Portland, OR News. Written by: Chris Compendio. Andrew Lisa. Linda Lombardi. Andrea Vale. Republish this story. Do you know Oregon's official state symbols?
Clue: Oregon state fish. Answer: Oregon state fish. Answer: Chinook salmon. Clue: Oregon state mammal. Answer: Oregon state mammal. Clue: Oregon state song. Answer: Oregon state song. Clue: Oregon state insect. Answer: Oregon state insect. Clue: Oregon state tree. Answer: Oregon state tree. The plant is found in plenty along the Pacific coast and in sparse quantities in the Cascades. The flowers bloom to form clusters in early summer before forming dark blue edible berries.
The berries are used in some regions to make jelly or incorporated into the diet by the Pacific Northwest aboriginal inhabitants. Also known as the Mahonia aquifolium, the leaves of the plant have a dark green hue with waxy cuticles and spined edges along the margins.
The leaves are 10 to 18 inches long and a breath of 2 to 3 inches. The flowers are numerous small bright-yellow borne in upright racemes. The berries that form is dark blue, sour but edible. The twigs are unbranched while the bark is rough, scaly and reddish brown in color. The plant grows in rich soils of north Californian and Oregon.
Oregon grape is scientifically classified in the Berberidaceae family, Genus Mahonia Nutt barberry in the aquifolium species. The Oregon grape is known by common names as tall Oregon grape, holly-leaved barberry, California barberry or the trailing mahonia. The numerous small yellow flowers appear in April and May and are borne in erect clusters. The fruit consists of a cluster of blue berries. The rootstock and roots are more or less knotty, about an inch or less in diameter, with tough yellow wood and brownish bark.
The law designating the Oregon grape as the official Oregon state flower is found in the Oregon Revised Statutes, Title 19, Chapter Senate Concurrent Resolution No. TITLE State Emblems; State Boundary.
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