Talk:List of native Oregon plants

Overwhelming task

This page seems to be a bit of an overwhelming task.

There is an authorative book on the subject: Manual of the Higher Plants of Oregon by Morton E Peck (Author) Published by Binford and Mort. With descriptions it is several hundred pages. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Rvannatta (talk • contribs) 00:00, 26 March 2008 (UTC)

Yep, Wikipedia won't be complete this year.  :-) I suppose we could speed up the process by spreading lots of pollutants and poisons around. Naw, that would require more articles to be written.... —EncMstr 02:57, 26 March 2008 (UTC)

I think that book is 922 pages or so, and the work was done so long ago that printing photos of the plants was too expensive to be practical so it has only descriptions, and was a lifetime of work by Dr. Peck and his widow after his death. Just to recreate that work and add photos could be the lifetime work of several people.Rvannatta (talk) 16:23, 26 March 2008 (UTC)

I guess we work from the top down. Start with what a majority of people know and work towards the specific. Ryoga-2003 (talk) 01:21, 13 March 2009 (UTC)

redundant list

what's the function of this list compared to "Flora of Oregon" and "Trees of Oregon"Rvannatta (talk) 03:18, 27 June 2008 (UTC)

I don't know the intent, but to me the difference in naming relates to indigenous species versus what flora is present. —EncMstr (talk) 05:21, 27 June 2008 (UTC)

Change the list format?

Should we change the format of the list? It seems to me that it would be best to maybe divide the article based on plant type, I.E. Shrub, Flower, Tree and then further subdivide, such as under trees firs, cypress/cedar, pine, etc... Ryoga-2003 (talk) 05:39, 12 March 2009 (UTC)

Marionberry?

Okay, I've got one that seems a bit like it should both be and not be on this list. Marionberry. It's a blackberry, which are not native, but it's also a cultivar that was originally created and grows most commonly in Marion County. Ryoga-2003 (talk) 00:02, 13 March 2009 (UTC)

It's a hybrid, so no, it's not native, even if it was developed here. Katr67 (talk) 00:43, 13 March 2009 (UTC)

ill keep a watch on the article. in about 10,000 years, it will be considered a native plant, and ill add it.Mercurywoodrose (talk) 05:43, 26 May 2010 (UTC)