But one madrone towers above the rest — or did. A giant in Big Sur registered as the largest of its kind in the nation appears to be a casualty of the devastating Soberanes Fire. The tree ...

In California, madrone grows best at elevations between ... These rise from dormant buds on the burl, and initially grow rapidly after a fire. A massive, wide-spreading root system increases ...

Jackson County A: Madrone trees can live a long time, as they have a large woody tuber that can resprout after cutting or fire. However ... leaves before the new growth starts and by doing ...

There are shattered pieces of electrical equipment, and a grove of madrone blackened by fire ... Aerial imagery at 3:30 p.m., roughly five hours after the fire began, shows red flame retardant ...