Mid-Term Sight Plants

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Across
  1. 2. This small forb has a delicate round leaf and pretty yellow violet flower in early summer.
  2. 4. This very spiny, devilish plant is found in wet, cold conditions.
  3. 7. The fragrant wood of this tree is rot-resistant and prized for making canoes.
  4. 11. This forb loses its leaves at the first frost and has a root that can be used to make root-beer.
  5. 13. This lily has a bright blue berry and two to three basal leaves.
  6. 16. This lily masquerades as a grass and is found at high elevations.
  7. 18. This "false hemlock" had cones that look like they have trapped little mice inside.
  8. 19. This conifer has shiny flat needles that are flattened to either side of the branch. They also have two white stomatal bands on the underside.
  9. 20. This conifer is found at our highest elevations and can carry heavy snow loads.
  10. 21. This pine has two needles per fascicle and can grow under tough conditions, like cold or nutrient-poor soils.
  11. 22. This plant with poisonous berries is in the buttercup (Ranunculaceae) family.
  12. 23. This conifer is deciduous.
Down
  1. 1. This conifer has sharp needles that are square.
  2. 3. This small, delicate fern has a leaf blade divided into three parts.
  3. 5. The name of this tiny dogwood invokes the nation of Canada, but its whorled, simple leaves with entire margins don't look any thing like the leaf on a Canadian flag.
  4. 6. This pine with grayish, scaly bark grows straight and tall and has five needles per fascicle.
  5. 8. This trailing groundcover has opposite, shiny, round leaves, and two flowers on a branched stalk.
  6. 9. This shrub is sometimes mistaken for huckleberry and its leaves are mucronate (with a tiny hair extending from apex).
  7. 10. This small berry bush has a bright green stem and is much smaller than our larger huckleberries.
  8. 12. This shrub has opposite, palmately-lobed leaves that turn bright yellow in October.
  9. 14. This evergreen forb smells bright and citrusty when crushed. It also has very hairy stems.
  10. 15. This shrub is prized for its fruit. Mount Spokane is a great place to gather its berries.
  11. 17. This pine handles drought well, but can't stand shade. It has three needles per fascicle.