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The madrone fascinates me – definitely not a tree I knew growing up in New York…
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One of my favourite trees! And only we have them.
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I agree Robin. I often stop when hiking and run my hand over the trunk of one. Here is a good article for anyone wondering what Robin means by “only we have them”. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pacific_Madrone
this is one I have never seen nor heard of! I like the bark, looks like peeling chocolate!
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Never heard of that tree.
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Hi Will,
I’m not exactly sure what I’m looking at here but according to your previous comments, they say it’s a tree. Hmm. Interesting.
I never seen this kind of tree this looks weird..Its very interesting,,Thank you for sharing.
That’s a new one for me. I’ve never heard of a Madrone tree before Will. An interesting photo of the bark
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