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Texas Madrone
Arbutus xalapensis
Texas madrone is an evergreen tree of limestone canyons and rocky slopes, usually multi-trunked with stout, crooked branches and colorful, exfoliating bark that peels back to reveal smooth, polished red inner bark beneath. Clusters of small white urn-shaped flowers in early spring give way to red-orange berries that birds strip through summer and fall, and that people have also eaten fresh, dried or ground into flour. It grows on thin, well-drained, often alkaline rocky ground in full sun to light shade, tolerating drought once established but resisting transplant from the wild.
Record at a glance
Growing profile
- Sun
- Full Sun · Partial Sun
- USDA zone
- USDA 7–10
- Soil
- Sand · Loam · Clay
- Moisture
- Dry
Vertical layer
Sub-Canopy- Soil pH
- 7.5–7.8
- Plant type
- Evergreen Tree
- Mature height
- 20–30 ft
- Mature spread
- 42.7 ft
- Plant spacing
- 20–30 ft
- Root type
- Tap
- Spread pattern
- Seed
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