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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
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
Potentilla recta / sulfur cinquefoil
- perennial
- 8 to 30 stems per plant, each with 1-60 flowers
- petals are light yellow; centers are darker, sulfur yellow
- shiny, erect hairs arise at right angles to the stems.
- leaves are alternate and palmately compound, 5-9 leaflets per leaf
- invades both disturbed and undisturbed habitats
Primula parryi / Parry’s primrose
- striking, bright magenta (or pink) flowers with yellow centers, 5 petals
- 3 to 30 flowers per stalk
- brilliant green foliage as a rosette
- foliage releases horrible smell with the slightest touch
- typically at higher altitudes in wet places
Prosartes trachycarpa / rough-fruited fairybells
- heart-shaped, clasping leaves with parallel veins
- pendant white flowers with 6 petals/tepals, often obscured by leaves
- round, yellow then orange then red fruits with rough surface in late summer
- moist forest understoreys
Prunella vulgaris / self-heal
- compact spike of tiny purple, mint-like flowers
- upper/lower lips purple and white respectively
- square stems, opposite leaves
Prunus virginiana / western chokecherry
- oval leaves with serrated margins and abrupt taper at tip
- reddish twigs with prominent lenticels
- drooping clumps of white flowers w/ yellow centers in spring
- red to black cherries in fall, up to ½ inch diameter
- leaves turn orange or yellow in fall
Purshia tridentata / antelope bitterbrush
- small yellow, 5-petal flowers in early spring
- small shrub, often in large "clumps"
- leaves look like sagebrush (Artemesia tridentata)
Pyrola asarifolia / pink pyrola
- 4 to 25 nodding red (or pink) and white flowers in a loose raceme
- round petals, edges often curved down
- green style extends out of flower like elephant's trunk
- flower stems may be over a foot tall
- leaves are "liver" shaped or "ginger" shaped and shiny - round-ish but wider than long
Ranunculus aquatilis / common water crowfoot
- found in slowly flowing water ways, ditches, ponds
- white, waxy flowers with yellow centers; 4 or 5 petals
- flowers raised a couple inches above the water surface
- usually grows in dense mats that look a lot like slime
Ribes aureum / golden current
- shrub up to 10 feet tall
- spring bloomer, golden yellow flower in clusters
- small, maple-like leaves
- 1/2 inch berries in late summer, golden to black