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Deciduous Trees
How to identify big-leaf maple
Read more →: How to identify big-leaf mapleMaple leaves might look familiar… I can guarantee that you’ve seen a maple leaf before—it’s plastered right on the front of the Canadian flag! Most maple species have leaves with that same five-pointed silhouette. The PNW’s native maple The PNW is home to a variety of maple called big-leaf maple (Acer macrophyllum). It definitely earns…
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Wildflowers
How to identify stream violets
Read more →: How to identify stream violetsRoses are red, violets are…yellow? When you hear the word ‘violet,’ do you automatically think of a purple or blue flower? Most people do, but violets actually come in a wide variety of colors! What are stream violets? Oregon’s native stream violet (Viola glabella) is a bright, sunny yellow, and it’s one of our earliest…
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Coniferous Trees
How to identify western red cedar
Read more →: How to identify western red cedarWhat is western red cedar? Western red cedar is one of our most iconic PNW evergreen trees. As is true of all of Oregon’s cedar species, western red cedar isn’t actually a true cedar; that would be the old-world cedars, which are completely unrelated and not native to Oregon. Our cedars are actually members of…
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Shrubs
How to identify Indian plum
Read more →: How to identify Indian plumWhat is Indian plum? Indian plum is a shrub native to Northwest Oregon forests. I like to call it ‘the first bush’ because it’s the first to start getting its leaves in spring (sometimes as early as December!) and the first to start going yellow in the fall. So how do you identify Indian plum?…
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