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Pinus contorta / lodgepole pine
- evergreen conifer
- needles in groups (fascicles) of 2
- lopsided cones, (mostly) remain on tree when mature
- rounded crown; orangey-brown scaly bark
Pinus flexilis / limber pine
- high elevation, rocky or talus, dry, high-stress habitat
- often - stunted and deformed by wind
- highly flexible branches
- needles in bundles (fascicles) of 5
- often - semi-rotted cones on ground below
Plantanthera unalascensis / slender-spire orchid
- teeny, green flowers, well-separated, not spiraled
- a "tall, thin, green nothing"
- basal leaves prostrate, but not appressed to the ground
- leaves often wither before pollination occurs
- found in many different habitats
Platanthera dilatata / white bog orchid
- dense cluster of bright white, clove or cinnamon scented flowers
- 2 wing-like sepals, a hood, and a lower lip with a spur
- 3-6 principle leaves... alternate, lance-shaped
- in boggy wet areas
Platanthera huronensis / green bog orchid
- usually in bogs, fens, wetlands
- up to two feet tall, but often shorter
- thick, nearly vertical leaves with parallel veins (i.e. grass-like)
- up to 75 very small flowers per stem (raceme)
- flowers -light green to greenish-white; two petals, three sepals, a lip and club-like spur
- lip is not pouch-like
Polemonium occidentale / western Jacob’s ladder
- brilliantly blue flowers with bright yellow anthers, in clusters
- pinnately compound leaves with up to 27 narrow, lance-shaped leaflets
- most leaves on separate stems from the flowers
- usually in wetlands
Populus angustifolia / narrow-leaf poplar
- a riparian tree also planted for landscaping
- long, narrow leaves with serrated edges
- furrowed, grey bark on mature trees; smooth and yellow-ish on young trees
- flowers are small, grey catkins in very early spring
- fruits are fluffy white cotton in early-mid summer
Populus tremuloides / quaking aspen
- white barked, often growing in large clones
- leaves flat with long, flat petiole at 90˚
- leaves quake in even light breezes
- twigs and buds reddish, long and pointed
- catkin flowers in very early spring
- leaves turn yellow or reddish or orange-ish in fall
Populus trichocarpa / black cottonwood
- conical tree
- heart or arrow-head shaped leaves; pointy tips
- inflorescences are red or brownish catkins in early spring
- cotton-y fruits disperse in early summer
Potamogeton richardsonii / Richardson’s pondweed
- submerged aquatic with emergent inflorescence
- crinkly, broad-ish leaves which clasp the stem
- variable length internodes
- often tangled up with sago pondweed
Potentilla fruticosa / shrubby cinquefoil
- low, deciduous, shrub; wetlands and riparian zones
- yellow buttercup-like flowers with 5 leaflets, often in clusters
- blooms from June until frost
- pinnately compound leaves, typically with 5 leaflets
- fruit (achene) remains into winter
Potentilla gracilis / slender cinquefoil
- yellow, 5-petaled flowers with many stamens
- petals touch or overlap
- leaves with 5-9 toothed, deeply cut lobes
- leaves may be hairy, especially below
- many different exposed habitats