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Bigleaf lupine
Lupinus polyphyllus

Big-leaf lupine is a perennial forb with purple to blue flowers, distinguished from the other 200 lupine species in North America by hairless or sparsly hairy banner and keel.

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Common snowberry
Symphoricarpos albus

The flowers of Common snowberry are pinkish-white and bell shaped. An unusual feature is its hollow stems. Common snowberry is very important as browse for many types of wildlife.

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Coyote brush
Baccharis pilularis

A highly branched, evergreen shrub or small tree that can range in form from a low spreading shrub (10-15cm tall and spreading up to 4m wide) to erect (less than 3m tall and 1-3m wide) with dense feathery tufts all over the plant when it fruits. It has small, stiff, sticky leaves.

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Indian plum
Oemleria cerasiformis

Shrub or small tree with broadly lance-shaped not toothed leaves. Flowers greenish-white with five petals, male and female on separate plants.

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Oregon ash
Fraxinus latifolia

Leaves are opposite, pinnately compound with 5 to 7 leaflets. The flowers are inconspicuous, yellow or greenish and emerge before the leaves. Found in moist areas.

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Oregon white oak
Quercus garryana

Leaves alternate, deeply round-lobed. The acorns are the distinctive fruit. The flowers are inconspicuous, yellow or greenish, and emerge just as the leaves emerge.

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Oregon wild iris
Iris tenax

Flower varies from white to deep purple, and occasionally yellow. Grows in open, grassy places. The slender leaves are often mistaken for grass when plant is not in bloom.

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Red flowering currant
Ribes sanguineum

Flowers pale pink to deep red, rarely white, in clusters of 10-20+, later blue-black berries. Unarmed shrub found in dry open woods, rocky slopes, and disturbed sites.

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Rose checker-mallow
Sidalcea malviflora ssp. virgata

Grows in moist places, leaves kidney/fan shaped, flowers from light pink to purple, sometimes reddish. Five petals, flowers grow in bunches on spikes.

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Tufted hair grass
Deschampsia cespitosa

Perennial with numerous nodding stems. The panicles (seed heads) are open and loose. It grows from 20 to 60 in tall, prefers poorly drained soils.

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William L. Finley National Wildlife Refuge

William L. Finley National Wildlife Refuge images

The William L. Finley National Wildlife Refuge was established in 1964 and consists of 5,706 acres encompassing a wide variety of habitats including seasonal wetlands, native prairie, oak savannah, riparian forests, and cropland. The dusky Canada goose has specific wintering habitat requirements that the land on this Refuge was set aside to preserve. By partnering with neighboring businesses and individuals, all sorts of wildlife benefit from lands nearby the Refuge as well. Habitat loss throughout the Willamette Valley due to agriculture and urbanization has made the Refuge increasingly more important for preserving native species biodiversity of both plants and animals.

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