During the Soberanes Fire in the summer of 2016 , the largest known specimen of madrone was burned and possibly killed . The tree , tall and more than in circumference , was listed on the American Forests National Big Tree list , a register of the biggest trees by species in the United States . The tree was located within the Joshua Creek Canyon Ecological Reserve on the Big Sur Coast of California . The fire was caused by an illegal campfire
Soberanes Fire
Soberanes Fire
Arbutus menziesii