Hypericum perforatumKlamath weed, St. John's wort
a patch
the translucent glands in the leaves
the flowers are a bit asymmetrical, like a pinwheel. They do come in both right and left handed versions.
the fruits
Leucanthemum vulgare
Oxeye daisy
the overlapping bracts
a patch
a head of white ray flowers and yellow disk flowers
Marah oreganus
Wild cucumber
some have fewer bristles
climbing vine version
the male blossoms stand up on a stalk above the leaves - one has 6 lobes, but most have 5
some are really bristly
the female flower hangs below the vine on a short petiole. The fruit is beginning to form.
The buds, most are 5 parted, but one has 6.
A patch
oops, this one is in here twice
Matricaria discoides
Pineapple weed
a big patch
a big patch
a plant
Oxalis oregana
a very pretty blossom.
Some oxalis have yellow blossoms, ours is probably O. oregana because of its location.
Plantago major
this one is more major than the one we found.
the stalks can be quite tall.
Prunella vulgaris
Heal-all (as far as I know, it heals nothing)
the stalk with ripened fruits.
a top view
the inflorescence
the hairs
the lower lip of the blossom can be more or less fringed
Pyrola picta
White-veined wintergreen
This one has leaves, ours didn't
some buds
the leaves
Rhamnus purchiana
Cascara
new growth
Cascara tree
Rubus armeniacus
Himalaya blackberry
the inflorescence. some fruit is beginning to develop.
wicked thorns, ridged stem
Rubus parvifolius
Thimbleberry
how the fruit comes off
inside the berry
the stipule
back of leaf
united sepals
Rumex acetosella
Sheep sorrel
a plant without flowers
plant
an inflorescence, some flowers, some fruits
it turns red as it ripens
the sheath, typical of all polygonums
Rumex crispus
Curly dock, or yellow dock
the fruits, still pretty green
Sagittaria latifolia
Wapato
leaf
Sambucus racemosa
Red elderberry
a blooming inflorescence in front, with green fruits in back
back of the leaves, and berries
Smilacia racemosa
False Solomon's seal
Stellaria media
Common chickweed
early in the blooming season
Toxicodendron diversiloba
the inflorescence
another look to the leaves
the ankle-biter version
new growth is often red-tinged,
the leaves also turn red in the fall
Urtica dioica
stinging nettle
the inflorescence
Veronica americana,
the fruits are almost round (the fruits of many veronicas are heart-shaped)
sometimes this plant will root at the nodes
some flowers
the blossom
