| The follwoing is a list of trees found in a typical boreal forest, all
within touching distance of the cabins and along any of the hiking/skiing trails in the
area. The shrubs listed are ones that Laura has identified around the cabins, there could
be additional species. The common name is listed first, followed by the family name, and
genus and species. Lodgepole Pine (Pinaceae; Pinus contorta) Engelmann Spruce (Pinaceae; Picea engelmannii) White Spruce (Pinaceae; Picea glauca) Black Spruce (Pinaceae; Picea mariana) Subalpine/Alpine Fir (Pinaceae; Albies lasiocarpa) Douglas Fir (Pinaceae; Pseudotsuga manziesii) Subalpine Larch (Pinaceae; Larix lyallii) Tamarck/American Larch (Pinaceae; Larix laricina) Trembling Aspen (Salix; Populus tremuloides) Balsam Poplar (Salix; Populus balsamifera) Willows (Salix; 25 specia known to grow in the Rockies) Silverberry/Wolf Willow (Oleaster; Elaeagnus commutata) Canadian Buffaloberry/Soapberry (Oleaster; Sheperdia canadensis) Mountain Alder (Birch; Alnus crispa) Wild Choke Cherry (Rose; Prunus virginiana) Western Mountain Ash (Rose; Sorbus scopulina) Shrubby Potentilla/Cinquefoil (Rose; Potentilla fruticosa) Labrador Tea/Trapper's Tea (Heath; Ledum greenlandicum) Wild Roses (Rose; Rosa spp.) Wild Raspberry (Rose; Rubus idaeus) Wild Gooseberry (Saxigrage; Ribes oxyacanthoides) Blueberry/Huckleberry (Heath; Vaccinium spp.) Saskatoon (Rose; Amelanchier alnifolia) Buckbrush/Wolfberry/Snowberry (Honeysuckle; Symphoricarpos occidentalis) Prickly Juniper/Creeping Juniper (Cypress; Juniperus communis and J. horizontalis) |
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