Pacific Madrone

Arbutus menziesii Pursh - Heath family

Size

Mature Height: Up to around 80.0 feet

Plant Type: Tree

Features

Flower Color: White

Conspicuous Flowers: Yes

Bloom Time: Early Spring, Mid Spring

Conditions

Shade Tolerance: Intermediate

Ecosystem Interactions

Pollinators: Native Bees; Bombus; Beetles, Wasps, Flies; Larval Host (Butterfly); Larval Host (Moth); Hummingbirds

Larval Species depending on Pacific Madrone: Abagrotis apposita, Abagrotis trigona, Amorbia cuneanum, Antheraea polyphemus polyphemus, Argyrotaenia citrana, Aseptis binotata, Aseptis ethnica, Callophrys augustinus, Callophrys augustinus iroides, Citheronia splendens sinaloensis, Coptodisca arbutiella, Dysstroma citrata, Egira candida, Egira crucialis, Epinotia emarginana, Epinotia solandriana, Epinotia solicitana, Epinotia terracoctana, Eupithecia graefii, Eupithecia graefii graefii, Eupithecia graefii vanxouverata, Eupithecia maestosa, Eupithecia sabulosata, Eupithecia subapicata, Eupsilia tristigmata, Gelechia panella, Hesperumia sulphuraria, Hyalophora euryalus, Hydriomena manzanita, Hyphantria cunae, Iridopsis emasculata, Iridopsis larvaria, Lophocampa argentata, Lophocampa maculata, Malacosoma californica california, Malacosoma californicum, Marmara arbuteilla, Nemoria darwiniata, Neoalcis californiaria, Orthosia pacifica, Orthosia transparens, Pero mizon, Pero morrisonaria, Phyllonorycter arbustusella, Pseudochelaria arbutina, Saturnia mendocino, Saturnia walterorum, Schizura ipomoeae, Spiramater lutra, Synaxis cervinaria, Xestia mustelina

Native Range

  • CAN:  British Columbia
  • USA:  California, Oregon, Washington
  • MEX:  Mexico Northwest
Regional Native Status: L48 (N), CAN (N)

State-level native status is based on data available through Plants of the World Online. Regional Native Status comes from the USDA Plants Database. For more detailed native status information, please refer to BONAP.