PNW Native Plants
This tree was one of the most important plants to PNW Native Americans, providing everything from building materials to medicine.
What is the pacific red cedar?
(This tree has been used to make boats, baskets, clothes, bottles, shelter, instruments, and much more.)
A large-cat species that is making a comeback from the threat of extinction.
What is a tiger?
(Nepal’s tigers' habitats are being rebuilt, which is mainly in part of the Himalayan foothills, known as the Terai Arc)
For a long time this animal was seen as ugly, but recently it's come to be known that deep sea pressure keeps them in shape.
What is a blob fish?
(Blob fish live 2,000-3,900 feet deep in the ocean, where it has developed minimal muscles in order to conserve energy.)
This is the lesser known carnivorous plant, next to Venus flytraps.
What is a pitcher plant?
(A leaf trap plant, it attracts its prey with nectar and makes them slip when they land, falling into their "pitcher" and drowning.)
These metal and limestone structures create artificial reefs.
What is an electric reef?
(While not a solution to the issue of the reefs dying, these structures help keep the nearby fish populations to survive and rebound, allowing for the surrounding ecosystems to be preserved.)
This tree is great for firewood and for medicine. It is a strong softwood and is appreciated as a decorative tree.
What is a Douglas fir?
(The resin, needles, and bark are useful medicinally, the trees have continued to be favored for building and as a Christmas tree.)
A type of transportation is impacting oil consumption.
What are electric vehicles?
(EV sales are at a record. In China EVs have over half the market. The rise of EVs is expected to cut global oil demand by 6 million barrels per day by 2030, according to the International Energy Association (IEA).)
Many people are jealous of this sea creatures weird eyesight.
What is the mantis shrimp?
(The mantis shrimp has far more complex eyes than a human, allowing for a more complicated view of the world.)
This plant does not need to be watered to survive.
What is an air plant?
(An air plant, or Tillandsia, is able to absorb its nutrients from the air instead of from soil.)
This farming technique is helping to increase crop production and decrease the usage of excess chemicals.
What is no-till farming?
(By not tilling the farmer allows for an increase in a rich top soil to grow. The top soil is the best places for a plants roots to grow. Paired with other farming techniques, artificial growth mediums becomes less useful.)
This evergreen shrub produces delicious berries.
What is the evergreen huckleberry? - Also accepted: What is a blueberry?
(The berries form in summer and fall, they are enjoyed ornamentally and have not been commercialized.)
This state mostly uses hydroelectric power.
What is Washington?
(67.6% of our energy is hydroelectric, followed by 12.5% natural gas, 8.4% nuclear, and 6.9% wind.)
This animal is native to only two lakes in the world.
What is an axolotl?
(One of the favourite animals of the century, the axolotl is one of the few amphibians that never undergo metamorphosis, remaining underwater its whole life.)
This tomato has developed a sharp defence against predators.
What is the porcupine tomato?
(This breed of tomato develops long, bright orange spines all over its leaves and stems a few months after sprouting.)
This new tactic used by the organisation Real Ice is giving us time to tackle climate change.
What is the thickening of the northern ice?
(Real Ice is pulling sea water to the top of the ice to let it freeze and form a thicker layer of ice, slowing the melting rate of the ice and giving new world more time.)
This berry plant has a history in medicine and continues to be used to help with colds and flus.
What is the blue elderberry?
(The berries are edible plain but are can be made into tea and jelly, or used as dye. The main plant is used in medicine.)
The eastern United States took action to lower the increased temperature in the world in a well-known and widespread way.
What is reforestation?
(By regrowing forests after they were clear cut, people are bringing back our natural allies, as plants are the best in the business at taking in CO2.)
This is a deer that has fangs.
What is a water deer?
(Nicknamed the Vampire Deer, this deer has long canines that it can shift flex with its facial muscles, used to intimidate its rivals.)
This is the largest tree system in the world.
What is Pando?
(Pando is a quaking aspen that covers over 100 acres, its individual tree's average 130 years of age, but its root systems are over 80,000 years old, making it the oldest living organism.)
These project has begun to be used to clean up the ocean's garbage patches.
What is The Ocean Cleanup project?
(Proposed by Boyan Slat, this project involves using giant nets to sweep the oceans for litter, recycling the trash into new and usable objects.)
This new type of biome was discovered recently by UW students.
What is a cryptic wetland?
(Covered by the treetops, these wetlands have been quietly cleaning up carbon. With conservation, these wetlands will help us reduce, and one day lower, our carbon emissions.)
This state has replaced its final coal plant with a battery.
What is Hawai'i?
(This will be a great way to see how efficient a electrical-grid based society will be.)
This jellyfish looks like a breakfast food.
What is the fried egg jellyfish?
(This giant jellyfish is a translucent white with a yellow center, it is most often found in the Mediterranean Sea.)
This is the largest organism in the world.
What is the Armillaria Network?
(In northeastern Oregon, this fungus covers approx. 2,400 acres and weighs about 35,000 tons. It has not been given a casual name, but is sometimes called the "Humongous fungus")
These lamps are able to take in CO2, cleaning up the air while providing soft lighting.
What are algae powered lamps?
(These lamps are about 150-200 times more efficient at taking in CO2 than trees. They can be placed on streets or in buildings, a safer place for them to live than in the oceans, where blooms have been driving many sea creatures to extinction.)