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Blue Spruce (Picea pungens)Observer
bio5robiDescription
Found in a group with 3 other similar looking trees. Roughly 15 foot tall tree. Needles on the tree are long, stiff, pointed bluish green with a distinct aroma. Bark is thin, scaly and brown. The trunk is about 6 inches in diameter. The tree is evidently winter hardy as it is reluctant to change colour or overall appearance even in the winter months.
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Red Osier Dogwood (Cornus sericea)Observer
bio5robiDescription
Evidently deciduous multi-root shrub. Approximately 1 meter in height. Distinguished bright red stems with opposite branching pattern and dark green sprouting from the ends.
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Poplars, Cottonwoods, and Aspens (Genus Populus)Observer
bio5robiDescription
Light emerald green growth on trunk, buds on branch ends
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Vascular Plants (Phylum Tracheophyta)Observer
bio5robiDescription
Dark red branches, light brown branchings off these branches, 2 inch thick stem
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Shrubby Cinquefoil (Dasiphora fruticosa)Observer
bio5robiDescription
Densely leafy, leaves divided into 5-7 leaflets. Shrub plant with flowers on the stem about 2 cm in width with a buttercup shape that shrivels in the winter to small dry flowers. Shrub is approximately 1 meter in height.
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Russian Olive (Elaeagnus angustifolia)Observer
bio5robiDescription
Small deciduous tree; approximately 1.5 meters in height. Stems, leaves and buds have a dense covering of shiny silver scaling. Found alone with no recognizably similar species in the immediate surroundings. This could signify that it is not a native tree to the area.
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Black Hawthorn (Crataegus douglasii)Observer
bio5robiDescription
Small deciduous tree; approximately 3 meters tall. The tree has 2 trunks appearing to stem from the same roots. The trunks are dark and scaly with a distinct sour aroma. The branches demonstrate an alternating pattern that contain more branching at different, random angles as well as thorns on the branches themselves. Only one of the two like species found in the area.
