Category Archives: SU2011 Native Plant ID

Quercus garryana

Posted on December 6, 2011 by Katie

BOTANICAL NAME:                                                Quercus garryana FAMILY:   Fagaceae COMMON NAME(S):           Oregon White Oak   HARDINESS/ZONE:           USDA:  6 Sunset:  4-6, 15-17   FOLIAGE:                                                      alternate, medium green, 6″ long, 3 pair of round lobes, petiole 1/2-1″ long, overall oval shape, brown in fall, some … Continue reading →

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Holodiscus discolor

Posted on November 8, 2011 by Katie

BOTANICAL NAME:            Holodiscus discolor   FAMILY: Rosaceae   COMMON NAME (S)           Ocean Spray  (Arrow Wood)   HARDINESS/ZONE:           USDA:  5 Sunset:  1-7, 14-17     FOLIAGE:                              alternate, triangular, doubly toothed lobed, light green/yellow in shady areas, grey/ green in sun, wooly … Continue reading →

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Abies grandis

Posted on September 23, 2011 by Katie

Botanic Name:  Abies grandis                                                     Family:  Pinaceae Common Name:  Grand Fir Foliage:  Needles re flattened, 3-6 cm long, glossy dark green above with 2 green-white bands of stomata below Flowers:  Smooth and grayish-brown with white spots, becomes furrowed and scaly with … Continue reading →

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Aquilegia formosa

Posted on September 6, 2011 by Katie

Botanic Name:  Aquilegia formosa                                           Family:  Rannunculaceae Common Name:  Columbine Foliage:  Alternate leaves along stems; ternately compound (divided into groups of 3); long petioles that can be glabrous or pubescent; leaflet 3” long and 2” wide; obovate in shape with wedge … Continue reading →

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Alnus rubra

Posted on September 6, 2011 by Katie

Botanic Name:  Alnus rubra                                                         Family:  Betulaceae (Birch Family) Common Name:  Red Alder Foliage:  Alternate, simple deciduous, ovate, 3-6” long and grooved; green to yellow green above and paler green below Flowers:  Monoecious; but borne in unisexual catkins, preformed males are … Continue reading →

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Acer macrophyllum

Posted on September 6, 2011 by Katie

Botanic Name:  Acer macrophyllum                                         Family:  Aceraceae Common Name:  Bigleaf Maple Foliage:  Simple, opposite with five deeply-incised palmate lobes, typically 15-30 cm across Bark:  Smooth and gray-brown on youong stems, becoming red-brown and deeply fissured Flowers:  Long racemes (10-15 cm), greenish … Continue reading →

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Acer circinatum

Posted on September 6, 2011 by Katie

Botanic Name:  Acer circinatum                                             Family:  Aceraceae Common Name:  Vine maple HARDINESS/ZONE:           USDA:  5-8           Sunset:  1-6, 14-17 FOLIAGE:     opposite, simple, 5-11 lobes, almost circular in general outline,     2-6″ wide, 2-6″ long, light green, orange red fall color. FLOWERS:                                                   corymb, clusters of … Continue reading →

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Abies grandis

Posted on September 6, 2011 by Katie

Botanic Name:  Abies grandis                                                     Family:  Pinaceae Common Name:  Grand Fir   Foliage:  Needles re flattened, 3-6 cm long, glossy dark green above with 2 green-white bands of stomata below Flowers:  Smooth and grayish-brown with white spots, becomes furrowed and scaly … Continue reading →

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