Re-posted from Curbstone Valley Farm - native plant gardening and organic farming on California's central coast. This is a good description of issues facing Pacific madrone throughout its range, and also has nice pictures:
The Pacific Madrone (Arbutus menziesii) is perhaps our second most favorite tree growing here (second only to our Coast Redwoods). Recently, however, we’ve realized our Pacific Madrones are likely the most at risk of disappearing from Curbstone Valley, permanently.
read the full post here:
http://curbstonevalley.com/blog/?p=4001
Tuesday, December 7, 2010
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I will be posting news items and other things of interest about madrone, or Arbutus species. If you have something you'd like to submit, email me!
---Marianne
---Marianne
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