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Texas Madrone

Arbutus xalapensis

Description:

These flowers look like white lanterns. From a tree named Madroño in Spanish. I always find it in oak and pine forest.

Habitat:

I always find it in oak and pine forest.

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Texas Madrone
Arbutus xalapensis Arbutus xalapensis


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3 Comments

LuisStevens
LuisStevens 11 years ago

Thank you Despina Tsafetopoulou for the ID and the link. I always find this tree in my hiking trips, I knew the common name but nothing else.
Thank you LeanneGardner for the comment.

DespinaTsafetopoulou
DespinaTsafetopoulou 11 years ago

And the european species fruit (arbutus unedo), is really nice...I guess the mexican species is equally sweet :)

LeanneGardner
LeanneGardner 11 years ago

I was just about to write....These look like little lanterns. :) Lovely little flowers.

LuisStevens
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LuisStevens

San Luis Potosí, San Luis Potosí, Mexico

Spotted on Feb 19, 2012
Submitted on Dec 15, 2012

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