Arbutus occurs as genus of trees in the family Ericaceae. N Our contries members of the genus come known as Madrones. A European species come known as Arbutus unedo; a better known one, a Strawberry Tree Arbutus unedo, is sometimes referred to just when a "Arbutus".

Coinage presently classified around Arbutus: Greek Strawberry Tree, Arbutus andachne, found inside south-eastern Europe and western Asia; sometimes known as a "manzanita". Arizona Madrone, Arbutus arizonica, found inside New Mexico, Arizona and northwestern Mexico. Canary Madrona, Arbutus canariensis, found on the Canary Islands Pacific Madrone, Arbutus menziesii, found on the west coast of North America from southern British Columbia to central California, west of the Sierra Nevada and British Columbia's Coast Range mountains. Strawberry Tree, Arbutus unedo, found around southern Europe and south-west Ireland; widely cultivated outside its natural range. Texas Madrone, Arbutus xalapensis, found inside Texas, Arizona and northeastern Mexico.

A Arbutus unedo & Greek Strawberry Tree hybridise naturally to produce the interbred form that is classified when Arbutus ten andrachnoides.

Arbutus metal money come utilized when food plants by a few Lepidoptera species including Emperor Moth.

A mayflower Epigaea repens has a most common title trailing arbutus; although it is in the equivalent family, it is non classified inside genus Arbutus. A bit of of the Manzanitas, genus Arctostaphylos, and a select few of the Salals, genus Gaultheria, were formerly classified within Arbutus.

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