Pacific Madrone (Arbutus menziesii)

Description

Morphology/Physiology Active Growth Period Spring and Summer After Harvest Regrowth Rate Bloat None C:N Ratio High Coppice Potential Yes Fall Conspicuous Yes Fire Resistant No Flower Color White Flower Conspicuous Yes Foliage Color Green Foliage Porosity Summer Dense Foliage Porosity Winter Dense Foliage Texture Coarse Fruit/Seed Color Red Fruit/Seed Conspicuous No Growth Form Single Stem Growth Rate Slow Height at 20 Years, Maximum (feet) 25 Height, Mature (feet) 80.0 Known Allelopath No Leaf Retention Yes Lifespan Long Low Growing Grass No Nitrogen Fixation None Resprout Ability Yes Shape and Orientation Rounded Toxicity None Growth Requirements Adapted to Coarse Textured Soils Yes Adapted to Fine Textured Soils No Adapted to Medium Textured Soils Yes Anaerobic Tolerance None CaCO3 Tolerance Low Cold Stratification Required Yes Drought Tolerance High Fertility Requirement Low Fire Tolerance Medium Frost Free Days, Minimum 200 Hedge Tolerance None Moisture Use Low pH, Minimum 4.5 pH, Maximum 7.4 Planting Density per Acre, Minimum 170 Planting Density per Acre, Maximum 300 Precipitation, Minimum 15 Precipitation, Maximum 163 Root Depth, Minimum (inches) 24 Salinity Tolerance None Shade Tolerance Intermediate Temperature, Minimum (°F) 13 Reproduction Bloom Period Mid Spring Commercial Availability Routinely Available Fruit/Seed Abundance Medium Fruit/Seed Period Begin Summer Fruit/Seed Period End Fall Fruit/Seed Persistence No Propagated by Bare Root Yes Propagated by Bulb No Propagated by Container Yes Propagated by Corm No Propagated by Cuttings No Propagated by Seed Yes Propagated by Sod No Propagated by Sprigs No Propagated by Tubers No Seed per Pound 569890 Seed Spread Rate Slow Seedling Vigor Low Small Grain No Vegetative Spread Rate None Suitability/Use Berry/Nut/Seed Product No Christmas Tree Product No Fodder Product No Fuelwood Product High Lumber Product Yes Naval Store Product No Nursery Stock Product Yes Palatable Browse Animal Medium Palatable Graze Animal Low Palatable Human No Post Product No Protein Potential Pulpwood Product No Veneer Product Yes