Arbutus menziesii Pursh
Annotated by Steven R. Hill, Dec 2000.

Oregon: Josephine County: ca. 7 mi due WNW of Selma along logging road (NFD 087), 0.6 mio SE of Store Gulch campsite, S side Illinois River. Siskiyou National Forest. Klamath Mountains (Siskiyou Mtns.) Ecoregion. Elev. 1500 ft.
42° 17' N, 123° 48' W; T38S R9W
Coordinate Source: Specimen Label.
Rather shallow soil over and among serpentine outcrops and gravel. Steep bluffs above river. Dry, mostly evergreen forest with Pinus, Pseudotsuga, Calocedrus, Umbellularia, Arctostaphylos, Ceanothus, Garrya, Quercus, Lithocarpus, Toxicodendron. Common tree ca. 10 m tall, bark smooth, cinnamon-color, peeling in patches on older trunks, twigs pale green. Fruits green, immature, in pendulous clusters; inflorescence buds forming; leaves leathery, glossy dark green above, pale beneath.

Steven R. Hill 33023, Aug 13, 2000
With B. E. Dutton
SRP, Accession: 58179