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Category: Tracheophytes

Equisetum telmateia (Giant Horsetail)

May 31, 2023 Dan Nelson 2 Comments

I love the texture that the branched horsetails give to the areas that they inhabit, but I’ve been reluctant to…

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Posted in: Equisetaceae, Equisetales, Equisetum, Plants, Polypodiophyta, Polypodiopsida, Species Profiles Filed under: Equisetum telmateia, Giant Horsetail

Thuja plicata (Western Red-Cedar)

May 19, 2023 Dan Nelson 8 Comments

Until last September Thuja plicata (western red-cedar) was the only conifer I could consistently identify, but that was only one of the…

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Posted in: Cupressaceae, Cupresssales, Gymnosperms, Pinophyta, Pinopsida, Plants, Species Profiles, Thuja, Tracheophytes Filed under: Thuja plicata, Western Red-cedar

Chamaecyparis lawsoniana (Port Orford-cedar)

Dan Nelson 5 Comments

When I first conceived of the trip to sw Oregon/nw California that I wrote about in ‘Pivoting’, I had hoped…

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Posted in: Chamaecyparis, Cupressaceae, Cupresssales, Gymnosperms, Pinophyta, Pinopsida, Plants, Species Profiles, Tracheophytes Filed under: Chamaecyparis lawsoniana, Port Orford-cedar

Calocedrus decurrens (Incense-cedar)

Dan Nelson 4 Comments

I am finally ready to start profiling the so called cedars of our region. The first thing I have to…

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Posted in: Calocedrus, Cupressaceae, Cupresssales, Gymnosperms, Pinophyta, Pinopsida, Plants, Species Profiles, Tracheophytes Filed under: Calocedrus decurrens, Incense-cedar

Pinus albicaulis (White-bark Pine)

January 24, 2023 Dan Nelson 3 Comments

I found my first specimens of these conifers on a trip to Mt. Hood last October, but it took a…

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Posted in: Gymnosperms, Pinaceae, Pinales, Pinophyta, Pinopsida, Pinus, Plants, Species Profiles, Tracheophytes Filed under: Pinus albicaulis, Whitebark Pine

Dryopteris arguta (Coastal Wood Fern)

January 15, 2023 Dan Nelson 3 Comments

Thanks to a tip from Caroline Skinner, a regular reader of these profiles, I was able to find my first…

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Posted in: Dryopteridaceae, Dryopteris, Plants, Polypodiales, Polypodiophyta, Polypodiopsida, Species Profiles Filed under: Coastal Wood Fern, Dryopteris arguta

Picea sitchensis (Sitka Spruce)

January 11, 2023 Dan Nelson 5 Comments

The 16th installment in my attempt to profile the conifers of the PNW highlights Picea sitchensis (Sitka spruce). This primarily coastal denizen,…

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Posted in: Gymnosperms, Picea, Pinaceae, Pinales, Pinophyta, Pinopsida, Plants, Species Profiles, Tracheophytes Filed under: Picea sitchensis, Sitka Spruce

Larix occidentalis (Western Larch)

December 16, 2022 Dan Nelson 2 Comments

I’m going to take a short break from talking about the organisms I found on my trip to sw Oregon/nw…

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Posted in: Gymnosperms, Larix, Pinaceae, Pinales, Pinophyta, Pinopsida, Plants, Species Profiles, Tracheophytes Filed under: Larix occidentalis, Western Larch

Polypodium scouleri

December 1, 2022 Dan Nelson 9 Comments

I made a mistake on my recent trip to the coast by assuming that all of the Polypodium to be found where…

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Posted in: Plants, Polypodiaceae, Polypodiales, Polypodiophyta, Polypodiopsida, Polypodium, Species Profiles, Tracheophytes Filed under: Polypodium scouleri

Sequoia sempervirens (Redwood)

November 27, 2022 Dan Nelson 4 Comments

As I mentioned in ‘Pivoting’, I hadn’t been in a redwood forest since I was a kid, and at that…

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Posted in: Cupressaceae, Cupresssales, Gymnosperms, Pinophyta, Pinopsida, Plants, Sequoia

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