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Greek strawberry tree

Arbutus x thuretiana, also known as Greek strawberry tree, is renowned for its perfectly smooth, reddish-brown bark, exfoliating in the spring to show a new, surprisingly pistachio-green bark, which gradually darkens and turns reddish again.

 

Samothrace has a unique flora, part of it being these smooth red trees and green ferns. Some of them also feature a black transition, but I am not sure why.

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Uploaded on April 26, 2024
Taken on May 5, 2023