ESRM 210 Plant ID Description

Vaccinium parvifolium

• - smooth, alternative leaves

• - oval leaves

• bright green branches

• teardrop leaves

Cytisus scorparius

• bright yellow flowers

• alternative deciduous leaflets (3)

Pseudotsuga menziesii

• lancolite buds

• cone has 3 bracts

• deep crevices in bark

Picea sitchensis

• cruciform buds/branches

• spikey (evil) leaves

• thin leaves

• pokiest spruce

Populus trichocarpa

• oval, deciduous leaves

• heart shaped leaves

• dark grey, deeply furrowed bark

Pinus monticola

• fascicles of 5

• direct attachment

Alnus rubra

• coarse seriated leaves

• smooth on top, hairy below

• look like they’ve been crimped

Rubus spectabilis

• 3 leaflets, 1 single, 2 double (looks like a butterfly)

• sharp toothed, dark green leaves

Lupinus

• 6-8 leaflets, spark tips

• pale center

• long flower stalks along leaves

Populus tremuloides

• rounded leaves to a point (inefficient circle)

• slight serrations

Mahonia nervosa

• 17-19 leaves

• opposite attachment

• serrated

• less pokey

• “it was so nervous it grew too many leaves to hide behind”

Larix occidentalis

• needle-like leaves

• large attachment of leaves per bunch (~25)

  • -not a fascicle

• cones are very pointed

Rubus parviflorus

• very soft

• maple-shaped, 3-7 leaves

• fuzzy on both sides of leaf

• white flowers

Hedera helix

• 5 leaf lobes

• smooth green stalk

Cornus nutallii

• flowers inside petals

• 5 white petals

Tsuga heterophylla

• non uniform leaf length (shade intolerant)

• needles in every direction

• tiny cones

Polystichum munitum

leaves:

• simple

• serrated

• alternative

• dot stemata, even pattern

• base has thumb sticking out

Holodiscus discolor

• tiny bunched leaves

• simple leaves

• retains dead flowers

Abies amabilis

• 2 stomata lines

• very few leaves along bottom of branch

Quercus garryana

• long, rounded leaves

• light grey, thick ridged and furrowed bark

Gaultheria shallon

• simple leaves

• very small serrations

• red stem on top, green on bottom

• stiff leaves

Abies lasiocarpa

• smells like cleaner

• cruciform buds

• variable leaf size

• 4 stomatal bands, 2 on top, 2 on bottom

Pinus contorta

• fasicles of 2, shorter than ponderosa

• long needles

• contorted cones, sealed with resin

Oplopanax horridus

• maple-shaped leaves

  • 7-9 sharply pointed, serrrated

• spines along whole plant

Arbutus menziesii

• oval alternative leaves

• leathery, smooth leaves

• peeling bark

Tsuga mertensiana

• equal length leaves

• starburst tip

• bottlebrush

• smaller than tsuga heterophylla

Acer circinatum

• maple leaves, 7-9 lobes

• hairy on lower leaf, along veins

• smaller than most maples

Mahonia aquifolium

• 7-9 leaves

• opposite attachment

• serrated leaves

• more pointed leaves

Oemleria cerasiformis

• ovular deciduous leaves

• leaves bunch together greater than or equal to 5

• brown stalk

Symphoricarpos albus

• thin simple leaves

• white berries

Pinus ponderosa

• fascicles of 3, long needles

• deep creveses in bark, puzzle piece shape

• vanilla scent

Rubus armeniancus

-thick green stalk

aggressive prickles

Acer macrophyllum

• canadian flag

• 5 lobes, big leaf

Ribes sanguineum

• 5 lobes per leaf

• serrated

• pink bellflowers

Thuja plicata

• scaley leaves

• fragrant

• peely stripey bark

• cones sit upright (rosebud shape)

Picea engelmannii

• cruciform buds and branches

• spikey (evil) leaves

• leaves point in direction of growth

• leaves on top

Salix

• flexible wood/branches

• narrow, lance-shaped leaves

• hairy underside of leaf

Abies grandis

• grandpa hair

• no leaves top or bottom, only off to each side (bald spot)

• greyish bark, smooth

Polypodium glycyrrhiza

• small

• slightly thicker leaflets

Abies procera

• bottlebrush needles

• round thick, conical cones