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> << The arbutus is Canada's only broadleaved evergreen and I think is called
> madrona as you get further south on the coast. I've always thought the
> rustling came from the bark which peels off in strips and hangs on the
> trunk, rustling like paper in the wind.
>
> Ranger Rick >>
>
> That's not how Joni described it when introducing the song at a concert I
> attended in 1973. She made it clear that the sound came from the arbutus
> leaves rustling in the wind.
>
> Paul I
Damn, another childhood illusion shattered!
Rick
