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Plant Life 1805

Pinus monticola
WESTERN WHITE PINE
Feb. 6, 1805
? Echinacea angustifolia "Specimens of a plant, and a parcel of its roots highly prized by the natives...in cases of the bite of the rattle Snake."

NARROW-LEAVED PURPLECONEFLOWER
April 6, 1805
? Opuntia fragilis = Cactus fragilis
BRITTLE OPUNTIA
May 20, 1805
Populus angustifolia
NARROWLEAF COTTON-WOOD
June 12, 1805
Populus deltoides occidentalis

PLAINS COTTONWOOD
No date
? Lathyrus ochroleucus
YELLOW-FLOWERING PEA
June 16, 1805
? Ribes cereum
WHITE SQUAW CURRANT
June 18, 1805
Cirsium drummondii = C. foliosum = Carduus foliosus
LEAFY OR DWARF THISTLE
July 23, 1805
Allium geyeri
GEYER'S ONION
July 23, 1805
A.T. Ribes aureum Pursh. "Yellow flowering currant. Near the narrows of the Columbia April 16, 1806." "Yellow currant of the Missouri."
GOLDEN CURRANT
July 29, 1805
Betula occidentalis = B. papyrifera occidentalis
WESTERN PAPER BIRCH
August 3, 1805
Mimulus lewisii

LEWIS'S MONKEY FLOWER
Aug. 12, 1805
Acer glabrum

ROCKY MOUNTAIN MAPLE
Aug. 13, 1805
Actaea arguta

WESTERN RED BANEBERRY
Aug. 13, 1805
A. Lonicera involucrata = Xylosteum involucratum "Shrub within the Rocky Mountains found in moist ground near branches of rivulet July 7, 1806." "No. 5 found on the waters of the Columbias."

INVOLUCRED FLY-HONEYSUCKLE
Sept. 2, 1805
A. Angelica lyallii = A. arguta "Angelica within the Rocky mountains in moist places. June 25th, 1806. The flowering one taken in."
LYALL'S ANGELICA
Sept. 3, 1805
A. Pyrus sambucifolia? [var. pumila Sargent] = Sorbus sitchensis . A small growth only, rising to the height of 15 feet." "On the tops of the highest peaks and mountains, June 27, 1806." "No. 24. Found the 4th day of Sept. 1805."

SITKA MOUNTAIN ASH
Sept. 4, 1805
Larix occidentalis
WESTERN LARCH
Sept. 14, 1805
Abies lasiocarpa, Pinus lasiocarpa

SUBALPINE FIR
Sept. 15, 1805
Picea engelmannii = Abies engelmanni

ENGELMANN'S SPRUCE
Sept. 16, 1805
Pinus albicaulis
WHITEBARK PINE
Sept. 16, 1805
Pinus contorta

LODGEPOLE PINE
Sept. 16, 1805
Alnus sinuata, A. viridis sinuata

WAVY-LEAVED OR SITKA ALDER
Sept. 20, 1805
?Symphoricarpos albus laevigatus = S. racemosus var. laevigatus
COMMON SNOWBERRY
Sept. 20, 1805
Thuia plicata
WESTERN RED CEDAR; WEST-ERN ARBOR VITAE
Sept. 20, 1805
Taxus brevifolia
PACIFIC YEW
Sept. 25, 1805
A. Pinus ponderosa "On the Kooskooskee. On river bottoms in rich land west of the mountains."

PONDEROSA PINE
Oct. 1, 1805
A. Aster oregonus = ? Seriocarpus oregonensis "On Lewis [Snake] River."
OREGON WHITE-TOPPED ASTER
Oct. 10, 1805
? Celtis reticulata

NETLEAF HACKBERRY
Oct. 12, 1805
? Salix amygdaloides
PEACH-LEAVED WILLOW
Oct. 12, 1805
? Salix exigua
SLENDER WILLOW
Oct. 12, 1805
Opuntia polyacantha = 0. missouriensis = Cactus ferox
MANY-SPINED OPUNTIA
Oct. 16, 1805
Corylus californica = C. rostrata californica
CALIFORNIA HAZELNUT
Oct. 22, 1805
A.L.T. Berberis nervosa "Lewisia nervosa. New genus. Mountain holly, from the great Rapids of the Columbia."
DULL OREGON GRAPE
Oct. [22], 1805
A.L.T. Acer circinatum "On the great rapids of Columbia, Octbr. 1805"

VINE MAPLE
Oct. 30, 1805
A. Arbutus menziesii "A middle sized tree with a remarkable smooth bark, which scales off in the manner of the birch; & red berries in clusters. Columbia."

MADRONE
Nov. 1, 1805
Alnus rhombifolia

WHITE ALDER
Nov. 6, 1805
A. Pachistima myrsinites = Ilex? myrsinites "Rocky Mountains, June 16, 1806." "A small shrub about 4 feet high with a small purple berry, evergreen. Near the Pacific Ocean."
OREGON BOXWOOD
Nov. 16, 1805
Fraxinus latifolia = F. oregona
OREGON ASH
Nov. 30, 1805
? Rhododendron macrophyllum = R. californicum
CALIFORNIA RHODODENDRON
Nov. 30, 1805