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Category: Rosaceae

Spiraea douglasii

August 17, 2021 Dan Nelson Leave a comment

This beautiful member of the rose family has many common names, including western hardhack, Douglas’ spiraea, steeplebush, and western, pink…

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Posted in: Angiosperms (Flowering Plants), Eudicots, Plants, Rosaceae, Rosales, Species Profiles, Spiraea Filed under: Spiraea douglasii, Western Hardhack

Holodiscus discolor

August 9, 2021 Dan Nelson 1 Comment

This handsome shrub in the family Rosaceae is common to abundant in the Douglas fir dominated forests of our region.…

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Posted in: Angiosperms (Flowering Plants), Eudicots, Holodiscus, Plants, Rosaceae, Rosales, Species Profiles Filed under: Creambush, Holodiscus discolor, Ironwood, Oceanspray

Sorbus sitchensis (Western Mountain Ash)

July 19, 2021 Dan Nelson 1 Comment

Though I’ve thought that I had found these fairly distinctive and interesting members of the rose family before, I had…

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Posted in: Angiosperms (Flowering Plants), Eudicots, Plants, Rosaceae, Rosales, Species Profiles Filed under: Sorbus sitchensis, Western Mountain Ash

Aruncus dioicous (Sylvan Goatsbeard)

July 12, 2021 Dan Nelson 2 Comments

When it is blooming, Aruncus dioicous is unmistakable. Nothing else has those panicles with thin racemes of tiny white flowers.…

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Posted in: Angiosperms (Flowering Plants), Eudicots, Plants, Rosaceae, Rosales, Species Profiles Filed under: Aruncus dioicous

Horkelia fusca

June 26, 2021 Dan Nelson 1 Comment

I had never identified this pretty but easily overlooked member of the family Rosaceae, which goes by the common names…

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Posted in: Angiosperms (Flowering Plants), Eudicots, Horkelia, Plants, Rosaceae, Rosales, Species Profiles Filed under: Horkelia fusca

Potentilla anserina ssp. pacifica (Pacific Silverweed)

June 8, 2021 Dan Nelson 3 Comments

I don’t usually post a subspecies as a profile, but the genus Potentilla is in flux. Pacific silverweed was a…

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Posted in: Angiosperms (Flowering Plants), Eudicots, Plants, Potentilla, Rosaceae, Rosales, Species Profiles Filed under: Pacific Silverweed, Potentilla anserina ssp. pacifica

Geum macrophyllum (Large-leaved Avens)

May 30, 2021 Dan Nelson 2 Comments

I don’t know where I got this idea, but I had been under the impression that Geum macrophyllum was an introduced species.…

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Posted in: Angiosperms (Flowering Plants), Eudicots, Geum, Plants, Rosaceae, Rosales, Species Profiles Filed under: Geum macrophyllum, Large-leaved Avens

Drymocallis glandulosa (Sticky Cinquefoil)

May 26, 2021 Dan Nelson 1 Comment

In the last decade the combination of morphological and genetic evidence has indicated that several of our cinquefoils (family Rosaceae)…

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Posted in: Angiosperms (Flowering Plants), Drymocallis, Eudicots, Plants, Rosaceae, Rosales, Species Profiles Filed under: Drymocallis glandulosa, Sticky Cinquefoil

Amelanchier alnifolia

April 20, 2021 Dan Nelson 1 Comment

While I have always called this member of the family Rosaceae western serviceberry, there is a lengthy list of colloquial…

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Posted in: Amelanchier, Angiosperms (Flowering Plants), Eudicots, Plants, Rosaceae, Rosales, Species Profiles Filed under: Amelanchier alnifolia, Pacific Serviceberry, Saskatoon, Western Serviceberry

Rubus spectabilis (Salmonberry)

April 5, 2021 Dan Nelson 7 Comments

This native shrub is quite the useful member of the Rosaceae family, providing nearly year around food to various forest…

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Posted in: Angiosperms (Flowering Plants), Eudicots, Plants, Rosaceae, Rosales, Rubus, Species Profiles Filed under: Rubus spectabilis, Salmonberry

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