ALBUM OF PHOTOMICROGRAPHS OF EASTERN
OREGON RANGELAND PLANTS
Eastern Oregon Agricultural Research Center
Circular of Information No. 4
October 2006
Eastern Oregon Agricultural Research Center/Union Station
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Oregon State University, 372 South 10 Street, P.O. Box E, Union, Oregon 97883
T 541-562-5129 | F 541-562-5348 | http://oregonstate.edu/dept/eoarcunion/
Album of photomicrographs of Eastern Oregon rangelands plants
Summary
This album provides photomicrographs of major forage species on Eastern Oregon
rangelands. Currently, in this album 226 photomicrographs of 52 forage plant
species (22 grasses, 2 grasslikes [sedges and rushes], 18 forbs, and 10 shrubs/trees)
found in Eastern Oregon rangelands are presented. Album will be continually
updated when more photomicrographs are available. This album is intended to
contribute to accumulating reference photomicrographs material of rangeland plants
of Oregon and interior Northwest.
Key Words: animal feces, diet selection, Eastern Oregon, forage, microhistological
analysis, microphotography, rangelands
Acknowledgements
We thank Eastern Oregon Agricultural Research Center, Union, Oregon for funding
and facility and Colette Coiner for graphic assistance.
Front Cover:
Photos are common snowberry (Symphoricarpos albus [L.] Blake) (plant) and
photomicrographs (epidermis).
Suggested citation for this document:
Darambazar, E. and D. Damiran. 2006. Album of photomicrographs of Eastern
Oregon rangeland plants. Circular of information No.4, Union, Oregon,
USA: Eastern Oregon Agricultural Research Center, Oregon State University.