Arbutus Tree Biography
Arbutus is found on sites that lack moisture, such as those with rocky or rapidly drained soils. Because it does not like shade, it generally occurs in clearings or on open rocky bluffs with other species such as Garry oak or Douglas-fir, oceanspray, Oregon-grape, baldhip rose, and several herbs and grasses.
The flowers have a strong honey smell and are very attractive to bees. Fruit-eating birds such as waxwings and robins frequently eat the berries.
Arbutus is restricted to a narrow band along the south coast and generally occurs within 8 kilometres of the ocean. It is often found on exposed rocky bluffs overlooking the ocean.
The bark is thin, smooth, and reddish-brown, peeling in thin flakes or strips to expose younger, smooth, greenish to cinnamon-red bark underneath.
Dark and glossy but pale underneath, 7 to 12 centimetres long, thick, with a leathery texture.
Dense clusters of urn-shaped white, waxy flowers drooping at the ends of twigs in April or May.
Arbutus is found on sites that lack moisture, such as those with rocky or rapidly drained soils. Because it does not like shade, it generally occurs in clearings or on open rocky bluffs with other species such as Garry oak or Douglas-fir, oceanspray, Oregon-grape, baldhip rose, and several herbs and grasses.
The flowers have a strong honey smell and are very attractive to bees. Fruit-eating birds such as waxwings and robins frequently eat the berries.
Arbutus is restricted to a narrow band along the south coast and generally occurs within 8 kilometres of the ocean. It is often found on exposed rocky bluffs overlooking the ocean.
The bark is thin, smooth, and reddish-brown, peeling in thin flakes or strips to expose younger, smooth, greenish to cinnamon-red bark underneath.
Dark and glossy but pale underneath, 7 to 12 centimetres long, thick, with a leathery texture.
Dense clusters of urn-shaped white, waxy flowers drooping at the ends of twigs in April or May.
Arbutus Tree
Arbutus Tree
Arbutus Tree
Arbutus Tree
Arbutus Tree
Arbutus Tree
Arbutus Tree
Arbutus Tree
Messy Arbutus Trees
Arbutus Tree
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