qaanlhp

Hul’q’umi’num’ Name: qaanlhp

Taxon Name: Arbutus menziesii

“Common” Name: Pacific madrone

Cultural Values:

food

medicinal

spiritual

material

indicator

Ecological Community: Anthropogenic, Forests, Woodlands and rock outcrops, Freshwater

Wikipedia summary:

Arbutus menziesii or Pacific madrone (commonly madrone or madrona in the United States and arbutus in Canada), is a species of broadleaf evergreen tree in the family Ericaceae, native to the western coastal areas of North America, from British Columbia to California. It is nicknamed the “Refrigerator Tree” due to the fact that its bark contains

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Observational Data:
First reported: 2010-05-22
Source: Hunterston
Last reported: 2023-05-27
Source: iNat
Obervation count: 16