Species

Name

Family

Status

Hazards

Edible

Other

Medicinal

Photo

Abies Sp. Fir Pinaceae Native X X X Abies amabilis 26453 (1)
Acer Sp. Maple Sapindaceae Native X X X
Aesculus hippocastanum Horse-chestnut Hippocastanaceae Exotic X X X X
Alnus rubra Red alder Betulaceae Native X X (4)
Alnus viridus Sitka Alder Betulaceae Native X X (5)*
Arbutus menziesii Arbutus Ericaceae Native X X X X Arbutus menziesii
Chamaecyparis nootkatensis Yellow-cedar Cupressaceae Native     X   (6)
Malus fusca Pacific crab apple Rosaceae Native X X X X Arbutus menziesii
Pinus contorta Shore Pine Pinaceae Native X X X X Arbutus menziesii
Pinus monticola Western white pine Pinaceae Native X X X X Pinus monticola opencones (7)
Pseudotsuga menziesii Douglas-fir Pinaceae Native   X X X Pseudotsuga menziesii subsp. menziesii cones (8)
Quercus Sp. Oak Fagaceae Native X X X X Quercus garryana
Taxus brevifolia Western yew Taxaceae Native X   X X PacificYew 8566 (9)

Image References

Image Footnotes

*1. Branchlet with young leafy shoots, male (a - f) and female (g - m) catkins with stipulate stem (n). - 2. Branchlet with leafy shoots; one with yet green, immature conelets (a, b) the other with developed male catkins (m) and vegetative buds (k) and one with an old (empty) conelet (z). - 3. Ripe winged nutlets. - 4. Seedling with cotyledons and first ordinary leaves. - 5. Winter-branchlet with empty strobiles (a - d), dormant male catkins (e - g) and vegetative buds (k). 6. Winter-branchlet with a spur (x - x') - series of short internodes (yearly growths), and long shoot with vegetative buds (k). After Hempel & Wilhelm, 1889. Photos and explanations from the book: Zelimir Borzan. "Tree and Shrub Names in Latin, Croatian, English, and German, with synonyms", University of Zagreb, 2001.