Botanical Studies

Topics Covered

General Topics:

• Forest Service Road Numbers: What do they mean?
• Trillium ovatum Rap
• Rare, Threatened, Endangered, Sensitive, and No Pick Plants
• Eating wild foods
• Tasted Acer macrophyllum, Oemlaria cerasiformis, Oxalis oregana, Mimulus alsinoides, and Asarum caudatum

Botanical Principals:

• Plant Names: Family, Genus, Species, and Common
• Four whorls of the flower
• Asteraceae formally known as Compositae: flowers in heads
• Apiaceae formally known as Umbelliferae: flowers in umbels
• Scrophulariaceae: Two petals on top, three on the bottom

Wildcrafting Principals: n/a

Herbalism Principals: n/a

Ecosystems/Habitats:

• Low Elevation Coniferous Woods
• Oregon Grape\Salal balance
• Oregon Grape locating

• Low Elevation Riparian Zone
• Valerian Ecology
• Valerian locating

Plant List

Notes:

• Low elevation riparian zone and coniferous woods 2000’, 1500’
• Snow blocks road at 1800’ Friday
• Snowing at valley floor Tuesday

Plants: 10 Flowering Plants Seen

#	Family	Latin Name	Common Name	Usage
1	Liliaceae	Trillium ovatum	Birth Root	No Pick
2	Ranunculaceae	Anemone lyallii	Small Windflower	Poison
3	Berberidaceae	Berberis nervosa	Mountain Oregon Grape	Edible, Medicinal
4	Rosaceae	Oemleria cerasiformis	Osoberry	Edibility (Choice)
5	Apiaceae (Umbelliferae)	Lomatium utriculatum	Spring Gold, Biscuit Root	Edible
6	Scrophulariaceae	Mimulus alsinoides	Baby Monkey Flower	Edibile
7		Synthyris reniformis	Snow Queen	Edibility Unknown
8	Valerianaceae	Valeriana scouleri	Low-elevation Valerian	Medicinal
9	Asteraceae (Compositae)	Crocidium multicaule	Gold Fields	Poison?
10		Petasites frigidus	Western Coltsfoot	Edible, Medicinal (PA’s)

Animal Interactions:

• n/a

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