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thin gray bark, bulging resin blisters
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abies lasiocarpa
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subalpine fir
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deciduous needles in tufts on stubby twigs, deeply furrowed bark brown
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lair occidentalis
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western larch
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small stub left by old needles, needles sharp curving upwards towards tip, thin gray bark loose scales
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picea engelmannii
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engelmanspruce
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needles in bundles of 2, grayish bark thing scaly, serotinous cones
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pinus contorta
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lodgepole pine
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gnarled and twisted subalpine tree, needles in bundles of 5
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pinus flexilis
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limber pine
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needles in bundles of 3, orange brown bark in plates of mature tree, cones prickly
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pinus ponderosa
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ponderosa pine
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deciduous tree, glossy green leaves, gray
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populus trichocarpa
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black cottonwood
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deciduous tree, greenish white leaves, smooth white bark with black markings
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populus tremuloides
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quaking aspen
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needles serially arranged, mature bark has corky ridges with vertical fissures, cones have 3 toothed bracts
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pseudotsuga menziesii
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Douglas fir
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scale like leaves, bark is vertical fissured, fibrous, reddish brown, found in moist sites
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thuja plicata
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western red cedar
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slender branches, downswept, nodding tip, inner bark dark orange with purple streaks, found on moist sites
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tsuga heterophylla
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western hemlock
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v shaped pairs of winged seeds
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acer glabrum
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rocky mountain maple
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woody catkins, single or double serration on leaves
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alnus viridis
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green alder
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A.A.
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amelanchier alnifolia
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saskatoon/service berry
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A.U.
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arctostaphylos uva-ursi
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kinnikinnick
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B.R.
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beberis repens
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Oregon grape
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leaves have prominent veins that converge towards tip
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cornus sericea
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red-osier dodwood
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leaves alternate, sharp toothed, glossy leathery green, stems have thorns
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crataegus douglasii
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black hawthorn
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H.D.
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holodiscus discolor
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oceanspray
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J.S.
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juniperus scopulorum
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Rocky Mountain juniper
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J.C.
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juniperus communis
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common juniper
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M.F.
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menziesia ferruginea
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false huckleberry
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low evergreen shrub, 4-side reddish brown stems, leathery green leaves toothed
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paxistima myrsinites
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mountain boxwood
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somewhat maple leave shaped leaves, brown shredding bark, white flower clusters
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physocarpus malvaceus
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ninebark
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leaves alternate, sharp toothed, 2 extrafloral nectaries at base, bottlebrush like cluster of white flowers, reddish fruit
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prunus virginiana
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choke cherry
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maple leave like shape with 3-5 lobes, spines often, edible fruit
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ribes spp.
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gooseberries and currant
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R.A.
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rosa acicularis
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prickly rose
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R.P.
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rubus parviflorus
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thimbleberry
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S.S.
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salix spp.
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willow
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opposite pinnately compound leaves, hollow stems, clustered white flowers that smell
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sambucus racemosa
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black elderberry
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underside of leaves have silvery hairs and rust colored scales
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shepherdia canadensis
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buffaloberry
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S.B.
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spiraea betulifloia
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spiraea
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leaves opposite gray green, fruits white berry like
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symphoricarpos albus
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snowberry
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V.M.
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Vaccinium membranaceum
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mountain huckleberry
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