Pacific Madrone is one of North America's most striking trees, with smooth, peeling reddish-orange bark that makes it instantly recognizable along the Pacific Coast. It is an evergreen broadleaf tree that thrives on rocky, well-drained slopes from British Columbia to Baja California. Its white urn-shaped flowers attract bees and hummingbirds, and its red berries feed many birds.
Habitat
Rocky dry slopes and coastal bluffs of the Pacific Coast
Diet
Berries eaten by band-tailed pigeons, varied thrush, and cedar waxwings
How common
Uncommon
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