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Evergreen Huckleberry (Vaccinium ovatum)Observer
sgadberDescription
Shrub about 5 ft tall, small leathery, shiny, finely toothed, dark green leaflets arranged in pairs. Later in fall only some dark blue berries left along branch.
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Tree Ruffle Liverwort (Porella navicularis)Observer
sgadberDescription
In epiphytic community on old growth trunk in temperate rainforest. Individual about 2 inches long, reddish color toward branches, but greener toward tips of branches. Little leaves are rounded.
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Common Bracken (Pteridium aquilinum)Observer
sgadberDescription
Lacy doubly pinnate frond with overall broadly triangular shape. This individual small for its kind at about 50 cm tall. This individual still green in late fall.
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Pacific Wax Myrtle (Morella californica)Observer
sgadberDescription
Small tree about 3-4 m in height. Dark purplish clusters of bumpy berries along branch. About 4 inches long lanceolate shiny leaves. A lot of upright branches.
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Cascade Oregon-Grape (Berberis nervosa)Observer
sgadberDescription
Leaves are alternate, leaflets leathery, shiny, paired, with spiny teeth (like holly) around 9-19 leaflets per leaf. Fruit or flower not visible this time of year. Shrub varies in size, this individual around 50 cm tall.
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Japanese Skimmia (Skimmia japonica)Observer
sgadberDescription
Low shrub up to 50 cm tall in underbrush of old growth woods. Presumably native to Pacific Northwest. Oblong, shiny, dark green leaves, some branches had bright red single berries at stem's end with long stalk, some had cluster of little white flowers.
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Salal (Gaultheria shallon)Observer
sgadberDescription
Leaves are alternating, oval, thick, shiny, dark green. Shrub with varying heights, this individual around 1m tall. No flowers or berries seen due to time of year. Grows in understory of old growth woods all over the Pacific Northwest.
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Common Ivy (Hedera helix)Observer
sgadberDescription
Single flowering plant with broad, heartshaped, shiny leaves, fruiting (?) in October, in a native planting by Evergreen State College Lab building. Approx 1 m tall.
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Vine Maple (Acer circinatum)Observer
sgadberDescription
In temperate rain forest associated with old growth large conifers. Palmately lobed leaves 10 cm across and therefore much smaller than the big leaf maple also found in this forest. Leaves are brilliant green with lighter underside, but turning yellow in this fall time. No samara present at this time. Slender branches.
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Licorice Fern (Polypodium glycyrrhiza)Observer
sgadberDescription
Single pointy, pinnate fronts up to a foot long, living epiphytic on large leaf maple in temperate rain forest. Rich green color in wet environment.
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Western Maidenhair Fern (Adiantum aleuticum)Observer
sgadberDescription
In temperate rain forest in understory of old growth. Frond stalk is shiny smooth black in contrast to rich green pinnae. Palmately branched. Sori on toothed edge of pinnae underside.
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Red Osier Dogwood (Cornus sericea)Observer
sgadberDescription
Small tree about 4 - 5 meters tall with striking red bark (reddest on smaller twigs). Clusters of blue and still green berries. Pointed leaves with venation like a relief.
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Black Locust (Robinia pseudoacacia)Observer
sgadberDescription
Seemingly immature tree/shrub at about 3 m height. Compound leaves with approx. 20 leaflets. Large reddish thorns from branches, 1 inch long. Plant found on embankment in proximity of water in mixed vegetation (blackberries and deciduous trees.)
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Common Hawthorn (Crataegus monogyna)Observer
sgadberDescription
The tree was on the side of the road. It has dark red fruit on stems in the manner of cherries. The leaves however have a distinctive shape very unlike cherries. Notable are the new leaves who appear to curl out where the old leave's stem attaches to the twig. I am not sure this tree is native as I have not seen it before.
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Black Cottonwood (Populus trichocarpa)Observer
sgadberDescription
In underbrush under deciduous trees in partial shade. Alongside blackberry bushes. Single bush (or sapling?) maybe 1m tall. Alternating leaves. Color of leaves is bright yellow green and veins are darker green. Edge of leaves slightly serrated. Top leaves about 7 inches long, 3.5 inches wide. I only saw one in this location. The color stood out among the other plants.
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Western Dogwood (Cornus sericea ssp. occidentalis)Observer
sgadberDescription
Unfortunately the tree was affected by a leaf eating animal (unseen). I noticed the veins on the leaves almost carving the leaf like a relief, and the contrast of the deep red branches. The tree appeared to have had clusters of berries, now dried out and reduced to a dark purple dried hue. The clusters of berries originated where a branch parted in a V to form 2 twigs. I am not positive on the ID, but looks like a dogwood, likely Red-osier Dogwood per this site also called Western Dogwood.
