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Thick, Obovate leaves (w/ or w/o truncate tip)

Large, red berries

White flowers w/ fused petals

Red bark

Arctostaphylos uva ursi

Kinnickinnick or Bearberry

VD-MD/P

Arcto = bear

staphylos = grape

uva = grape

ursi = bear

 Ericoid/acidophilic

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small, imbricate leaves

white flowers w/ fused petals

Cassiope mertensiana

White mountain heather

MD-M/P

Cassiopeia = a girl's name, like heather

mertensiana = mountain (like mountain hemlock)

ericoid/acidophilic

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short plant w/ succulent leaves

inconspicuous flowers w/ tall stamens

large, black berries

Empetrum nigrum

Crowberry

D-W/P

Empetrum = used by crows

nigrum = crows are black

 Ericoid/acidophilic

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small shrub w/ large, thick, serrated leaves

zig-zagging branches

small white-pink flowers w/ fused petals, arranged on a raceme

 round, black berries

Gaultheria shallon

Salal

D-M/P

Gaultheria = golly, those berries are tasty!

shallon = thrives in shallow soils

 Ericoid, acidophilic

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shrubby w/ dull-green revolute oblate leaves

leaves brown and fuzzy underneath

white umbel of flowers

Ledum groenlandicum

Labrador tea 

W-VW/P

smells good when you rub it

actually Rhododendron groenlandicum

Ledum = lead 'em to the pun

groenlandicum = the smell doesn't make you groan, but this pun does

Ericoid/Bog indicator species

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shiny, thick serrated leaves

yellow flowers in a raceme

round, dark, glaucous fruit

Mahonia nervosa

Dull oregon-grape

D-M/M

Yellow & green = U of O

Mahonia = Mahoney is always a dull cop's name

nervosa = I'd be nervous too if I was a dumb cop

Ericoid/acidophilic

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very short shrub w/ pink flowers, leaves look like needles

Phyllodoce empetriformis

Pink Mountain Heather

MD-M/P

empetrum = to have

formis = the form of

phyllodoce = leaves that doce

Ericoid/acidophilic

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palmate w/ ~7 distinct lobes of ~equal size

Acer circinatum

Vine Maple

M-W/R

circinatum = leaves are quasi-circular

Co-occurs w/ Df

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Shrubby tree w/ doubly-serrated ovate leaves w/ sinuate margin

Alnus sinuata

Sitka Alder

M-W/R

Alnus = alder

Sinuata = sinuate leaves

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conspicous flowers w/ single, curved pistil and conspicuous red branches

Cladothamnus pyroliflorus

Copperbush

D-W/P

pyroliflorus = fireflower

Cladothamnus = Clad O'Thamnus sounds Irish. The Irish have copper-coloured bushes

Mountain Hemlock  regional indicator

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Distinct red bark and opposite leaves w/ arcuate venation

Cornus sericea

Red-osier dogwood

M-W/M-R

sericea = silk, for fibres inside leaves

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dull, sticky leaves and buds, smell bad when crushed. Young twigs are fuzzy

Menziesia ferruginea

False azalea

MD-M/P

Menziesia = azazea

ferruginea = furry guinea pig

co-occurs w/ R. albiflorum

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large, maple-like leaves, spiny as hell

Oplopanax horridus

Devil's club

W/R

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short shrub with broad leaves. Buds not covered w/ bud scales

Rhamnus purshiana

Cascara

W/R

purshiana = exposed primordia look like pursed lips

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shrub w/ thick, shiny leaves w/ reddish hairs, arranged in a pseudo-whorl

Rhododendron albiflorum

White-flowered rhododendron

MD-M/P

high evelation indicator

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stems very thorny, small, round, black berries

Ribes lacustre

Black gooseberry

M-W/R

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compound, serrated leaves; straight prickles

Rosa gymnocarpa

Bald hip rose

VD-MD/M

gymnocarpa = naked carpel

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short shrub w/ finely serrated lanceolate leaves, blackish berries w/o bloom

Vaccinium membranaceum

black huckleberry

MD-M/P

membranaceum = membranes are bumpy, like the margins of these leaves

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unarmed shrub; broad, maple-like leaves; red, compound berries; white, rose-like flowers

Rubus parviflorus

Thimbleberry

M/R

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trailing herb; palmately compound w/ 5 serrated leaflets

Rubus pedatus

Five-leaved bramble

MD-W/P

pedatus = pedestrians use trails

the only Rubus characteristic of poor sites

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trailing shrub w/ slightly hairy stems and light-green, pedately compound leaves 

Rubus pubescens

Trailing raspberry

M-W/R

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trailing shrub w/ barbed stems, pedately compound leaves

Rubus ursinus

Trailing blackberry

MD-M/M

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Large shrub w/ pinnately compound leaves and large clusters of red berries

Sambucus racemosa

Red elderberry

M-W/R

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tall shrub w/ pinnately compound leaves, leaflets small and serrated above middle. clusters of small, orange-red berries

Sorbus sitchensis

Sitka mountain ash

MD-M/P

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singly stalked shrub with simple, serrated leaves on short petioles, small purple flowers in large, conical inflorescence

Spirea douglasii

Hardhack

M-W/P-M

Spirea = leaves spiral up stalk

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short shrub w/ yellow-green twigs and woody stem, characteristic black spots on leaves

Vaccinium alaskense

Alaska blueberry

M-W/P

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large, mostly unarmed shrub with zig-zag twigs, pedately compound

Rubus spectabilis

Salmonberry

M-W/R

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short shrub w/ strongly angles, reddish branches. ovate, smooth leaves and reddish twigs, berries have bluish bloom

Vaccinium ovalifolium

Oval-leafed blueberry

M-W/P

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short shrub with bright green, highly angled branches, small entire leaves

Vaccinium parviflorum

Red huckleberry

M/P

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short shrub with opposite, pedately loped  serrated leaves

Viburnum trilobum

American bush cranberry

M-W/R

Viburnum = America has lots of bush fires, "We burn 'em!"

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forb with tall, spindly stem. Leaves heart-shaped, whited and wooly below

Adenocaulon bicolor

Pathfinder

MD-M/R

bicolor = leaves green on top, white below

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small forb with pedately compound, coursely toothed obdeltoid leaves. Small, white flowers on a spike

Achlys triphylla

Vanilla-leaf

M-W/R

Achlys = A's are triangular, like everything on this plant

Vanilla = Triangles look like V's

leaves smell like vanilla when dry

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forb with 2 or 3 leaves in a basal whorl, single flower

Clintonia uniflora

Queen's Cup

MD-M/M

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short forb with basal, fern-like leaves

Coptis asplenifolia

Fern-leaved goldthread

M-W/P-M

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short forb with (usually) 6 arcuately-veined leaves

fruit are red berries, flowers have 4 white bracts, head florescence

Cornus canadensis

Bunchberry

MD-W/P-M

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short shrub w/ lanceolate leaves w/ distinct lower venation. Large stalks of pink-purple flowers

Epilobium angustifolium

Fireweed

D-W/P-R

Global fire indicator

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forb w/ bluntly serrated cordate leaves, flowers have distinct, sinuate margins

 Fauria crista-galli

deer cabbage

W-VW/P

fauria = faun

crista = flower edges deeply grooved mitochondrial cristae

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forb w/ 5-6 leaves in whorls, flowers usually in 3s, smells nice

Galium triflorum

Sweet-scented bedstraw

M-W/R

galium = Gallus gallus like straw

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matt-forming forb w/ basal, dissected leaf tufts

Luetkea pectinata

Partridgefoot

M-W/M

pectinata = partridges peck

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Large leafed plant with a single, yellow spadix

Lysichitum americanum

Skunk cabbage

W-VW/R

Americans lie and smell bad

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mat-forming forb with cordate leaves w/ parallel venation

Maianthemum dilatatum

False lily-of-the-valley

W-VW/R

Maianthemum = leaves look like maize husk

dilatatum = veins spread from the centre, dilated

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forb w/ basal leaves w/ palmate venation and wooly below

Petasites palmatus

Palmate coltsfoot

M-W/R

petasites = peta should be interested in sites with colts' feet all over the place!

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large forb w/ slightly zig-zag stalk and lanceolate leaves w/ parallel venation

Smilacina racemosa

False soloman's seal

MD-W/M-R

smilacina = the zigzags make me smile

racemosa = it's like a mixture of a lily and salal

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short, branched shrub w/ zig-zagging branches. Leaves wrap around stem and have parallel venation. Flowers on thin, kinked stalks

Streptopus amplexifolius

Clasping twisted stalk

M-W/R

streptopus = everything on this plant is kinky, like a sick octopus

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forb w/ irregularly-lobed and coarsely toothed pedately compound leaves. Small flowers on long stalks

Tiarella trifoliata

Three-leaved foam flower

M-W/R

tiarella = very delicate, like a princess

co-occurs w/ lady fern

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forb w/ cordate leaves. Buds at leaf base.

Tolmiea menziesii

Youth-on-age

M-W/R

tolmiea = as a young kid, I read old Tolkein books

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tall forb with corasely toothed, pinnately venated leaves w/ 3-7 leaflets. Influorescence with protruding stamens

Valeriana sitchensis

Sitka valerian

M-W/R

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Forb with large, parallelly venated leaves on a single, straight stalk

Veratrum viride

Indian hellebore

W/R

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fern w/ long, doubly-compound leaves. Leaflets are narrower at base than at tip

Athyrium filix femina

Lady fern

W/R

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Fern w/ doubly-compound leaves. Leaflets larger at base than tip and secondary leaflets larger on one side than the other on bottom set

Dryopteris expansa

Spiny wood fern

M-W/M

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fern w/ singly compound leaves w/ rounded leaflets

Blechnum spicant

Deer fern

M-W/P

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fern w/ triply compound leaves. 3 primary leaflets and exposed spore clusters

Gymnocarpum dryopteris

Oak fern

M-W/R

dryopteris = looks like spiny wood fern

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fern w/ singly compound leaves w/ distinctly alternate leaflets, may be fused near stem. Often grows on trees and CWD

Polypodium glycyrrhiza

Licorice fern

D-W/R

rhizome tastes like licorice

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large fern w/ singly-compound leaves. Leaflets have "thumbs"

Polystichum munitum

Sword fern

M-W/R

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fern w/ triply compound leaves. Secondary leaflets alternate. Margins rounded and revolute

Pteridium aquilinum 

Bracken fern

D-W/P

Pteridium = looks like some shit out of the pterodactyl age

aquilinum = brackish water

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grasses associated with very wet areas

Carex sp.

Sedges

W-VW/M-R

Carex = who carexs about these things?

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Yeah...

Equisetum arvense

Common horsetail

M-W/P-R

Equisetum = equestrian

arvense = the segments look like vents with stuff spewing out of them

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Grass with leaves at base and along stem. Characteristic fruits

Eriphorum angustifolium

Narrow-leaved cotton grass

W-VW/P

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moss forming large, loose mats covered in white hairs. Leaves long, entire and curved

Dicranum fuscescens

Dusky fork moss

VD-MD/P

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moss w/ segments of leaves forming a stair-like structure

Hylocomnium splendens

Step moss

MD-W/P

Hylocomnium = the "steps" look like halos around the stem

splendens = it forms a splendid little staircase

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 moss w/ leaves ending acuminately, margins serrated

Kindbergia oregana

Oregon beaked moss

MD-M/P-M

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Moss w/ long stem ending in whorls of leaves

Leucolepis menziesii

Menzie's tree moss

M-W/R

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large moss w/ shiny, (microscopically) serrated leaves

Plagomnium insigne

Coastal leafy moss

W/R

insigne = leaves look like badges

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whitish, planar moss w/ wavy leaves

Plagiothecium undulatum

Flat moss

D-W/P

Plagiothecium? I hardly know him!

Undulatum?! I HARDLY KNOW HIM!

...These jokes fall flat

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Moss that forms rose-like structures at its tip

Rhizomnium glabrescens

Large leafy moss

M-W/M

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moss w/ imbricate leaves, somewhat curved. Branches distant

Rhytidiadelphus loreus

lanky moss

M/P-R

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Moss w/ distant branches, top curved to one side

Rhytidiadelphus triquetrus

Electrified cat's tail moss

D-W/M

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moss w/ distinctly curved leaves, typically yellow-green or pale green

Rhytidiopsis robusta

Pipecleaner moss

D-M/P

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moss forming very dense mats. Highly branched w/ flower-like caps

Sphagnum sp.

Peat mosses

W-VW/P