KEY TO IMPORTANT WOODY PLANTS 



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Figure 2. — Spiral arrangement of buds: 1 ?., netleaf hackberry is an example; 

 )i, characteristic of alders and birches; %, as shown in smooth sumac; %, as 

 found in wax currant. 



Gilkey, Helen. Handbook of Northwest Flowering Plants. 

 Hitchcock, Cronquist, Owenbey, and Thompson. Vascular Plants 



of the Pacific Northwest. 

 Peck, Morton E. A Manual of the Higher Plants of Oregon. 



Appended to this new shrub key are notes on the relative forage 

 value of numerous shrubs. These were compiled from published 

 works of many authors, and observations by G. A. Garrison and other 

 U. S. Forest Service range workers. The notes were not inserted in 

 the key because that would have added to the already lengthy species 

 descriptions and impaired the key's usability. A list of publications 

 consulted is included for the benefit of those seeking further informa- 

 tion on food habits of animals and nutritive value of certain plants. 



Where any plant is suspected of being poison-oak or poison-ivy, 

 precautions should be taken to keep it from coming in contact with 

 any person who might be susceptible, because almost all parts of the 

 plant can be poisonous to touch. 



