Sunday, June 28, 2009

Bio 407/507 Saturday June 27

Saturday AM. at Buena Vista areas



Plantago major, broadleaf plantain















The inflorescence














the leaf veins - notice the end of the leaf in my hand










Quercus garryana, Oregon oak





Bark







































Twig end with developing
acorns










Leaf scar.
Toxicodendron diversilobum, poison oak.
Developing fruits.



Rosa eglanteria, sweetbriar rose



Leaf, thorns, and stem






Flower being visited by a bee







Sepals reflex as fruit begins to develop, without lateral lobes.












Flower has many stamens
Teeth on margins of leaflets point forward.












Leaves typically 7-9 pinnately compound.












Stipules at the leaf base






Rhamnus purshiana, cascara or buckthorn






branching pattern of twigs






























remnants of blossoms,
back of leaf strongly veined












Trunk habit






















new berries are green






















Tree














Marah oreganus, wild cucumber








inside of fruit



























Saturday afternoon at Mill Creek

Asarum caudatum, wild ginger






blossom - kind of bedraggled

















back side of ginger leaf









Mahonia nervosa, low Oregon grape








a typical plant

15-19 compound leaves
















the curious structures on the stem



















The back of a leaf









Pyrola picta (aphylla), leafless wintergreen








Stalks with blossoms









































Fruits forming


(picture is sideways)












Close-up of flower

(picture is sideways)

































patch









































flash photos







Heuchera micrantha, small-flowered alum-root







old flowers and new fruits




























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