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Swordleaf Rush

  • Oct 5, 2020
  • 1 min read

Swordleaf Rush (Juncus ensifolius), sometimes known as Dagger-leaf Rush, is a perennial grass-like that grows along roadsides, streams, lakes, ditches, margins of springs and ponds, wet to seasonally-dry meadows, marshes, seeps, sandbars, foothills, planes, valleys, and mountain to sub-alpine sites. It is very distinctive from other grass-likes because of its unique, iris-like leaf structure.


Height: 8" to 24"

Solar Exposure: Part to full-sun

Bloom Color: Tan, black, or purplish

Bloom Time: Mid-summer


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Common Snowberry

  • Sep 28, 2020
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Common Snowberry (Symphoricarpos albus), sometimes known as White Coralberry, is a deciduous, woody shrub that forms colonies from rhizomes. Young shoots are yellowish-brown and the bark on older stems and twigs is greyish-brown and scaly or split lengthwise. Leaves are opposite, elliptic to oval, smooth to slightly lobed, and pale green in color. Its inedible, white berries hang on through the winter after its leaves have fallen. It can be found in many places, including moist forests, open sunny areas, and at low to mid elevations.


Height: Up to 20 feet

Solar Exposure: Part shade to full sun

Bloom Color: Pink or white

Bloom Time: May to late August


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Western Aster

  • Sep 21, 2020
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Wester Aster (Symphyotrichum spathulatum), sometimes known as Western Mountain Aster or Larger Western Mountain Aster, is a native perennial forb that grows in colonies and can be found in open, wet to dry environments. Its stem is glabrous to hairy, and green to greyish-green in color. Its leaves are alternate, with basal leaves present when it is flowering.


Life Cycle: Perennial

Solar Exposure: Full sun

Bloom Color: Purple

Bloom Time: Late Summer to Fall


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