KEY TO IMPORTANT WOODY PLANTS 67 



higher elevations, Cascades, Wallowa and 

 Blue Mts., e. Oreg., e. Wash. 



rusty menziesia, Cascades azalea. 

 33. Flowers from end buds, in umbrella- 

 shaped clusters, greenish red or purple, 

 urn-shaped; leafy shoots from top side 

 buds, appearing whorled; leaves dull 

 bluish green; midrib tips nipple-shaped, 

 whitish, cartilaginous, protruding; herb- 

 age sticky, with rank odor; hairs whitish 

 often chaffy), appressed, gland-tipped, 

 on twigs, upper leaf-surfaces, under side 

 of midribs, on leaf- and flower stalks, 

 and fringing calyx lobes; tiny rusty 

 scales sometimes on young parts; bark 

 brownish, soon shredding; seed pods 

 4-parted. 



rusty menziesia (Menziesia 

 ferruginea) ; probably not 

 specifically distinct from smooth 

 menziesia (M. glabella). 

 33. Flowers from side buds, single or 2- to 

 3-clustered, creamy white, open bell- 

 shaped; leafy shoots from end buds; 

 leaves shiny, bright green; midrib tip 

 not protruding; herbage not sticky, often 

 fragrant ; hairs reddish, appressed, not 

 gland-tipped, on twigs, upper leaf-sur- 

 faces, under sides of midribs, leaf- and 

 flower stalks and calyx lobes; bark 

 usually smooth, gray-brown; seed pods 

 (capsules) 5-parted. 



Cascades azalea, or false-azalea 

 (Rhododendron albiftorum) . 

 32. End buds lacking (stem tip dying back to 

 tiny stub at base of bud in axil of top leaf) ; 

 leaves scattered along twigs, 3 i inch long, 

 pale green, reversely lance- or egg-shaped, 

 wedge-shaped at base, nearly erect; leaf 

 margin slightly rolled under; flowers 1, 2, 

 or 3, from buds near tip of last year's twigs; 

 twigs round in cross section, rigid, ascend- 

 ing; berries blue, tipped by 4 (or 5) calyx 

 lobes; whitish "bloom" often on under 

 leaf-surfaces, twigs, berries; shrubs to 3 

 feet high, bogs or marshes, higher eleva- 

 tions, Cascades, Wallowa and Blue Mts., 

 e. Oreg., e. Wash. 



westernbog blueberry 



(Vaccinium occidentale) . 



31. Bud scales only 2, meeting at edges, not 



overlapping; true end buds lacking, stem tips 



dying back to tiny stub at base of topmost 



side bud in leaf (or leaf-scar) axil; flower and 



