{"id":2235,"date":"2017-03-27T04:00:27","date_gmt":"2017-03-27T08:00:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.woodturningpens.com\/?p=2235"},"modified":"2017-02-01T18:06:44","modified_gmt":"2017-02-01T23:06:44","slug":"madrone-burl","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.woodturningpens.com\/madrone-burl\/","title":{"rendered":"Madrone Burl"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
For those of a more scientific nature, the tree most commonly known as Madrone is properly classified as Arbutus menziesii<\/em>. A. menziesii<\/em> has a very limited geographic distribution, being primarily restricted to the coastal areas of North America from an extreme northern locale of southwestern British Columbia, where it is restricted to water-shedding sites on southeastern Vancouver Island, the Gulf Islands, and adjacent coastal mainland, southward through Washington, Oregon, and California in the coastal mountains and west slopes of the Sierra Nevada. The southern limit of Pacific madrone is on Mount Palomar in San Diego County, California.<\/p>\n While A. menziesii<\/em> can be found inland, these populations are very isolated and limited with the major populations found strictly along the coastline, and primarily those coasts north of San Francisco Bay. The populations south and east of this primary area are extremely fragmented and small.<\/p>\n A. menziesii<\/em> requires fire to propagate. The mature trees produce many seeds but the seedlings compete for sunlight and nutrients with conifers. When conifers are removed or reduced through naturally occurring fires, the A. menziesii<\/em> seeds sprout and can grow quickly, but native populations have been greatly reduced by human controls on natural fires in the native areas which are also popular for homebuilding, which is contrary to natural wild fire patterns being allowed to occur.<\/p>\n