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Deer fern False Solomon's seal Giant chain fern Oregon iris Salal Wild ginger. This is a list of plants by common name that are native to the U.S. state of Oregon. Adobe parsley; Alaska blueberry; American wild carrot; Austin's popcornflower; Awned melic; Azalea; Azure penstemon; Baby blue eyes; Baldhip rose; Beach strawberry; Beach wormwood ...
The marionberry (Rubus L. subgenus Rubus) is a cultivar of blackberry released in 1956 by the USDA Agricultural Research Service breeding program in cooperation with Oregon State University. [1] [2] [3] It is named after Marion County, Oregon, where the berry was bred and tested extensively in the mid-20th century. [1]
Berberis aquifolium, the Oregon grape [2] or holly-leaved barberry, is a North American species of flowering plant in the family Berberidaceae.It is an evergreen shrub growing up to 3 metres (10 ft) tall and 1.5 m (5 ft) wide, with pinnate leaves consisting of spiny leaflets, and dense clusters of yellow flowers in early spring, followed by dark bluish-black berries.
The flowers bloom from early to late spring and are similar to those of other Oregon-grapes, forming small yellow flowers in erect clusters up to 8 inches (20 cm) in length. [ 3 ] The fruits are dark-blue, globose berries 7 millimetres ( 1 ⁄ 4 in) in diameter, occurring in clusters [ 3 ] and tart-tasting.
The plant has shallow, radiating roots topped by a bush growing from an underground stem. The berries are small and round, 5–10 millimetres (1 ⁄ 4 – 3 ⁄ 8 inch) in diameter, and look like large dark lowbush blueberries. [citation needed]
The berries are also popular as a wild picked fruit in Eastern Canada, for example in Newfoundland and Labrador and Cape Breton, where they are locally known as partridgeberries or redberries, and on the mainland of Nova Scotia, where they are known as foxberries. In this region they are incorporated into jams, syrups, and baked goods, such as ...
Rubus parviflorus is a dense shrub up to 2.5 meters (8 feet) tall with canes no more than 1.5 centimeters (1 ⁄ 2 inch) in diameter, often growing in large clumps which spread through the plant's underground rhizome.
Baskett Slough National Wildlife Refuge is in northwestern Oregon, 10 miles (16 km) west of Salem in Polk County. The Refuge consists of 1,173 acres (4.75 km 2 ) of cropland , which provide forage for wintering geese, 300 acres (1.2 km 2 ) of forests , 550 acres (2.2 km 2 ) of grasslands , and 500 acres (2.0 km 2 ) of shallow water seasonal ...