This year at Kahoots we are celebrating the season with a tribute to the beautiful seasonal qualities  of our native landscape, specifically that of the Western end of the Columbia Gorge and Multnomah Falls.

Here’s a cheat sheet for the native plant species included in our 2011 eCard. Starting from top left.

 

Gift 1

Western Columbine Aquilegia Formosa (spring)

Salal Gaultheria shallon (fall)

Salal Gaultheria shallon (Summer)

Salal Gaultheria shallon (Spring)

 

Gift 2

False Solomon’s Seal Smilacina racemosa (late summer)

False Solomon’s Seal Smilacina racemosa (spring)

Red Elderberry Sambucus racemosa (late summer)

Red Elderberry Sambucus racemosa (late summer

 

Gift 3

White  Spirea Spiraea betulifolia lucida (spring & summer)

White  Spirea Spiraea betulifolia lucida (fall)

Pacific Dogwood Cornus nuttallii (spring)

Pacific Dogwood Cornus nuttallii (fall)

 

Gift 4

Blanket Flower Gaillardia aristata (summer)

Golden currant Ribes aureum (fall)

Golden currant Ribes aureum (late summer)

Snow Berry Symphoricarpos albus (winter)

 

Gift 5

Bald Hip Rose Rosa gymnocarpa (spring & summer)

Bald Hip Rose Rosa gymnocarpa (winter)

Kinnikinnick Arctostaphylos uva-ursi (spring)

Kinnikinnick Arctostaphylos uva-ursi (late fall & winter)