Mosses, Liverworts, and Lichens

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Mosses, Liverworts, and Lichens BWBS, SBS, ESSF SBPS Subzone x or d x or d Subzone m mc Subzone w or v mk Mosses, Liverworts, and Lichens Aulacomnium palustre – glow moss 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 A B C D E BWBS 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 A B C D E SBS 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 A B C D E Northern ESSF 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 A B C D E SBPS Indicator Values and Species Notes shade-intolerant. may indicate a frost-prone site; on mesic sites it indicates cold air ponding. persists in pioneer seral stage.

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Mosses, Liverworts, and Lichens

BWBS, SBS, ESSF SBPSSubzone x or d x or dSubzone m mcSubzone w or v mk

Mosses, Liverworts, and Lichens

Aulacomnium palustre – glow moss

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Indicator Values and Species Notes• shade-intolerant.• may indicate a frost-prone site; on mesic sites

it indicates cold air ponding.• persists in pioneer seral stage.

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Edatopic Grids

BWBS, SBS, ESSF SBPSSubzone x or d x or dSubzone m mcSubzone w or v mk

BWBS, SBS, ESSF SBPSSubzone x or d x or dSubzone m mcSubzone w or v mk

Barbilophozia floerkei – mountain leafy liverwort

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A B C D ENorthern ESSF

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Indicator Values and Species Notes• shade-tolerant.• considered a subalpine species.

Barbilophozia hatcheri – Hatcher’s fan wort

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BWBS, SBS, ESSF SBPSSubzone x or d x or dSubzone m mcSubzone w or v mk

BWBS, SBS, ESSF SBPSSubzone x or d x or dSubzone m mcSubzone w or v mk

Barbilophozia lycopodioides – common leafy liverwort

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Indicator Values and Species Notes• shade-tolerant.• decreases in abundance in pioneer seral stage.

Brachythecium hylotapetum – woodsy ragged moss

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Edatopic Grids

BWBS, SBS, ESSF SBPSSubzone x or d x or dSubzone m mcSubzone w or v mk

BWBS, SBS, ESSF SBPSSubzone x or d x or dSubzone m mcSubzone w or v mk

Brachythecium spp. – ragged mosses

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Cladina arbuscula – green reindeer lichen

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Indicator Values and Species Notes• was C. mitis.• in old-growth stands replaced by mosses, except

on drier sites.• decreases in abundance in pioneer and young

seral forests.

Indicator Values and Species Notes• photo is of B. hylotapteum.

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Mosses, Liverworts, and Lichens

BWBS, SBS, ESSF SBPSSubzone x or d x or dSubzone m mcSubzone w or v mk

BWBS, SBS, ESSF SBPSSubzone x or d x or dSubzone m mcSubzone w or v mk

Cladina rangiferina – grey reindeer lichen

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Indicator Values and Species Notes• shade-intolerant.• associated with thin mor humus forms.• sparse in areas with heavy snowpacks.• decreases in abundance in old-growth stands

where it is replaced by mosses, except ondrier sites.

Cladina spp. – reindeer lichens

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Indicator Values and Species Notes• moderately shade-tolerant to shade-

intolerant.• associated with mor humus forms.• in old-growth stands replaced by mosses,

except on drier sites.• photo is of C. rangiferina.

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Edatopic Grids

BWBS, SBS, ESSF SBPSSubzone x or d x or dSubzone m mcSubzone w or v mk

BWBS, SBS, ESSF SBPSSubzone x or d x or dSubzone m mcSubzone w or v mk

Cladonia gracilis – black foot cladonia

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Indicator Values and Species Notes• shade-intolerant.• associated with thin mor humus forms.• increases in abundance in young seral stage after

fire.

Cladonia spp. – pixie-cup lichens

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Indicator Values and Species Notes• often increases in abundance in pioneer seral

stage.• occurs on most grid locations on rotting wood.• photo is of C. gracilis.

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BWBS, SBS, ESSF SBPSSubzone x or d x or dSubzone m mcSubzone w or v mk

BWBS, SBS, ESSF SBPSSubzone x or d x or dSubzone m mcSubzone w or v mk

Dicranum polysetum – wavy-leaved moss

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Dicranum spp. – broom mosses

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Indicator Values and Species Notes• photo is of D. polysetum.

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Edatopic Grids

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BWBS, SBS, ESSF SBPSSubzone x or d x or dSubzone m mcSubzone w or v mk

Drepanocladus uncinatus – sickle moss

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Drepanocladus spp. – hook mosses

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Indicator Values and Species Notes• photo is of D. uncinatus.

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BWBS, SBS, ESSF SBPSSubzone x or d x or dSubzone m mcSubzone w or v mk

BWBS, SBS, ESSF SBPSSubzone x or d x or dSubzone m mcSubzone w or v mk

Hylocomium splendens – step moss

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Indicator Values and Species Notes• shade-tolerant.• decreases in abundance in pioneer seral stage.

Marchantia polymorpha – green-tongue liverwort

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Indicator Values and Species Notes• shade-intolerant.• persists and may increase in pioneer seral

stage after heavy disturbance or burning.• most commonly found in microdepressions.

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Edatopic Grids

BWBS, SBS, ESSF SBPSSubzone x or d x or dSubzone m mcSubzone w or v mk

BWBS, SBS, ESSF SBPSSubzone x or d x or dSubzone m mcSubzone w or v mk

Mnium spp. – leafy mosses

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Peltigera aphthosa – freckle pelt lichen

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Indicator Values and Species Notes• shade-tolerant to shade-intolerant.• persists in deciduous and mixedwood, young

and mature seral forests.

Indicator Values and Species Notes• includes Plagiomnium spp. and Rhizomnium

spp. as well.

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BWBS, SBS, ESSF SBPSSubzone x or d x or dSubzone m mcSubzone w or v mk

BWBS, SBS, ESSF SBPSSubzone x or d x or dSubzone m mcSubzone w or v mk

Peltigera canina – dog pelt lichen

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Indicator Values and Species Notes• shade-tolerant to shade-intolerant.• persists in deciduous, young and mature seral

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Peltigera malacea – apple pelt lichen

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Edatopic Grids

BWBS, SBS, ESSF SBPSSubzone x or d x or dSubzone m mcSubzone w or v mk

BWBS, SBS, ESSF SBPSSubzone x or d x or dSubzone m mcSubzone w or v mk

Peltigera spp. – pelt lichens

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Plagiomnium medium – common leafy moss

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Indicator Values and Species Notes• was Mnium medium.

Indicator Values and Species Notes• photo is of P. aphthosa.

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BWBS, SBS, ESSF SBPSSubzone x or d x or dSubzone m mcSubzone w or v mk

BWBS, SBS, ESSF SBPSSubzone x or d x or dSubzone m mcSubzone w or v mk

Pleurozium schreberi – red-stemmed feathermoss

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Indicator Values and Species Notes• shade-tolerant to shade-intolerant.• decreases in abundance in pioneer and young

seral stages.

Pohlia nutans – copper-wire moss

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Indicator Values and Species Notes• most abundant on soil after disturbance.• persists in deciduous, mature seral forests.

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Edatopic Grids

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BWBS, SBS, ESSF SBPSSubzone x or d x or dSubzone m mcSubzone w or v mk

Polytrichum commune – common haircap moss

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Indicator Values and Species Notes• increases in abundance after disturbance,

especially where mineral soil has been exposed.• persists in deciduous, young and mature seral

forests.

Polytrichum juniperinum – juniper haircap moss

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Indicator Values and Species Notes• may indicate a frost-prone site.• common on exposed mineral soil.• characteristic of fire-disturbed sites.• shade-tolerant to shade-intolerant.• increases in abundance and edatopic range in

heavily disturbed pioneer seral stage.• persists in deciduous, young and mature seral

forests.

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BWBS, SBS, ESSF SBPSSubzone x or d x or dSubzone m mcSubzone w or v mk

Ptilium crista-castrensis – knight’s plume

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Indicator Values and Species Notes• shade-tolerant.• decreases in abundance in pioneer seral stage.• persists in mixedwood and deciduous, young

and mature forests.

Rhizomnium glabrescens – large leafy moss

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Indicator Values and Species Notes• very shade-tolerant.• decreases in abundance in pioneer seral stage.

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Edatopic Grids

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BWBS, SBS, ESSF SBPSSubzone x or d x or dSubzone m mcSubzone w or v mk

Rhytidiadelphus triquetrus – electrified cat’s-tail moss

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Indicator Values and Species Notes• shade-tolerant to shade-intolerant.• decreases in abundance in pioneer seral stage.• persists in deciduous, mature seral forests.

Rhytidiopsis robusta – pipecleaner moss

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Indicator Values and Species Notes• moderately to very shade-tolerant.

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Sphagnum capillifolium – common red sphagnum

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Insufficient data

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Indicator Values and Species Notes• associated with a high watertable.

Sphagnum girgensohnii – common green sphagnum

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Indicator Values and Species Notes• shade-tolerant.

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Edatopic Grids

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BWBS, SBS, ESSF SBPSSubzone x or d x or dSubzone m mcSubzone w or v mk

Sphagnum spp. – peat mosses

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Indicator Values and Species Notes• moderately shade-tolerant to shade-intolerant.• on moisture regime and drier it often indicates

black spruce sites with cold (fine-textured) soils.• photo is of S. girgensohnii.

Stereocaulon spp. – coral lichens

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Indicator Values and Species Notes• shade-intolerant.

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Timmia austriaca – false-polytrichum

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Indicator Values and Species Notes• shade-tolerant to shade-intolerant.• persists in pioneer seral stage.

Tomenthypnum nitens – golden fuzzy fen moss

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Indicator Values and Species Notes• commonly found on calcium-rich sites.

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Index

INDEX – COMMON AND SCIENTIFIC NAMES

A

Abies lasiocarpa 7Acer glabrum 13Achillea millefolium 34Aconitum delphiniifolium 35Actaea rubra 35alder,

green 14mountain 14Sitka 14

Allium cernuum

Alnus crispa 14Alnus incana ssp. tenuifolia

Alnus tenuifolia 14Alnus viridis ssp. crispa 14Alnus viridis ssp. sinuata

Amelanchier alnifolia

Anemone multifida

anemone, cut-leaved 36Antennaria microphylla 37Antennaria neglecta

Antennaria racemosa 37Antennaria rosea

Antennaria umbrinella

Aquilegia formosa

Aralia nudicaulis

Arctostaphylos uva-ursi

Arnica cordifolia

Arnica latifolia

arnica,heart-leaved 40mountain 40

Aruncus dioicus

aspen, trembling 11 (96)Aster ciliolatus

Aster conspicuus

Aster modestus

aster,fringed 41great northern 42

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Lindley’s 41showy 42

Athyrium filix-femina

Aulacomnium palustre

avens, large-leaved 54azalea, false 19

B

baneberry 35Barbilophozia floerkei 100Barbilophozia hatcheri

Barbilophozia lycopodioides

bedstraw,northern 52sweet-scented 53

Betula glandulosa

Betula papyrifera

birch,paper 8scrub 15

bluebells, tall 64blueberry,

dwarf 83oval-leaved 32velvet-leaved 32

bog-laurel, western 57Brachythecium spp. – ragged mosses

Brachythecium hylotapetum

bramble, five-leaved 74brome, Columbia 88Bromus vulgaris

bunchberry 46burnet, Sitka 75

C

Calamagrostis canadensis

Calamagrostis rubescens

Carex spp.

Carex deflexa 90Carex disperma

Carex richardsonii 90

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Carex rossii 90Carex siccata 90Cassiope mertensiana

Castilleja miniata

Chamaedaphne calyculata

Chimaphila umbellata

Cinna latifolia

cinquefoil,marsh 72shrubby 21

Circaea alpina

Cladina spp. – reindeer lichens

Cladina arbuscula

Cladina mitis 102Cladina rangiferina

Cladonia spp.

Cladonia gracilis

cladonia, black foot 104Clintonia uniflora

cloudberry 74clubmoss, stiff 61coltsfoot, sweet 69columbine, red 38Cornus canadensis

Cornus stolonifera

cotton-grass, narrow-leaved 92cottonwood, black 11cow-parsnip 56cow-wheat 64cranberry, bog 68crowberry 48currant,

northern black 22red swamp 24trailing black 23

D

daisy, subalpine 51Delphinium glaucum

devil’s club 20Dicranum spp. – broom mosses

Dicranum polysetum

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Disporum hookeri

Disporum trachycarpum

dogwood, red-osier 16Douglas-fir (8) 12 (13) (36)Drepanocladus spp. – hook mosses

Drepanocladus uncinatus

Dryopteris expansa

E

Elaeagnus commutata

elderberry, red 28Elymus glaucus

Elymus innovatus 94Elymus trachycaulus

Empetrum nigrum

enchanter’s-nightshade 45Epilobium angustifolium

Equisetum arvense

Equisetum pratense

Equisetum scirpoides

Equisetum sylvaticum

Erigeron peregrinus

Eriophorum angustifolium

F

fairybells,Hooker’s 47rough-fruited 47

false Solomon’s-seal 78star-flowered 78

falsebox 20false-polytrichum 117fan wort, Hatcher’s 100feathermoss, red-stemmed 111fern,

lady 43oak 56ostrich 63spiny wood 48

fescue,Rocky Mountain 93western 93

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Festuca occidentalis

Festuca saximontana

fir, subalpine 7fireweed 49foamflower,

one-leaved 81three-leaved 81

Fragaria virginiana

G

Galium boreale

Galium triflorum

Gaultheria hispidula

Geocaulon lividum

Geum macrophyllum

globeflower 82goatsbeard 41goldenrod, spike-like 79Goodyera oblongifolia

Goodyera repens

gooseberry,black 22northern 23

grass-of-Parnassus, fringed 68ground-cedar 62groundsel, arrow-leaved 77grouseberry 83Gymnocarpium dryopteris

H

hairgrass, mountain 98hawkweed, white 57hellebore, Indian 85hemlock, mountain 12Heracleum lanatum

Hieracium albiflorum

highbush-cranberry 33horsetail,

common 49meadow 50wood 51

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huckleberry, black 31Hylocomium splendens

J

Jacob’s-ladder, showy 71junegrass 94juniper,

common 17Rocky Mountain 36

Juniperus communis

K

Kalmia microphylla

kinnikinnick 39knight’s plume 113Koeleria macrantha

L

Labrador tea 18Larix laricina

larkspur, tall 46Lathyrus nevadensis

Lathyrus ochroleucus

leatherleaf 16Ledum groenlandicum

Leymus innovatus

lichen,apple pelt 109coral 116dog pelt 109freckle pelt 108green reindeer 102grey reindeer 103pelt 110pixie-cup 104reindeer 103

Lilium columbianum

lily, tiger 59lily-of-the-valley, wild 63lingonberry 84

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Linnaea borealis

Listera cordata

liverwort,common leafy 101green-tongue 107mountain leafy 100

Lonicera involucrata

lousewort, bracted 69Luetkea pectinata

lupine, arctic 61Lupinus arcticus

Lycopodium annotinum

Lycopodium complanatum

Lysichiton americanum

M

Mahonia aquifolium

Maianthemum canadense

maple, Douglas 13Marchantia polymorpha

Matteuccia struthiopteris

meadowrue, western 81Melampyrum lineare

melic, false 96Menziesia ferruginea

Mertensia paniculata

Mitella nuda

Mitella pentandra

mitrewort,common 65five-stamened 65

Mnium spp.

Mnium medium

Moneses uniflora

monkshood, mountain 35moss,

broom 105common haircap 112common leafy 110copper-wire 111electrified cat’s-tail 114glow 99

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golden fuzzy fen 117hook 106juniper haircap 112large leafy 113leafy 108peat 116pipecleaner 114ragged 102sickle 106step 107wavy-leaved 105woodsy ragged 101

mountain-ash,Sitka 29western 29

mountain-heather,pink 70white 43

N

nagoonberry 73needlegrass, spreading 96nettle, stinging 82

O

onion, nodding 36Oplopanax horridus

orchid,dwarf rattlesnake 55large round-leaved rein 71one-leaved rein 70

Oregon-grape, tall 19Orthilia secunda

Oryzopsis asperifolia

Oryzopsis pungens

Osmorhiza chilensis

Osmorhiza purpurea

Oxycoccus oxycoccos

P

paintbrush, scarlet 44Parnassia fimbriata

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partridgefoot 60Paxistima myrsinites

peavine,creamy 58purple 58

Pedicularis bracteosa

Peltigera spp.

Peltigera aphthosa

Peltigera canina

Peltigera malacea

Petasites frigidus var. frigidus

Petasites frigidus var. nivalis 69Petasites frigidus var. palmatus 69Phyllodoce empetriformis

Picea engelmannii

Picea glauca 9Picea mariana 9pine,

lodgepole 10whitebark 10

pinegrass 89Pinus albicaulis

Pinus contorta

Plagiomnium medium

Platanthera obtusata

Platanthera orbiculata

Pleurozium schreberi

Pohlia nutans

Polemonium pulcherrimum

Polytrichum commune

Polytrichum juniperinum

poplar, balsam 11Populus balsamifera ssp. balsamifera

Populus balsamifera ssp. trichocarpa 11Populus tremuloides

Potentilla fruticosa

Potentilla palustris

prince’s pine 44Pseudotsuga menziesii var. glauca

Ptilium crista-castrensis

pussytoes,field 37rosy 37

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umber 38Pyrola asarifolia

Pyrola chlorantha

Q

queen’s cup 45

R

raspberry,red 25trailing 75

rattlesnake-plantain 55reed grass, bluejoint 89Rhizomnium glabrescens

Rhododendron albiflorum

rhododendron, white-flowered 21Rhytidiadelphus triquetrus

Rhytidiopsis robusta

Ribes glandulosum

Ribes hudsonianum

Ribes lacustre

Ribes laxiflorum

Ribes oxyacanthoides

Ribes triste

ricegrass,rough-leaved 95short-awned 95

Rosa acicularis

rose, prickly 24Rubus arcticus

Rubus chamaemorus

Rubus idaeus

Rubus parviflorus

Rubus pedatus

Rubus pubescens

S

Salix barclayi

Salix bebbiana

Salix glauca

Salix scouleriana

Sambucus racemosa

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Sanguisorba canadensis

sarsaparilla, wild 39saskatoon 15Saxifraga ferruginea

saxifrage, Alaska 76Schizachne purpurascens

scouring-rush, dwarf 50sedge, soft-leaved 90sedges 90Sedum lanceolatum

selaginella, compact 77Selaginella densa

Senecio triangularis

Shepherdia canadensis

silverberry 17single delight 66skunk cabbage 62Smilacina racemosa

Smilacina stellata

snowberry,common 31creeping- 53

Solidago spathulata

soopolallie 28Sorbus scopulina

Sorbus sitchensis

Sphagnum spp. – peat mosses

Sphagnum capillifolium

Sphagnum girgensohnii

sphagnum, (74) 116common green 115common red 115

Spiraea betulifolia

Spiraea douglasii ssp. menziesii

spirea,birch-leaved 30pink 30

spruce,black 9 (116)Engelmann 9white 9white hybrids 9

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Stereocaulon spp.

Stipa richardsonii

stonecrop, lance-leaved 76strawberry, wild 52Streptopus amplexifolius

Streptopus roseus

Streptopus streptopoides

sweet-cicely,mountain 67purple 67

Symphoricarpos albus

T

tamarack 8Thalictrum occidentale

thimbleberry 25Tiarella trifoliata var. trifoliata

Tiarella trifoliata var. unifoliata 81Timmia austriaca

toad-flax, bastard 54Tomenthypnum nitens

Trisetum cernuum

Trisetum spicatum

trisetum,nodding 97spike 97

Trollius laxus

Tsuga mertensiana

twayblade, heart-leaved 60twinberry, black 18twinflower 59twistedstalk,

clasping 79rosy 80small 80

U

Urtica dioica

V

Vaccinium caespitosum

Vaccinium membranaceum

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Vaccinium myrtilloides

Vaccinium ovalifolium

Vaccinium scoparium

Vaccinium vitis-idaea

Vahlodea atropurpurea

valerian, Sitka 84Valeriana sitchensis

Veratrum viride

vetch, American 85Viburnum edule

Vicia americana

Viola adunca

Viola glabella

Viola orbiculata

Viola renifolia

violet,early blue 86kidney-leaved 87round-leaved 87stream 86

WWWWW

wheatgrass, slender 92wildrye,

blue 91fuzzy-spiked 94

willow,Barclay’s 26Bebb’s 26grey-leaved 27Scouler’s 27

wintergreen,green 73one-sided 66pink 72

wood-reed, nodding 91

Y

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