Woody Plant: Major Rangeland Plants of Idaho: Woody Plants.

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Woody Plant: Major Rangeland Plants of Idaho: Woody Plants

Transcript of Woody Plant: Major Rangeland Plants of Idaho: Woody Plants.

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Woody Plant:

Major Rangeland Plants of Idaho: Woody Plants

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Woody Plant:

Antelope Bitterbrush•Perennial•Native•Fair for Grazers•Good for Browsers

Wedge-shaped leaf shape with 3 tips

Bright yellow flowers

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Woody Plant:

Big Sagebrush•Perennial•Native•Poor for Grazers•Good for Browsers

Narrow wedge-shaped leaves with 3 tips

Flowers have no petals; same color as leaves

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Woody Plant:

Chokecherry•Perennial•Native•Poor for Grazers•Poor for Browsers

** Poisonous – This plant can produce a cyanide compound

Alternate leaf arrangement

Serrate leaf margins

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Woody Plant:

Coyote Willow•Perennial•Native•Fair for Grazers•Good for Browsers

Linear leaf shape

Alternate leaf arrangement on stem

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Woody Plant:

Curl-leaf Mountain Mahogany•Perennial•Native•Poor for Grazers•Fair for Browsers

Leaves rolled under/enrolled; hence the name “curl-leaf”

White/gray stems

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Woody Plant:

Juniper•Perennial•Native•Poor for Grazers•Fair for Browsers

Leaves have overlapping scales

Evergreen (non-deciduous)

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Woody Plant:

Quaking Aspen•Perennial•Native•Poor for Grazers•Fair for Browsers

Obovate leaf shape

Flattened petiole makes leaf “quake” in the wind

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Woody Plant:

Rabbitbrush•Perennial•Native•Poor for Grazers •Poor for Browsers• two types: Gray Rabbitbrush, and Green Rabbitbrush

gray rabbitbrush

green rabbitbrush

Linear leaves

Terminal seedheads; flowers at top of stalk

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Woody Plant:

Redosier Dogwood•Perennial•Native•Poor for Grazers•Fair for Browsers

Opposite leaves

Red stems

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Woody Plant:

Serviceberry•Perennial•Native•Fair for Grazers•Good for Browsers

serrated margins = top; entire = bottom

Leaves green on top

Leaves white on bottom

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Woody Plant:

Shadscale Saltbrush•Perennial•Native•Poor for Grazers •Good for Browsers

Ovate or obovate leaves; circular like a rounded scale

Alternate leaves

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Woody Plant:

Snowberry•Perennial•Native•Poor for Grazers•Poor for Browsers

Opposite on stem

Oval leaves

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Woody Plant:

Winterfat•Perennial•Native•Good for Grazers •Good for Browsers

Enrolled leaf margin

Hairy leaf surface