Arbutus mollis Kunth in H.B.K., tradicionalmente considerado como un sinónimo de A. xalapensis es el nombre más antiguo para las plantas conocidas occidentalis var. villosa McVaugh & Rosatti. La revisión los madroños porte arbustivo que han sido incluidos bajo Rosatti revela dos variedades descritas esa especie, posteriormente reducidas a sinonimia, difieren en varios caracteres morfológico...

JDSF was recently contacted by the UC Forest Products Labor­ atory (FPL) with a request for madrone and tanoak logs for exper­ imental testing. The only requirement was that the logs be a minimum of 18 inches in diameter at the small end. Chief Sales Officer Hank Land and Heavy Forestry Equipment Operator Mike Williams were equal to the task. They felled, bucked and loaded the logs onto Univers...

This paper reviews ecological interactions of birds with Pacific madrone (Arbutus menziesii). Results from a tree inventory in the Magnolia area during 1994–95 and a literature search are summarized. We surveyed 126 trees and found 2 Northern flicker (Colaptes auratus) cavity nests and 35 cup nests. American Crows (Corvus brachyrhynchos) occupied the cup nests. Madrone is a substrate for nestin...