Plant Lists from the Pacific Northwest

Title: 1st Year Field Trip #3 - Orchidaceae and Berberis nervosa

Date: April 24, 25, 28, 2009

Location: Western Cascades, Oregon

Topics Covered

General Topics:

Botanical Principals:

  • Violaceae: two petals on top, three petals on bottom; free or distinct; uniquely zygomorphic
  • Scrophulariaceae: two lobes on top, three lobes on bottom; united, fused, or connate; uniquely zygomorphic
  • Orchidaceae family description
  • Calypso genus description
  • Listera genus description
  • Keyed out: Berberis nervosa, Calypso bulbosa and Listera cordata

Wildcrafting Principals:

  • Plant population monitoring techniques: scanning (Calypso eyes)
  • Locating, harvesting, and processing Berberis nervosa

Herbalism Principals:

  • Tasted Acer macrophyllum panicles
  • Made Berberis nervosa tincture

Ecosystems/Habitats:

  • Low Elevation Coniferous Woods

Plant List

Notes:

  • Low Elevation Coniferous Woods 2000’

Plants: 10 Flowering Plants Seen

# Family Latin Name Common Name Usage
1 Liliaceae Trillium ovatum Birth Root No Pick
2 Orchidaceae Calypso bulbosa Calypso Orchid No Pick
3 Listera cordata Twayblade No Pick
4 Ranunculaceae Anemone lyallii Small Windflower Poisonous
5 Berberidaceae Berberis nervosa Mountain Oregon Grape Edible, Medicinal
6 Fumariaceae Dicentra formosa Bleeding Hearts Poisonous
7 Aceraceae Acer macrophyllum Big leaf Maple Edibility (Choice)
8 Violaceae Viola glabella Woods Violet Edibility (Choice)
9 Scrophulariaceae Synthyris reniformis Snow Queen Edibility Unknown
10 Asteraceae (Compositae) Petasites frigidus Western Coltsfoot Edible, Medicinal w/caution (PA’s)

Animal Interactions:

  • Harpaphe haydeniana, black and red millipede

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