Common Garden Study: Pacific Madrone

Range-wide genetic variability in Pacific madrone (Arbutus menziesii): examining disease resistance, growth and survival in a common garden study

Using material from the Washington State University Pacific madrone seed collection, common garden plantings consisting of 105 families collected from 7 ecoregions were planted in five locations in California, Oregon, and Washington in 2011, and two sites in western British Columbia in 2013.

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