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Woody Plant:
Major Rangeland Plants of Idaho: Woody Plants
Woody Plant:
Antelope Bitterbrush•Perennial•Native•Fair for Grazers•Good for Browsers
Wedge-shaped leaf shape with 3 tips
Bright yellow flowers
Woody Plant:
Big Sagebrush•Perennial•Native•Poor for Grazers•Good for Browsers
Narrow wedge-shaped leaves with 3 tips
Flowers have no petals; same color as leaves
Woody Plant:
Chokecherry•Perennial•Native•Poor for Grazers•Poor for Browsers
** Poisonous – This plant can produce a cyanide compound
Alternate leaf arrangement
Serrate leaf margins
Woody Plant:
Coyote Willow•Perennial•Native•Fair for Grazers•Good for Browsers
Linear leaf shape
Alternate leaf arrangement on stem
Woody Plant:
Curl-leaf Mountain Mahogany•Perennial•Native•Poor for Grazers•Fair for Browsers
Leaves rolled under/enrolled; hence the name “curl-leaf”
White/gray stems
Woody Plant:
Juniper•Perennial•Native•Poor for Grazers•Fair for Browsers
Leaves have overlapping scales
Evergreen (non-deciduous)
Woody Plant:
Quaking Aspen•Perennial•Native•Poor for Grazers•Fair for Browsers
Obovate leaf shape
Flattened petiole makes leaf “quake” in the wind
Woody Plant:
Rabbitbrush•Perennial•Native•Poor for Grazers •Poor for Browsers• two types: Gray Rabbitbrush, and Green Rabbitbrush
gray rabbitbrush
green rabbitbrush
Linear leaves
Terminal seedheads; flowers at top of stalk
Woody Plant:
Redosier Dogwood•Perennial•Native•Poor for Grazers•Fair for Browsers
Opposite leaves
Red stems
Woody Plant:
Serviceberry•Perennial•Native•Fair for Grazers•Good for Browsers
serrated margins = top; entire = bottom
Leaves green on top
Leaves white on bottom
Woody Plant:
Shadscale Saltbrush•Perennial•Native•Poor for Grazers •Good for Browsers
Ovate or obovate leaves; circular like a rounded scale
Alternate leaves
Woody Plant:
Snowberry•Perennial•Native•Poor for Grazers•Poor for Browsers
Opposite on stem
Oval leaves
Woody Plant:
Winterfat•Perennial•Native•Good for Grazers •Good for Browsers
Enrolled leaf margin
Hairy leaf surface