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Is the bark thin and papery with a very distinctive red to red-brown color; the fruit covered with small bumps?
CLUE: native along the Pacific coast from California to British Columbia.
It is a Pacific madrone.
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Is the bark gray; the fruit smooth?
CLUE: native to southern Arizona and New Mexico.
It is an Arizona madrone.
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