An evergreen broadleaf tree, with distinctive very-smooth red or cinnamon bark, which may peel away in thin sheets revealing green cambium underneath.
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Part of heath / heather / cranberry / blueberry / rhododendron family Ericaceae.
Native to the 🇨🇦 🇺🇸 Canada and USA Pacific Coast, from British Columbia through California. 🗺 Map by county (🇺🇸 USA-48) (color key), 🗺 map (North America, Central America).
Uses by native peoples(Ethnobotany database)
Arbutus hosts caterpillars of 27 speciesof butterflies and moths, in some areas.
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🏠︎ bark (on the trunk) 🌳︎ 🍁︎🍂︎ 📅︎ broadleaves, a month or more after most other deciduous plants 🍃︎ dropped their leaves, dormant season