , about 65 miles (105 km) to the south, due to their location in the rain shadow of the Olympic Mountains to the southwest. [ 28 ]
Arbutus menziesii — Pacific madrona; Arctostaphylos uva-ursi — kinnickinnick; Gaultheria shallon — salal; Rhododendron macrophyllum — Pacific rhododendron; Vaccinium ovatum — evergreen huckleberry; Vaccinium parvifolium — red huckleberry; Kinnikinnick or Bear berry in Bonney Lake, Washington.
A push for tree equity will increase Tacoma’s leafy canopy.
Nora's Woods is an undeveloped city park and native plant garden [1] in the Madrona neighborhood of Seattle, Washington.The 0.35-acre (0.14 ha) house lot-sized wooded area is named for Seattleite Nora Wood, who purchased the land in 1987 that was given to The Trust for Public Land after her death in 1989.
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The park's Trees of Stone Interpretive Trail follows an exposed section of prehistoric Lake Vantage past 22 species of petrified logs that were left where they were discovered in the 1930s. The trail includes a 1.5-mile loop through sagebrush-covered hills and a longer 2.5-mile loop. [ 8 ]