Cluster of red berries on a Madrone tree in Guadalupe Mountains National Park in Texas. Arbutus texana is found on rocky slopes or or canyon walls.

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Cluster of red berries on a Madrone tree in Guadalupe Mountains National Park in Texas. Arbutus texana is found on rocky slopes or or canyon walls in the desert mountains of south eastern New Mexico and west Texas between 4500' and 6500'. This rain forest relict has alternate, oval, evergreen leaves up to 3 inches long. The urn-shaped flowers are white or pink and in clusters at the end of the branches. The tree, which grows to 30 feet tall, has a gnarled trunk. The reddish bark peels with age, revealing younger white or pink bark. The local name "manzanita" refers to the bright red fruit that looks like "little apples."

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Location: Salt Flat, TX, USA
Photo credit: © Sandra Foyt / Alamy / Afripics
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