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Dodecatheon poeticum – Shooting Star
Description: The colorful petals of this small but spectacular beauty are turned backwards over the floral tube, so that the…
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Penstemon species – Penstemon
Brilliant blue flowers grow up through unlikely crevices among hot, dry rock. A spring trip to the Columbia Gorge delights…
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Quercus garryana – Oregon Oak
Description: deciduous broadleaved tree (40-80 ft.) with majestic crown and lobed leaves. The leaves (protein-rich) as well as the acorns…
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Pseudotsuga menziesii – Douglas Fir
Description: A fast-growing conifer (100-250 ft) with a dense crown and soft, spirally arranged needles. The cones are very distinctive;…
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Prunus virginiana – Chokecherry
Description: deciduous broadleaved tree or shrub (to 30 ft.) with elongated clusters of white flowers (spring) followed by small, purple…
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Prunus emarginata – Bittercherry
Description: deciduous broadleaves tree or shrub (20-50 ft.) with shiny red bark and horizontal stripes (lenticels). Spring brings rounded clusters…
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Populus trichocarpa – Black Cottonwood
Description: This large deciduous broadleaved tree is common throughout the Columbia River watershed. It thrives along streams from Alaska to…
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Populus tremuloides – Quaking Aspen
Description: deciduous broadleaved trees (30-80 ft.) with smooth white to green bark and rounded, fluttering leaves. Rapid growth rate. Quaking…
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Pinus monticola – Western White Pine
Description: evergreen conifer (120-180 ft) with 5 needles per fascicle. Its cones (5-12″) resemble bananas. Its initial fast growth rate…
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Pinus contorta var. latifolia – Lodgepole pine
Description: evergreen tree (30-100 ft.) with 2 needles per fascicle. Contorted refers to the twisted or contorted needles. The coastal…
