Field Guide To Forest Plants Of Northern Idaho

This file was created by scanning the printed publication. Errors identified by the software have been corrected; however, some errors may remain. United States Department of Agriculture Forest Service Intermountain Research Station Ogden, Utah 84401 General Technical Report INT-180 April 1985 Field Guide to Forest Plants of Northern Idaho Patricia A. Patterson Kenneth E. Neiman Jonalea R. Tonn THE AUTHORS P a t r i c i a A. Patterson, f o r e s t e r , C l e a r w a t e r National Forest, was assigned major r e s p o n s i b i l i t y f o r development o f t h i s f i e l d g.uide, w h i l e a s s i s t i n g t h e n o r t h e r n ldaho h a b i t a t t y p e refinement p r o j e c t . She holds B.S. degrees i n b o t h f o r e s t management a n d wood u t i l i z a t i o n f r o m t h e U n i v e r s i t y of l d a h o w h e r e she is c u r r e n t l y w o r k i n g o n an M.S. degree i n f o r e s t management. She was a seasonal employee f o r t h e C l e a r w a t e r National Forest since 1981. K e n n e t h E. Neiman, p l a n t ecologist, C l e a r w a t e r National Forest, was co-leader o f t h e n o r t h e r n l d a h o h a b i t a t t y p e refinement p r o j e c t a n d d i r e c t e d t h i s e f f o r t t o c r e a t e a regional f i e l d g u i d e f o r p l a n t species o f ecological importance. He holds a B . S . degree i n r a n g e management a n d an M.S. d e g r e e i n f o r e s t a n d r a n g e ecology b o t h f r o m Washington State U n i v e r i s i t y , a n d i s c u r r e n t l y p u r s u i n g a P h . D . i n f o r e s t ecology a t t h e U n i v e r s i t y of Idaho. He was Zone Ecologist f o r t h e n o r t h e r n l d a h o national f o r e s t s since 1981 . Jonalea R. Tonn, forester, Intermountain Forest and Range E x p e r i m e n t Station, o r i g i n a l l y developed a similar g u i d e f o r use b y I N T research f i e l d c r e w s . She has been d i r e c t l y i n v o l v e d i n developing, w r i t i n g , a n d r e v i e w i n g all material i n t h i s f i e l d g u i d e . She e a r n e d b o t h a B . S . and an M . F . i n f o r e s t r y f r o m t h e U n i v e r s i t y o f Idaho. She joined t h e I n t e r m o u n t a i n Station a t Moscow i n 1978. ACKNOWLEDGMENTS Major financial s u p p o r t f o r t h i s g u i d e was p r o v i d e d b y T i m b e r Management, N o r t h e r n Region o f t h e Forest Service, U . S. Department of A g r i c u l t u r e , a n d t h e Clearwater National Forest, Nezperce National Forest, a n d t h e l d a h o Panhandle National Forests t h r o u g h a c o o p e r a t i v e agreement w i t h t h e l n t e r m o u t a i n Forest a n d Range E x p e r i m e n t S t a t i o n . Many people have v o l u n t e e r e d t h e i r time a n d e f f o r t i n r e v i e w i n g and c o n t r i b u t i n g t o this publication. We wish t o t h a n k t h e f o l l o w i n g i n d i v i d u a l s whose aid, suggestions, a n d s u p p o r t have g r e a t l y increased t h e q u a l i t y of this guide: Peter F . S t i c k n e y (Inter-mountain Station), A n i t a Cholewa (Washington State U n i v e r s i t y ) , Daniel J . Holden (Nezperce National Forest), F r e d r i c D . Johnson ( U n i v e r s i t y of Idaho), Charles A . Wellner (USDA Forest Service, r e t i r e d ) , a n d R i c h a r d T . Bingham (USDA Forest Service, r e t i r e d ) . Reviews a n d suggestions were s u p p l i e d b y persons too numerous t o l i s t h e r e w i t h t h e e x c e p t i o n o f C y n t h i a L a c k y a n d Kathleen Roche ( I d a h o Panhandle National F o r e s t s ) . Many l o n g h o u r s o f volunteer l a b o r along w i t h c o n s t r u c t i v e suggestions were s u p p l i e d b y Donald Patterson (Clearwater National F o r e s t ) d u r i n g ' t h e i n i t i a l development a n d c r e a t i o n of t h i s f i e l d guide. D r