RHH's photos with the keyword: texas madrone

Texas Madrone, Arbutus xalapensis, is in the heather family. It grows to about nine meters and is one of our favorite trees for its peeling bark, pink and green wood and beautiful flowers in the spring. It grows from Central America through the southwestern USA and is found in canyons, mountains to 3000 meters, rocky plains and oak woodlands. These examples were photographed along the Mckittrick Canyon trail in Guadalupe Mountains National Park.

Photographed along the Mckittrick Canyon trail in Guadalupe Mountains National Park, this photo shows all the wonderful colors and features of the Texas Madrone, a tree in the heather family.

Photographed along the McKittrick Canyon trail in the Guadalupe Mountains of west Texas, this is a Texas Madrone, a tree in the heather familty distinguished by its peeling bark, pink and green wood and wonderful white flowers in the spring.

We have Madrones on the Pacific coast but this is a different species. This was photographed in the Chisos Basin of Big Bend National Park