An Arizona madrone tree along the Bug Spring Trail in the Catalinas, from the book "Mountain Trees of Southern Arizona" by Tucsonan Frank Rose. The tree can live for 200 to 250 years. FRANK ROSE ...

Sure, our local trees aren’t as knock-down impressive as the southern live oak, but their potential and promise is the same: Each pinecone and acorn has a chance to grow its own way into another ...