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Cascade Oregon-Grape (Berberis nervosa)Observer
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Commonly known as dwarf Oregon-grape or Cascade Oregon-grape. The leaves are compound, with leaflets; each leaflet is strongly toothed.
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Bigleaf Maple (Acer macrophyllum)Observer
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large maple leaves with five palmate lobes.
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Western Hemlock (Tsuga heterophylla)Observer
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White strip below, flat with rounded tip.
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Common Douglas-Fir (Pseudotsuga menziesii)Observer
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Needles like 1 inch, flat. 3 pointed bracts. Bark was reddish brown.
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Licorice Fern (Polypodium glycyrrhiza)Observer
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Stalks greenish, straw-colored. Fronds evergreen, pinnate, with shiny, fine-toothed, with a broad based leaflets.
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Red Osier Dogwood (Cornus sericea)Observer
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The branches and twigs are dark red, although may lack this coloration in shaded areas.
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Madrones (Genus Arbutus)Observer
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Orange-red bark. A mature naturally peels away in thin sheets, leaving a greenish, silvery appearance that has a satin sheen and smoothness.
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Beaked Hazelnut (Corylus cornuta)Observer
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Leaves are rounded oval, coarsely double-toothed
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Western White Pine (Pinus monticola)Observer
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Needles 4 inches, blunt, blue-green with white-striped inner surfaces.
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Pacific Yew (Taxus brevifolia)Observer
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Needles 3/4 inches, soft, flat, in 2 rows.
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White-crowned Sparrow (Zonotrichia leucophrys)Observer
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Black and white head, pale beak, and gray breast
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Salmonberry (Rubus spectabilis)Observer
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3 compound leaves, flowering in spring (purple/pink flower)
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Salal (Gaultheria shallon)Observer
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1-16 ft tall and can be either sprawling on the ground. Its thick oblong leaves that have a waxy surface. The leaves are a darker shade of green above than below.
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Red-winged Blackbird (Agelaius phoeniceus)Observer
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Glossy black, with red shoulder bordered by yellow.
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Bluebells (Genus Hyacinthoides)Observer
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Looks like it is nodding with one sided inflorescent tubular shape and violent blue color recurved tepals.
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Western Redcedar (Thuja plicata)Observer
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Scales tiny; point outward in opposite pairs.
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Higher Ascomycetes (Subphylum Pezizomycotina)Observer
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Rosettes lettuce-like, yellowish to pale green loves crisscrossed with network of ridges.
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Common Gilled Mushrooms and Allies (Order Agaricales)Observer
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Cap tan, umbrella shaped, with central bump. Stalk is slender, yellowish brown.
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Order PolypodialesObserver
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Light brown stalks, scaly, robust. Fronds pinnate, tapered at both ends.
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Buttercups (Genus Ranunculus)Observer
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Leaves are 3-lobed, toothed, and obviously likes moist meadows. Wait, I see a yellow petals and bent-back sepals. The one on the right of the fern.
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Vine Maple (Acer circinatum)Observer
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Vine-like branches that are opposite and palmately 7-9 lobed. This plant does enjoy wet forests
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Dicots (Class Magnoliopsida)Observer
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opposite, pinnately compound leaflets plant.
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Thymeleaf Buckwheat (Eriogonum thymoides)Observer
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We found this pretty ass flower, but was not able to identify it. I asked Andy, one of the Teacher's Assistant, could be between Penstemon Gairdneri and Penstemon glandulosus. Not sure but close enough. This pant has a woody base, 5 equal lobes leaves, grows on thin, dry rocky soils and there was sagebrush around.
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Northern Scorpion (Paruroctonus boreus)Observer
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They prefer deserts and semi-arid regions and hide under logs, rocks, boards, and clutter. We found it under a rock.
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Nootka Rose (Rosa nutkana)Observer
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I was surpirsed to see a Nootka rose but once I did my research as refresher, it is possible to see this plant in this area. Nootka rose grows in both full sun and partial shade while being tolerate of flooding and grows well on a host of different soil types. According to the WSU clark county, this plant during summer drought does not have a real effect.
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Gopher Snake (Pituophis catenifer)Observer
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A group of students were able to see a Gopher Snake, thank Jesus Christ, I did not. I despise snakes. This snake is stocky to medium with its head yellowish brown with dark line across the top. This snake was buffy with round, dark brown blotches, and obviously it likes woodlands, grasslands, farms, sagebrush deserts.
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Big Sagebrush (Artemisia tridentata)Observer
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They are sagebrushes whom usually are rounded gnarled shrub. What I notice was they had three lobed tips but wait they are so fuzzy and gray greenish. The stems are brown. These are hairy to prevent water loss in these dry land.
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Bald Eagle (Haliaeetus leucocephalus)Observer
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According to the Teacher's Assistant, George, they have a more rectangular wings or resemble more flat like a board. Adult Bald Eagles have white heads and tails with dark brown bodies and wings.
