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Flowers of the California Redwood Forests and environs on the Berry Creek Falls Loop in the Forest of Big Basin State Park
... (Trientalis latifolia). The flower hovers on an almost-invisible stem 1.5 inches above the leaf cluster. Apr May June Jul Pink Boykinia. 5 pink petals; 5 long stamens. Aug Red ... the ground, instead of being upright. It had green-cream scaly flowers coming from the leaf axis. May Iris: Douglas' or Mountain Iris (Iris douglasiana). Creamy petals with purple veins. Perianth tube ...
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Spring (May) California Redwoods and Waterfalls: The Berry Creek Falls Loop in the Forest of Big Basin State Park
... Scutellaria tuberosa). 5-petaled, 2-lipped tubular flower (mint family). Hill star (Lithophragma heterophylla [leaf loving]). White. 5 petals. Flower base truncate or rounded ("U-shaped"). Toothwort (Dentaria ... ground, instead of being upright. It had green scaly flowers coming from the leaf axis.] By Kelly Creek Bridge: 39 New Nanners, 64 total. Thimbleberry (white). Greater vetch (mauve ...
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Forestry Glossary: A is for ... acorn, angiosperm, and autotroph
... other plants close by. alternate (adj.) A leaf arrangement in which the leaves along the axis are not opposite to each other and not ... anterior (adj.) On the front side of the plant, away from the axis. anther (n.) The part of the stamen that develops and bears pollen ... axil (n.) The upper angle (or cavity) at the junction between a leaf and stem, or two other structures or organs. Forest and Tree ...
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Forestry Glossary: D is for ... deciduous, dendrology, and desertification
... adj.) The congested arrangement of flowers in an inflorescence. Compare open. dentate (adj.) Describes a leaf whose margins have teeth that point out. derived (adj.) Describes character(s) that changed ... from the uneven distribution of resources. distal (adj.) The end relatively distant from the axis and the point of attachment. Compare proximal. distinct (adj.) Having separate yet similar parts, ...
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Forestry Glossary: E is for ... ecology, exogen, and extinct
... substances or tissue in seed plants within the embryo sac. entire (adj.) A type of leaf margin that is continuous and smooth. entrainment (n.) The process of particle lifting by an ... from another organism. See also phylogeny. excurrent branching (n.) Tree growth in which the main axis continues to the top of the tree from which smaller, lateral branches arise. Example: conifers ...
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Forestry Glossary: H is for ... hilum hectare habitat
... part of the central axis portion of a plant seedling that is below the cotyledons. hypogynous (adj.) Growing on the under surface, like a fungus beneath a leaf. Also having stamens, petals ...
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Forestry Glossary: P is for ... polygamous pioneer population
... ) of a compound leaf. pinnate (adj.) Like a feather; having the arrangement and shape of a feather, with segments arranged feather-like on either side of a common axis. pioneer (n.) A ... plants and are a chief component of living matter. proximal (adj.) Relatively near the central axis or the point of attachment. Compare distal. pterocarpous (adj.) Having winged fruits. pterospermous (adj.) Having ...
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Forestry Glossary: S is for ... samara, sapling, and subkingdom
... results. shrub (n.) A small, woody perennial plant with several stems. simple (adj.) Describes a leaf that has a single part, without subdivision into leaflets. species (n.) 1. Freely interbreeding population ... canopy. subkingdom (n.) See phylum. sympodial (adj.) A branching growth pattern in which the main axis is formed by a series of successive secondary axes, each of which represents one fork ...
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