This is a distinctive species of tree that is found from southwestern British Columbia south to Baja California. Daniel Mosquin at the UBC Botanical Gardens says: "It has a seasonal deciduous period – July and August – when all of the previous year’s leaves fall. It just so happens that the current year’s leaves remain on the tree at this time – so it is both evergreen and deciduous." Source: https://botanyphoto.botanicalgarden.ubc.ca/2006/09/arbutus-menziesii/

General:
Broadleaf tree, 6-30 m tall, often with many stems from the base and more shrublike; young bark chartreuse and smooth, aging to deep brownish-red and peeling off.

Leaves:
Alternate, evergreen, leathery, egg-shaped to elliptic, glabrous, entire on mature older growth, fine-toothed on young shoots, 5-15 cm long, dark shiny green above, whitish-green below.

Flowers:
In large drooping terminal clusters; corollas white or pinkish, urn-shaped, 6-8 mm long, fragrant.

Fruits:
Berries, globe-shaped, orange to red, about 1 cm across; surface finely granular.

Source:  The Illustrated Flora of British Columbia

If more than one illustration is available for a species (e.g., separate illustrations were provided for two subspecies) then links to the separate images will be provided below. Note that individual subspecies or varietal illustrations are not always available.

Illustration Source:  The Illustrated Flora of British Columbia

Flower Colour:
White

Blooming Period:
Mid Spring

Fruit/Seed characteristics:
Colour: Red
Present from Summer to Fall

Source:  The USDA