Observed location: Middle Fork in Mt. Baker-Snoqualmie National Forest, between 1,000 and 2,000 ft. elevation

Native range: western North America (from N. California to the Aleutian Islands) and Asia (Kamchatka Peninsula, Japan, and Korea)

• coastal temperate rainforests
• abundant in coniferous and deciduous forests, especially in forest margins
• 0–800 m.

Key characteristics:

• ovate leaf with cordate base and conspicuous veins
• 2–3 leaves on fertile shoots, solitary on non-fertile

• inflorescence – erect raceme

Tools/resources used to identify:

• iNaturalist
• Wikipedia
• Wikimedia Commons
• Calflora
• eFlora (Flora of North America)
• USDA PLANTS