Forbush Flats
updated: Feb 17, 2013, 1:45 PM

By Edhat Subscriber

A subscriber hiked down to Forbush Flats Saturday morning and saw this tree. Can anyone identify if for me?

Send this picture as a postcard

# # # #

Comments in order of when they were received | (reverse order)

PAMSB	2013-02-17 01:51 PM
Arbutus menziesii (Pacific madrona, or madrone) is a species of tree in the family Ericaceae, native to the western coastal areas of North America, from British Columbia to California.
COMMENT 375467P	2013-02-17 02:10 PM
100% for PAMSB
COMMENT 375507	2013-02-17 05:47 PM
When my kids were little they called the "Mybutus"
COMMENT 375521	2013-02-17 06:50 PM
Thanks!! Knew I could count on edhatters!!
LIMES	2013-02-17 07:54 PM
Gotta share this with you. I travelled to Scotland sev yrs ago and came upon the Menzies Castle. Yes! The family castle of Archibald Menzies, whom Arbutus menziesii is named after. Lo and behold, the largest madrone I have ever seen was growing within the walled castle garden!
COMMENT 375542P	2013-02-17 08:39 PM
LIMES: Cool.
COMMENT 375557P	2013-02-17 10:28 PM
Thanks for sharing, LIMES.
FLICKA	2013-02-18 07:43 AM
There were fruit trees (pear and apple, I think) down there, in the 1950s and 60s. We rode our horses through on the way to P-Bar or Mono, it was our rest stop. Haven't been back, are the fruit trees still there?
SEEDLADY	2013-02-18 09:40 AM
Ubiquitous to the Coast Range. Huge specimen at the top of 46 West just before it drops down towards 1. A catherdral of a tree, worth the hike to get to.
COMMENT 375734	2013-02-18 12:20 PM
The fruit trees, at least the apples, are still there but I've never seen fruit on them.

70% of comments on this page were made by Edhat Community Members.