trelam's Identifications

Deer fern sited at staircase in The Olympic National Park. The center frond is the reproductive frond which is surrounded by vegetative fronds. The leaflets are attached to the base. The sterile fronds are evergreen while the fertile one is deciduous.

Dark green fern with orange spores, about 3 ft tall, growing just outside of Sem 2D in a maintained garden area. With red alder, salmonberries, snowberries, salal, red cedar, evergreen hucleberries, and bear grass. Weather is overcast, 60? F.

Western red cedar near the beach at Burfoot park. These trees are common in our area and can grow to be very large. It was found on a warmer day (about 50F) shortly after a few days of rain. The foliage forms flat sprays with scale-like leaves in opposite pairs, with successive pairs at 90 degrees to each other. They are green above and green below with white stomatal bands. They also have a strong sweet odor. The cones are not present but they are small and slender with overlapping scales.

Also known as sulphur tuft. This bouquet of young mushrooms was found in a wood chip area at Ocean City State Park. The weather was bursts of rain with sunny sky's in between in the upper 50's. This mushroom has a
Distinct strong bitter taste.

Deer fern sited at staircase in The Olympic National Park. The center frond is the reproductive frond which is surrounded by vegetative fronds. The leaflets are attached to the base. The sterile fronds are evergreen while the fertile one is deciduous.

Polypodium glycyrrhiza found on the path to the parking lot near the organic farm trail. This fern is often found growing on trunks and branches of trees but can also be found on wet mossy humus. Licorice fern gets its name from its licorice flavored rhizome which has historically had many culinary and medicinal uses. Variable colors of sori (spore cases) can be found on the underside of the fronds.

Young tree found at staircase in the Olympic national park. Needle like leaves that are glossy dark green above and have two white/green bands of stomata below. Leaves lined up on a flat plane. Cones are 2-4 inches long, barrel shaped, and grow upright on the twig

Bracken fern found at the staircase rapids in the Olympic national park. This fern is dormant in the winter which is why it is discolored. The large, roughly triangular fronds are produced singly, arising upwards from an underground rhizome. It readily colonizes disturbed areas.

Found on a stump and log in a grassy area in the evergreen parking lot near the beach trail on a warm but very rainy day. The fruit body has distinct multicolored stripes and a rubbery velvety texture.

Evergreen shrub to small tree, 2-15 m high, branches droop, bark reddish, papery, scaly to shreddy. Needles flat, ending abruptly in a fine point, arranged in 2 rows in flat sprays. Instead of a seed cone it produces a single bony seed surrounded by a bright red fleshy cup which is poisonous to humans