Download Red Alder

Trees
1. Acer circinatum – Vine maple
2. Alnus rubra – Red Alder
3. Picea sitchensis – Sitka spruce
4. Pinus contorta var. contorta – Shore Pine
5. Salix hookeriana - Hooker’s Willow
6. Thuja plicata – Western Red Cedar
Acer circinatum – Vine maple
 Deciduous
 Often with multiple
stems
 Leaves
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
2-4 inches
Turn gold or bright red
 Helicopter seeds
 Grows to 25 feet tall
Alnus rubra – Red Alder
 Deciduous
 Often with multiple stems
 Leaves
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3-6 inches long
Shiny green
Turn gold or bright red
 Male and female flowers
 Small brown conewes
 Grows to 30-120 feet tall
Picea sitchensis – Sitka spruce
 Conifer
 100-210 feet tall
 Gray scaly bark
 Stiff four-sided needles
 Papery cones
Pinus contorta var. contorta – Shore Pine
 Two-needled pine

1-3 inches
 15-50 feet tall
 Crooked trunk in
windblown areas
 Egg-shaped cones

1-2 inches long
Salix hookeriana - Hooker’s Willow
 Large shrub to small
tree
 10-20 ft tall
 Leaves
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Decidous
Widest near middle
Velvety hairs on
underside
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Thuja plicata – Western Red Cedar
 Evergreen conifer
 Can grow over 200 feet
tall
 Thin bark
 Flattened needles
(scales)

Form flattened sprays
 Small cones at end of
branches
http://www.pnwplants.wsu.edu
Shrubs
1.
Amelachier alnifola – Serviceberry
2.
Arctostaphylos uva-ursi – Kinnikinnick
3.
Gaultheria shallon – Salal
4.
Malus fusca - Pacific Crabapple
5.
Myrica californica - Pacific Wax Myrtle
6.
Rosa nutkaensis - Nootka rose
7.
Rhododendron macrophyllum - Pacific Rhododendron
8.
Rubus parviflorus – Thimbleberry
9.
Rubus spectabilis – Salmonberry
10.
Sambucus racemosa - Red Elderberry
Amelachier alnifola – Serviceberry
 Deciduous
 Multi-stemmed
 10-12 ft tall
 Leaves
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
Smooth lower half
Toothed on outer half
 White flowers in clusters
 ½ in fruit

Initially dull red
Arctostaphylos uva-ursi – Kinnikinnick
 Trailing groundcover
 Small evergreen leaves
 Alternate
 About 1 in long
• Small (1/4 in) pinkishwhite bell-like flowers
• Small bright red berries
Gaultheria shallon – Salal
 Thicket forming
 Broadleaf evergreen
 3-7 ft tall
 Leaves


Leathery
2-4 in long, 1-2 in wide
 Small pinkish-white
flowers
 Dark-purple berries
Malus fusca - Pacific Crabapple
 Deciduous
 Up to 40 feet tall
 Sharp thorns on limbs

Sometimes
• Leaves
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
Alternate
1-4 inches
Ovate, oval or elliptical
• Crabapples fruit
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Myrica californica - Pacific Wax Myrtle
 Evergreen shrub
 Leaves
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
4 in long
Narrow lanceolate
shape
Edges toothes
 Grows up to 30 ft tall
and 20 ft wide
 Small (1/4 in)darl purple
berry
Rhododendron macrophyllum - Pacific Rhododendron
 Broadleaf evergreen shrub
 3-15 ft tall
 Thick and leathery leaves, 3-8
inches long
 Pale pink to deep rose flowers
Rosa nutkaensis - Nootka rose
 2-8 ft high
 Large prickles at the base of
each leaf
 Large (3 in across)pink blooms
 Red rose hips
Rubus parviflorus – Thimbleberry
 Very large leaves (10 in
across)

Palmately-lobed and medium
green in color (but pale
beneath).
 2-10 ft tall
 Cane-like stems
 White flowers (1 ½ in across)
 Red berries
Rubus spectabilis – Salmonberry
 3 leaflets 1-3 in long
 doubly serrated margins
 3-10 ft tall
 Golden brown bark
 Flowers give rise to yellow to
red (often salmon colored) fruit
Sambucus racemosa - Red Elderberry
 Each leaf is 6”-12” long with 5
to 7 lanceolate leaflets
 Foliage is dark green and
smooth above and paler below
 Leaves turn red in the fall
 Large white flower clusters
and
 Red berry clusters
Perennial Wildflowers, Ferns, & Grasses
1.
Aster subspicataus - Douglas’s Aster
2.
Bromus pacificus - Pacific Brome
3.
Callitriche heterophylla var. bolanderi - Different-leaf Water Starwort
4.
Fragaria chiloensis - Beach Strawberry
5.
Heracleum lanatum - Cow Parsnip
6.
Iris douglasiana - Douglas Iris
7.
Mimulus guttatus var. guttatus - Coast Monkeyflower
8.
Polystichum munitum - Western Sword Fern
9.
Potentilla egedii – Silverweed
Aster subspicataus - Douglas’s Aster
 Rhizomatous perennial
wildflower
 Erect, usually unbranched
stems to 130 cm
 lower leaves are oblanceolate,
tapering to a winged petiole.
 The leaves of mid-stem are
lance-shaped and range from
7-13 cm long and 1-2 cm wide.
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ature/gorge/sun/daisy/aster/aster
subspicatus.htm
Fragaria chiloensis - Beach Strawberry
 Leaves
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Leathery & glossy
Tri-foliate & nearly round
Toothed edge
 Dense groundcover
 Flowers


White
fairly large (up to 1”
across
 Flavorful fruit
Iris douglasiana - Douglas Iris
 Attractive blue flowers
 Narrow leaves

15 in tall
 Prefers moist to wet sites
 Native of coastal areas
between Santa Barbara,
California and central Oregon
 Mistakenly planted instead of
Iris tenax – Oregon Iris
Polystichum munitum - Western Sword Fern
 Evergreen
 Fronds arch from central
clump
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
2-5 ft long
Lance shaped
Sharp toothed leaflets
• Fiddleheads in spring
Emergents
 Non-woody plants that need to be in standing water at least part of the
year
1.
Carex obnupta - Slough Sedge
2.
Juncus effusus - Soft Rush
3.
Sagittaria latifolia – Wapato
Carex obnupta - Slough Sedge
 100 different sedges grow in
western Washington
 Grass-like leaf blades
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
Solid tri-angular stems
In sets of three
Parallel veins
• Flowers


Several dense clusters
At end of long stems
Juncus effusus - Soft Rush
 20 different sedges grow in
western Washington
 Grass-like
 Stems


Cylindrical or flattened
Solid
• Leaves
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
Sometimes absent or
Bladeless sheaths around
stem
Sagittaria latifolia – Wapato
 Leaves
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Variable
Often arrowheadshaped at maturity
• Up to 3 ft above water
from
• Flowers
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
4 white petals
Yellow center
Whorls of 2-8 (usually 3)