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Plant Database
a cluster of reddish brown samaras.
Tree of Heaven
Ailanthus altissima
A full white alder tree in a neighborhood. Tree is probably 20-30' tall with a full yet narrow canopy.
White Alder
Alnus rhombifolia
Tall spire of smaller purple flowers with yellow and white stamen
Indigo Bush
Amorpha fruticosa
a patch of mugwort with thin leaved green foliage along upright non-woody stems
Douglas’ Sagewort
Artemisia douglasiana
loosely arranged compound leaves of lady fern with deeply dissected leaflets
Lady Fern
Athyrium filix-femina
water birch leaf - serrate edge
Water Birch
Betula occidentalis
Cluster of small white and pink flowers
Flowering Rush
Butomus umbellatus
a spike of star shaped purple camas flowers
Great Camas
Camassia leichtlinii ssp suksdorfii
Meadow Knapweed Centaurea pratensis Purple flowers on long stems
Meadow Knapweed
Centaurea pratensis (aka Centaurea jacea x nigra, Centaurea debeauxii ssp. thuillieri)
Crataegus suksdorfii, a triploid form, Castlegar BC, Canada
Suksdorf’s Hawthorn
Crataegus x suksdorfii
Close up of small yellow flowers
Scotch Broom
Cytisus scoparius
a thin stalked larskspur with dissected foliage and multiple blue flowers
Columbia Larkspur
Delphinium trollifollium
Oblong tapered leaf with serated edges
Cutleaf Teasel
Dipsacus laciniatus
spikerush plants - stems and inflorescences
Creeping Spikerush
Eleocharis palustris
an orangey red trumpet shaped flower with petals curving back
Scarlet Monkeyflower
Erythranthe cardinalis
Nodding yellow lilies with broad grass-like basal foliage, similar to fawn lily.
Glacier-Lily
Erythronium grandiflorum
Japanese Knotweed Fallopia japonica Large green bushy shrub with tall stalks of opposite heart shaped leaves
Knotweeds
Fallopia/Polygonum spp.
Side view of typical carrot family flower umbels with yellow flowers.
Fennel
Foeniculum vulgare
Oregon Ash Fraxinus latifolia Large ogblong smooth leaves
Oregon Ash
Fraxinus latifolia
a palmate leaf with toothed edge
Largeleaf Avens
Geum macrophyllum
an oceansprayshrub in bloom
Oceanspray
Holodiscus discolor
a patch of meadow barley with reddish brown inflorescences
Meadow Barley
Hordeum brachyantherum
Policeman’s Helmet Impatiens glandulifera Several purple and white flowers on small stems
Policeman’s Helmet
Impatiens glandulifera
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