Sorry I never posted anything before, crazy few days. It was a [/hide]Pacific Madrone[hide].GinkgoBiolab wrote:a Pacific MadroneIf these answers aren't right, I'm curious to know the correct ones. (:Not sure if this is the answer...but the Northern trees usually produce much more seeds than their Southern counterparts in the range. Also, the Southern trees typically grow at a higher elevation vs. the Northern ones....this is because the madrone is usually less tolerant to cold and snowy weather, so it can only tolerate lower (warmer) elevations in the North rather than in the South, where it can grow at higher elevations.
I'm not particularly sure if my information regarding the difference between northern and southern specimens was accurate as it was since my information was from a single guide published in the 70s and didn't give a reason for the difference. My guide claimed that northern specimens tended to be more upright with straighter trunks and that southern specimens could be low and twisting in form. I don't know.
