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Leighs-Gallery > The naturally pealing bark of an Arbutus Menziesii Tree

Geographic Origin for arbutus:
British Columbia, California, Oregon and Washington

"In British Columbia, we commonly call these broadleaf, evergreen trees Arbutus. In Washington and Oregon, we call them madrona, and in California–madrone (from the Spanish word for strawberry tree–madrono).

The leathery leaves are ovate and dark, shiny green above; paler green below. The fragrant flowers are a magnet for hummingbirds which can sometimes swarm a heavily flowering tree. Other birds love the bright red-orange berries that often last till Christmas.

It is the incredible bark that makes this tree such a prize. In the early spring it looks like pale green human skin which slowly turns flesh hues and then tan. In the summer it becomes flushed with bright orange and red tones, turning a rich mahogany in autumn. Then it begins to crack and peel in fantastic shapes through the winter, revealing new skin in the spring."

This information and more are available at this site: http://www.rainyside.com/features/plant_gallery/nativeplants/Arb...

Leighs-Gallery > Fly-Fisherman's Delight on a Mid-winter's Day~~

This guy patiently, and repeatedly, cast his thin fly-fishing line expertly to various portions of this river. Ducks, eagles and seagulls flew, waddled or paddled around him on this fresh December morning.

This is just one of hundreds of tributaries of the Fraser River in BC Canada, and is the largest salmon producing river in the world.
Over 80 fish species live, spawn, feed and rest in the river.
Approximately 800 million juvenile salmon migrate along the river every year.

(The young eagle was taken in the cottonwood trees above me here:
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Leighs-Gallery > Life Cylcles -- End of the line?

A frosty winter morning along a tributary of the Frazer River, BC, Canada: various Pacific salmon species leave their final signs of life strewn about.

They have also left behind the ingredients for life to continue. Not only in the form of eggs deposited and fertilized, but as a food source for scavengers with four legs or wings.

Their decomposing bodies also provide a rich nutrient compound back into the soil and river.

Leighs-Gallery > In mid-winter, a juvenile bald eagle warms up in the early morning sun: perched above a partially frozen river whose banks are littered with the bones of salmon carcasses picked clean after spawning.

December, Stave Lake, British Columbia, Canada

Leighs-Gallery > ~ Turn my Head Like This Leigh? ~

Leighs-Gallery > The naturally pealing bark of an Arbutus Menziesii Tree

Geographic Origin for arbutus:
British Columbia, California, Oregon and Washington

"In British Columbia, we commonly call these broadleaf, evergreen trees Arbutus. In Washington and Oregon, we call them madrona, and in California–madrone (from the Spanish word for strawberry tree–madrono).

The leathery leaves are ovate and dark, shiny green above; paler green below. The fragrant flowers are a magnet for hummingbirds which can sometimes swarm a heavily flowering tree. Other birds love the bright red-orange berries that often last till Christmas.

It is the incredible bark that makes this tree such a prize. In the early spring it looks like pale green human skin which slowly turns flesh hues and then tan. In the summer it becomes flushed with bright orange and red tones, turning a rich mahogany in autumn. Then it begins to crack and peel in fantastic shapes through the winter, revealing new skin in the spring."

This information and more are available at this site: http://www.rainyside.com/features/plant_gallery/nativeplants/Arb...

Leighs-Gallery > The naturally pealing bark of an Arbutus Menziesii Tree

Geographic Origin for arbutus:
British Columbia, California, Oregon and Washington

"In British Columbia, we commonly call these broadleaf, evergreen trees Arbutus. In Washington and Oregon, we call them madrona, and in Californiamadrone (from the Spanish word for strawberry treemadrono).

The leathery leaves are ovate and dark, shiny green above; paler green below. The fragrant flowers are a magnet for hummingbirds which can sometimes swarm a heavily flowering tree. Other birds love the bright red-orange berries that often last till Christmas.

It is the incredible bark that makes this tree such a prize. In the early spring it looks like pale green human skin which slowly turns flesh hues and then tan. In the summer it becomes flushed with bright orange and red tones, turning a rich mahogany in autumn. Then it begins to crack and peel in fantastic shapes through the winter, revealing new skin in the spring."

This information and more are available at this site: www.rainyside.com/features/plant_gallery/nativeplants/Arb...

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