Field Guide to Forest Plants of Northern Idaho
United States
Department of
Agriculture
Forest Service
Rocky Mountain
Research Station
Ft. Collins, CO
General Technical Report
RMRS-GTR-118-CD
February 2004
Authors
Acknowledgments
Introduction
Species description
format
Trees
Shrubs
Ferns & Friends
Forbs
Graminoids
Descriptive drawings
Collecting and
pressing methods
Glossary
References
Trees
Common Name
alder, red
aspen, quaking
birch, paper
birch, water
cottonwood, black
Douglas-fir, Rocky Mountain
fir, alpine
fir, grand
fir, red
fir, subalpine
fir, white
hemlock, mountain
hemlock, western
larch, alpine
larch, Lyall
larch, subalpine
larch, western
pine, bull
pine, jack
pine, ponderosa
pine, western white
pine, whitebark
pine, yellow
red cedar, western
spruce, Engelmann
tamarack
yew, Pacific
yew, western
Scientific Name
Abies grandis
Abies lasiocarpa
Alnus rubra
Betula occidentalis
Betula papyrifera
Larix lyallii
Larix occidentalis
Picea engelmannii
Pinus albicaulis
Pinus contorta
Pinus monticola
Pinus ponderosa
Populus tremuloides
Populus trichocarpa
Pseudotsuga menziesii
Taxus brevifolia
Thuja plicata
Tsuga heterophylla
Tsuga mertensiana
Key to Native Trees and Tall Shrubs
Betula
conspectus