| Hint | Answer | % Correct | |
|---|---|---|---|
| J.C. | juniperus communis | common juniper | 100%
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| small stub left by old needles, needles sharp curving upwards towards tip, thin gray bark loose scales | picea engelmannii | engelmanspruce | 100%
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| needles in bundles of 3, orange brown bark in plates of mature tree, cones prickly | pinus ponderosa | ponderosa pine | 100%
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| deciduous tree, greenish white leaves, smooth white bark with black markings | populus tremuloides | quaking aspen | 100%
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| maple leave like shape with 3-5 lobes, spines often, edible fruit | ribes spp. | gooseberries and currant | 50%
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| S.S. | salix spp. | willow | 50%
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| thin gray bark, bulging resin blisters | abies lasiocarpa | subalpine fir | 0%
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| v shaped pairs of winged seeds | acer glabrum | rocky mountain maple | 0%
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| woody catkins, single or double serration on leaves | alnus viridis | green alder | 0%
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| A.A. | amelanchier alnifolia | saskatoon/service berry | 0%
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| A.U. | arctostaphylos uva-ursi | kinnikinnick | 0%
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| B.R. | beberis repens | Oregon grape | 0%
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| leaves have prominent veins that converge towards tip | cornus sericea | red-osier dodwood | 0%
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| leaves alternate, sharp toothed, glossy leathery green, stems have thorns | crataegus douglasii | black hawthorn | 0%
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| H.D. | holodiscus discolor | oceanspray | 0%
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| J.S. | juniperus scopulorum | Rocky Mountain juniper | 0%
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| deciduous needles in tufts on stubby twigs, deeply furrowed bark brown | lair occidentalis | western larch | 0%
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| M.F. | menziesia ferruginea | false huckleberry | 0%
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| low evergreen shrub, 4-side reddish brown stems, leathery green leaves toothed | paxistima myrsinites | mountain boxwood | 0%
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| somewhat maple leave shaped leaves, brown shredding bark, white flower clusters | physocarpus malvaceus | ninebark | 0%
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| needles in bundles of 2, grayish bark thing scaly, serotinous cones | pinus contorta | lodgepole pine | 0%
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| gnarled and twisted subalpine tree, needles in bundles of 5 | pinus flexilis | limber pine | 0%
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| deciduous tree, glossy green leaves, gray | populus trichocarpa | black cottonwood | 0%
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| leaves alternate, sharp toothed, 2 extrafloral nectaries at base, bottlebrush like cluster of white flowers, reddish fruit | prunus virginiana | choke cherry | 0%
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| needles serially arranged, mature bark has corky ridges with vertical fissures, cones have 3 toothed bracts | pseudotsuga menziesii | Douglas fir | 0%
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| R.A. | rosa acicularis | prickly rose | 0%
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| R.P. | rubus parviflorus | thimbleberry | 0%
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| opposite pinnately compound leaves, hollow stems, clustered white flowers that smell | sambucus racemosa | black elderberry | 0%
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| underside of leaves have silvery hairs and rust colored scales | shepherdia canadensis | buffaloberry | 0%
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| S.B. | spiraea betulifloia | spiraea | 0%
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| leaves opposite gray green, fruits white berry like | symphoricarpos albus | snowberry | 0%
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| scale like leaves, bark is vertical fissured, fibrous, reddish brown, found in moist sites | thuja plicata | western red cedar | 0%
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| slender branches, downswept, nodding tip, inner bark dark orange with purple streaks, found on moist sites | tsuga heterophylla | western hemlock | 0%
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| V.M. | Vaccinium membranaceum | mountain huckleberry | 0%
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