Arbutus unedo L.
(Strawberry-tree)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesArbutus unedo (Strawberry-tree)
GenusArbutus (strawberry trees)
FamilyERICACEAE (heaths, heathers, rhododendrons, azaleas & wintergeeens)
OrderERICALES (heaths, heathers, azaleas, primroses, loosestrifes and balsams)
SubclassEU-DICOTS (dicotyledonous flowering plants)
ClassMAGNOLIOPSIDA (flowering plants)
PhylumTRACHEOPHYTA (vascular plants)
KingdomPLANTAE (plants)
DomainEukaryota (eukaryotes)
LifeBIOTA (living things)
Records of Arbutus unedo (Strawberry-tree) :
1: Arbutus unedo (Strawberry-tree)
23 Oct 2015 OSGR: SZ19 50° 50’ N, 1° 50’ W Vice County: South Hants (VC 11) England
in flower and ripe fruit
Image 1: BarkImage 2: CanopyImage 3: Canopy (2)Image 4: Fruit - ripe - on treeImage 5: Fruit - ripe - TS - white backgroundImage 6: Fruit - ripe - white backgroundImage 7: Leaves and ripe fruit - white backgroundImage 8: Tree - enveloping small pine trunkImage 9: TrunkImage 10: Trunk - base
2: Arbutus unedo (Strawberry-tree)
14 Oct 2015 OSGR: SZ19 50° 50’ N, 1° 50’ W Vice County: South Hants (VC 11) England
in flower and ripening fruit
Image 1: Branches with flowers and fruitImage 2: Branches with flowers and fruit (2)Image 3: Flowers and foliageImage 4: Flowers and foliage - against skyImage 5: Flowers - close-up - white backgroundImage 6: Foliage and fruitsImage 7: Foliage, flowers and fruitsImage 8: Foliage, flowers and fruits (2)Image 9: Foliage, flowers and fruits - against the skyImage 10: Foliage, flowers and fruits - against the sky (2)Image 11: Fruit - ripening - close-up - white backgroundImage 12: Fruit - ripening - close-up - white background (2)Image 13: Fruit - ripening - LS - white backgroundImage 14: Fruit - ripening - white backgroundImage 15: Fruits and foliageImage 16: Fruits and foliage (2)Image 17: Fruits and foliage (3)Image 18: Fruits - white backgroundImage 19: Inflorescence - white backgroundImage 20: Inflorescence - white background (2)Image 21: Leaf - normal shoot - top surface - white backgroundImage 22: Leaf - normal shoot - under surface - white backgroundImage 23: Leaf - sucker shoot - top surface - white backgroundImage 24: Leaf - sucker shoot - under surface - white backgroundImage 25: Leaves - normal shoot - white backgroundImage 26: Leaves - sucker shoot - white backgroundImage 27: Sucker shootsImage 28: Sucker shoots (2)Image 29: TreeImage 30: Tree (2)Image 31: Tree (3)Image 32: Leaf - normal shoot - top surface - leaf base - enlarged - white backgroundImage 33: Leaf - normal shoot - top surface - leaf base - enlarged - white background (2)Image 34: Leaf - normal shoot - top surface - leaf tip - enlarged - white backgroundImage 35: Leaf - normal shoot - top surface - teeth - enlarged - white backgroundImage 36: Leaf - normal shoot - top surface - teeth - enlarged - white background (2)Image 37: Leaf - normal shoot - under surface - leaf base - enlarged - white backgroundImage 38: Leaf - normal shoot - under surface - leaf base - enlarged - white background (2)Image 39: Leaf - normal shoot - under surface - teeth - enlarged - white backgroundImage 40: Leaf - sucker shoot - top surface - leaf base - enlarged - white backgroundImage 41: Leaf - sucker shoot - top surface - leaf tip - enlarged - white backgroundImage 42: Leaf - sucker shoot - top surface - leaf tip - enlarged - white background (2)Image 43: Leaf - sucker shoot - top surface - teeth - enlarged - white backgroundImage 44: Leaf - sucker shoot - under surface - leaf base - enlarged - white backgroundImage 45: Leaf - sucker shoot - under surface - leaf base - enlarged - white background (2)Image 46: Leaf - sucker shoot - under surface - leaf base - enlarged - white background (3)Image 47: Leaf - sucker shoot - under surface - leaf base - enlarged - white background (4)Image 48: Leaf - sucker shoot - under surface - teeth - enlarged - white backgroundImage 49: Leaf - sucker shoot - under surface - teeth - enlarged - white background (2)

Identification Works

AuthorYearTitleSource
Fitzgerald, R. & Wyse Jackson, M. 2005 Telling the wood from the trees in Killarney British Wildlife Vol 17, No 2: 83-92.

Arbutus unedo (Strawberry-tree) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Arbutus unedo (Strawberry-tree)
BioInfoBioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 10 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for Arbutus unedo (Strawberry-tree)
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