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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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Lewisia columbiana – Columbia lewisia
Description: evergreen perennial with rosette of dark green leaves topped by panicles (to 6″) of pink to magenta flowers spring…
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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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Quercus chrysolepsis – canyon live oak
Description: evergreen broadleaved tree (30-80 ft.) or shrub (15 ft.) with spreading crown and holly-like leaves when young. Vigorous sprouter.…
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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…
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Pinus contorta – Shore Pine
Description: Coniferous evergreen tree (30-100 ft.) with 2 needles per fascicle. Contorted refers to the twisted or contorted needles. The…
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Picea sitchensis – Sitka Spruce
Description: evergreen conifer (100-180 ft.) with pyramidal form and yellow-green, usually flattened needles. Woody cones (1-4″) hang down. Fast growth…
