dianacorcoran's Identifications

Image Descriptors:
1). Flowers with "spur strongly hooked" sepal (Hitchcock)
2). Yellow- orange flower, "marked with (primarily ventral) course red spots." (Hitchcock)
3). Zygomorphic (bilaterally symmetrical) Flower. (NWCB)
4). "Sepals 3, the apparent lowest one petaloid and inflated into a conical pouch 15 mm long and about twice as long as wide (8mm), this tapered to a slender, recurved nectar-producing spur 7-10 mm long, the two lateral sepals 4 mm long, free, somewhat cupping the flower, broadly ovate, tapered abruptly to a pointed tip, and pale-colored." (NWCB)
5). 5 petals (Burke Herbarium) - appear as 3 (the lower 3 pictured left and right petals are lobed and each represent a fused pair) the mid petal is free and keeled (NWCB)
6). "Leaves alternate; Flowers in twos" (Burke herbarium)
7). Leaves simple
8). Adaxial side of leaf "blades elliptic-ovate, between 3-12 cm. long, the rounded, serrate teeth tipped with a sharp point" (Burke Herbarium)
9). Forming roots at lower nodes
10). Fibrous roots
Location: Goldsborough Creek Trail, Shelton WA
Weather: Clear, bright, 85 degrees
Habitat: shadypath, edge of mixed conifer forest
Relationships: Pseudotsuga menziesii, Gaultheria shallon
Diagnostic features written in photos above: Plant keyed with Flora of the Pacific Northwest, and Burke Herbarium as well as the following article from
Washington State NWCB
(Noxious Weed Control Board) https://www.nwcb.wa.gov/pdfs/Impatiens_capensis_draft_WF.pdf#:~:text=Roots%3A%20Impatiens%20capensishas%20a%20small%2C%20shallow%20root%20system,and%20can%20sometimes%20form%20roots%20at%20lower%20nodes.

Image Descriptors:
1). "Inflorescence a dense, bracteate, narrow spike, 5-30 cm. long, glabrous; bracts broad, thin-margined, 2-4 mm. long" (Burke Herbarium)
2). "Leaves wide, the well-defined blade broadly elliptic to cordate-ovate and gen 1.3-2.3 (-3) x as long as wide, abruptly narrowed to a slender petiole" (Hitchcock)
3). "Whole plant: "Leaves all basal" (Burke Herbarium)
Location: Bayshore Preserve
Weather: 82 degrees - Sunny
Habitat: Dirt path in preserve, grassy area.
Relationships: trifolium spp, Hypochaeris radicata
Diagnostic features: Are in the image descriptions above, keyed with Flora of the Pacific Northwest, and Burke Herbarium -

Image Descriptors:
1). "Inflorescence a dense, bracteate, cylindric spike, 1.5-8 cm. long and 1 cm. wide" (Burke Herbarium)
2). "Leaves narrower, the elliptic or narrower blade generally 2-2.5-10x as long as wide, or even longer, gradually tapered to petiole" (Hitchcock)
3). "Whole plant: "Leaves all basal" (Burke Herbarium)
Location: Bayshore Preserve
Weather: 82 degrees - Sunny
Habitat: Dirt path in preserve, grassy area.
Relationships: trifolium spp, Hypochaeris radicata
Diagnostic features: Are in the image descriptions above, keyed with Flora of the Pacific Northwest, and Burke Herbarium -

•Weather: ~90 degrees F, clear blue skies.
•Habitat: Growing alongside trail, in coniferous/deciduous forest, growing in rhizomatous cluster in small clearing near stream, ~10-15m away from stream.
•Dominate over story: Alnus rubra and Thuja plicata.
•Plant associations: Polystichum munitum, Rubus spectabilis, Athyrium felix-femina, Lysichiton americanum and Hydrophyllum spp.
•Identification confirmed with “Plants of the Pacific Northwest Coast” by Pojar and MacKinnon.

•Weather: ~88 degrees F, clear blue skies.
•Habitat: Growing along paved walkway, in prairie environment near encroaching coniferous stand.
•Dominate Over Story: Pseudotsuga menziesii
•Plant Associations: Rubus ursinus, Hypericum perforatum, Pteridium aquilinum and various grass species.
•Note: Ants all over tree possibly feeding on aphids.
•Identification confirmed with “Plants of the Pacific Northwest Coast” by Pojar and MacKinnon

Weather warm and clear 78 F

Habitat - forest edge by parking lot Dense stand of hawthorns and young big leaf maples.

Shrub-like habit, about 3 meters tall.

Alternating leathery leaves. Oval but broader towards the tip that has lobes. Sawtooth margins.

Fruits are deep purplish red.

•Location: Found along roadside in Olympia WA.
•Weather: ~70 degrees F, partly cloudy.
•Habitat: Disturbed area along roadside, partly open and partly closed canopy, plant found in open sun area.
•Dominate over story: Pseudotsuga menziesii
•Plant associations: Rubus ursinus and Rubus armeniacus
•Flowering present
•Identification confirmed with “Plants of the Pacific Northwest Coast” by Pojar and MacKinnon.

•Location: Nisqually National Wildlife Refuge
•Weather: ~75 degrees F, partly cloudy.
•Dominate over story: Acer macrophyllum, Alnus rubra, and Populus trichocarpa.
•Plant associations: Polystichum munitum, Rubus armeniacus, and Urtica dioica.
•Habitat: Deciduous forest understory, growing near a trail ~3m off trail, riparian environment ~20m away.
•Pollinators present
•Identification confirmed with “Flora of the Pacific Northwest” by Hitchcock and Cronquist.

Weather: mild, sunny
Habitat: undergrowth, edge of field
Diagnostic features: brown sporangia in large, circular sori, pinnate fronds, leaflet attached to rachis by stalk, small lobe at base of leaflet pointing up (sword hilt)

Weather- Cloudy and warm
Habitat- Yards and fields
Diagnostic features-
6e polypetalous herb with divided leaves
1b ovary superior
3b stamens >6
4b not a 2 seeded capsule
5b calyx not showy
7b stamens 5-10
8b stamens 10
10b lower petals fused
11a flowers pealike
Fabaceae P125
21b no raceme
22b 3 leaflets
23a leaflets toothed
24a leaves palmately trifoliate
Trifolium p 177
1b white
2b leaves trifoliate
3b no involucre
4b calyx glabrous
Group 4

18b 1-∞ flowers per head
19b corolla not 18 mm
20b perennial
28b not red
29b small leaflets
31a prostate and stoloniferous
Phenological phase- Flowering

Weather sunny and clear
Habitat - Grassland, reclaimed agricultural.

Observations:
Large multi-stemmed with moss.
Leaves 30cm, 5 lobed, darker on top.
Petiole long with reddish color on some.

Fruit golden brown paired wings in v shape. Seed in center is fuzzy.

Weather: Sunny and clear
Habitat: Pasture
Observations
Leaves basal, narrowly elliptical with strong veins running lengthwise.

Numerous flowers in egg shape.

Growing with grasses and blackberries that border Douglas Fir forest.

Weather; sunny and clear
Habitat: Grassland, recovering agricultural heavily overgrown with invasion blackberry.

Observations.
Erect with stiff branches.. Larger stems showing bark development. When scraped is bright yellow.

Leaflets of 5-9, glossy above, duller and paler below. Elliptical shaped with scallops between (very sharp) spines. One central vein.

Berries are blue with whitish bloom, velvety to touch., in elongated clusters.

Observed in Tumwater. Opposite oblong leaves. Specks on leaves are glandular tissue. Black specks on leaves and inflorescence are common for this family. Pointed sepals helped me identify that this is true Hypericum perforatum and not Hypericum maculatum.

•Weather: Cloudy and very humid, ~70 degrees F.
•Habitat: Old growth forest, alongside of trail.
•Dominate over story: Abies grandis and Chamaecyparis nootkatensis
•Plant associations: Blechnum spicant, Vaccinium ovalifolium and Trientalis latifolia.
•Flowering: Present
•Identified by my friend @sawyerbird in the field and later confirmed by myself with the key “Flora of the Pacific Northwest” by Hitchcock and Cronquist.

Found at 884.55 feet elevation on a sunny day with temperature of 86 degrees F in Cumberland, WA. Conifer forest with dominant over story including: Thuja plicata, Tsuga heterophylla, Acer circinatum, Acer macrophyllum, and Alnus rubra. Dominant understory species include: Rubus spectabilis, Symphoriocarpus alba, Gaultheria shallon, Rubus ursinus, Polystichum munitum, Pteridoum, and Rubus parviflorus. ID determined by photo comparison and previous knowledge of the species. Plant phenological phase producing flowers.