Pacific Madrone berries are small, red, and round fruits from the Madrone tree, native to the Pacific coast of North America. While they can be eaten raw in small amounts, their high tannin content makes them astringent, so they are often cooked into jams, jellies, cider, or dried for later use. The berries are also a vital food source for various wildlife, including birds and mammals. Madrone berries ripen in autumn and last until December. Pacific madrone berries do not come from a male or female plant, but rather from a single hermaphroditic tree that has both male and female reproductive organs in its flowers. Each tree produces its own fruit.
Silver Birch
Betula pendula, commonly known as silver birch, warty birch, European white birch, or East Asian white birch, is a species of tree in the family Betulaceae, native to Europe and parts of Asia, though in southern Europe, it is only found at higher altitudes. Its range extends into Siberia, China, and southwest Asia in the mountains of northern Turkey, the Caucasus, and northern Iran. It has been introduced into North America, where it is known as the European white birch or weeping birch and is considered invasive in some states in the United States and parts of Canada.
The silver birch is a medium-sized deciduous tree that owes its common name to the white peeling bark on the trunk. The twigs are slender and often pendulous and the leaves are roughly triangular with doubly serrate margins and turn yellow and brown in autumn before they fall.
Betula pendula, commonly known as silver birch, warty birch, European white birch, or East Asian white birch, is a species of tree in the family Betulaceae, native to Europe and parts of Asia, though in southern Europe, it is only found at higher altitudes. Its range extends into Siberia, China, and southwest Asia in the mountains of northern Turkey, the Caucasus, and northern Iran. It has been introduced into North America, where it is known as the European white birch or weeping birch and is considered invasive in some states in the United States and parts of Canada.
The silver birch is a medium-sized deciduous tree that owes its common name to the white peeling bark on the trunk. The twigs are slender and often pendulous and the leaves are roughly triangular with doubly serrate margins and turn yellow and brown in autumn before they fall.
In McAllister on Kerrisdale Loop
Sorrell Tree
Oxydendrum arboreum
Sourwood ( Oxydendrum arboreum), also known as the sorrel tree, is a small, ornamental deciduous tree native to the eastern United States, prized for its fragrant white flowers in summer, vibrant red-to-purple fall foliage, and unique sour-tasting leaves. It is a slow-growing tree that thrives in moist, well-drained, acidic soil and full sun to part shade, producing a highly sought-after honey from its nectar-rich blossoms.
Empress Tree
The Empress tree, also known as the princess tree or royal paulownia (Paulownia tomentosa), is a fast-growing, deciduous tree native to China and Korea, prized for its large, heart-shaped leaves and spectacular spring bloom of fragrant, violet-white, trumpet-shaped flowers. While a beautiful ornamental tree, it is considered an invasive species in many parts of the eastern U.S. due to its vigorous growth, which can damage foundations and choke out native plants.
Empress trees (Paulownia tomentosa) have very little to no significant fall color, with their large, heart-shaped leaves turning a dull greenish-yellow before becoming brown and dropping quickly after the first frost, rather than displaying a vibrant autumn display. While the tree produces brown, woody seed capsules in the fall, the main event is its spectacular spring bloom of lavender-blue, trumpet-shaped flowers
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