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WSM Plant Quiz
PNW Plants
29
Plant Sciences
Undergraduate 4
04/28/2014

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Term

Black Cottonwood

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Definition
  • Populus balsamifera ssp. trichocarpa=P. trichocarpa
  • FAC
  • Leaves: alternate, deciduous, leaf stalks round
  • Full of resin
Term

Quaking aspen

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Definition
  • Populus tremuloides
  • FAC+, FACU
  • smaller than black cottonwood
  • Flat leaf stalks
Term

Cascara

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Definition
  • Rhamnus purshiana = Frangula purshiana
  • Pursh's Buckthorn
  • FAC-
  • Perennial
  • Shrub/Tree
Term

Red osier/Red-stem dogwood

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Definition
  • Cornus sericea ssp. sericea = C. stolonifera
  • FACW
  • C. alba
  • Perennial
  • Shrub/Tree
Term

Salal

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Definition
  • Gaultheria shallon
  • FACU* = identifies a tentative assignment based on either limited info or conflicting reviews
  • Perennial
  • Shrub
Term

Bog Labrador Tea

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Definition
  • Ledum groenlandicum = Rhododendron groenlandicum
  • OBL, LEGR
  • Perennial
  • Shrub
Term

Black Twinberry

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Definition
  • Lonicera involucrata
  • FAC+*
  • Twin flowers that turn into two berries
  • Flowers: Yellow white
  • Berries: black, dark
  • Leaves: opposite
Term

Indian Plum

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Definition
  • Oemleria cerasiformis
  • FACU
  • Perennial
  • Shrub/Tree
Term

Red Flowering Currant

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Definition
  • Ribes sanguineum
  • NL, Upland
  • Perennial 
  • 5 lobed leaves
  • Pale Pink-Deep Red Flowers
  • Blue Black Berries
Term

Salmonberry

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Definition
  • Rubus spectabilis
  • FAC+
  • Perennial
  • scrub/shrub, vine
  • Pink flowers
  • Orange berries, sometimes red
  • Edible berries, first to ripen
Term

White/Golden Willow

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Definition
  • Salix alba
  • FACW
  • Tree or shrub
  • Perennial
  • Yellow catkins
  • Yellow twig
  • E. WA species
Term

Sitka Willow

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Definition
  • Salix sitchensis
  • FACW
  • tree or shrub
  • Perennial
  • brittle at base
  • alternate, deciduous, broad leaves, satiny luster underside
Term

Pacific Willow

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Definition
  • Salix lucida ssp. lasiandra
  • FACW+
  • Perennial
  • Shrub/Tree
Term

Dwarf/Dull/Long-Leaved Oregon Grape

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Definition
  • Berberis nervosa = Mahonia nervosa
  • NL (not listed, assumed to be upland plants)
  • Perennial
  • Shrub, subshrub
Term

Douglas' spiraea; hardhack

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Definition
  • Spiraea douglasii
  • FACW
  • Perennial
  • Steeplebush
  • shrub
  • Alternate, Deciduous, oblong, toothed above middle Leaves
Term

Field/Common Horsetail

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Definition
  • Equisetum arvense
  • FAC
  • Perennial
  • persistent
  • Stems of 2 types
Term

Giant Horsetail

 

Definition
  • Equisetum telmatiea
  • FACW
  • Stems: 2 types, branched and unbranched
  • cones: blunt-tipped
  • Wet conditions
Term

Yellow Flag/Iris

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Definition
  • Iris pseudacorus
  • OBL
  • Perennial Herb
  • non-native, introduced
  • Leaves: long and narrow leaves
Term

Lyngby's Sedge

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Definition
  • Carex lyngbyei
  • OBL
  • Perennial
  • Grass
Term

Slough Sedge

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Definition
  • Carex obnupta
  • OBL
  • Perennial
  • Flowers: Yellow, not obvious
  • Grass
Term
White Fragrant Waterlily
Definition
  • Nymphaea odorata
  • Non native
  • Aquatic Bed/Emergent
Term
English/Rib Plantain
Definition
  • Plantago lanceolata
  • Non-native
  • Emergent
Term
Broadleaf/Common Plantain
Definition
  • Plantago major
  • Non-Native
  • Emergent
Term
Creeping Buttercup
Definition
  • Ranunculus repens
  • Non-native
  • Emergent
  • Yellow flowers, petals overlap
Term
Climbing/Bittersweet Nightshade
Definition
  • Solanum dulcamara
  • Non-Native
  • Emergent
Term
Red Clover
Definition
  • Trifolium pratense
  • Non-Native
  • Emergent
Term
White Clover
Definition
  • Trifolium repens
  • Non-native
  • Emergent
Term
Foxtail Grass
Definition
  • Alopecurus spp.
  • Emergent
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