Pressed plants from the West Seattle Herbarium 1 768x401
Pressed plants from the West Seattle Herbarium 1 768x401
West Seattle Herbarium
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Founded in 2024 by students at Atlas Summit School, the mission of the West Seattle Herbarium is to better understand the flora of West Seattle. The WSH is a “library of life” for the West Seattle area. It provides an opportunity for any resident or visitor to contribute to an ever-growing body of knowledge and a reservoir of local plant DNA, both wild and cultivated.

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Pressed plants from the West Seattle Herbarium 1 768x401

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Beaked Hazelnut 768x1024

Beaked Hazelnut – Corylus cornuta

COMMON NAME: Beaked Hazelnut 
LATIN NAME: 
Corylus cornuta GIVEN NAME:
 COLLECTOR: 
Ismihaan Mohamed Kilass, Summit Read more...
1 Review
Bigleaf Maple 768x1024

Bernardo – Bigleaf Maple

COMMON NAME: 
Bigleaf Maple LATIN NAME: 
Acer macrophyllum GIVEN NAME:
 〝Bernardo〞 COLLECTOR: 
Leighton Donahue, Summit Read more...
No Reviews
IMG 4116 768x1024

Bigleaf Maple – Acer macrophyllum – Leighton

COMMON NAME: 
Bigleaf Maple LATIN NAME: 
Acer macrophyllum GIVEN NAME:
 “Maplenop” COLLECTOR: 
Leighton Donahue, Summit Read more...
1 Review
Cottonwood 768x1024

Bill Gates – Eastern Cottonwood – Anna

COMMON NAME: Eastern Cottonwood LATIN NAME: GIVEN NAME: “Bill Gates” COLLECTOR: Anna B, Summit Atlas Read more...
3 Reviews
Cherry Laurel 768x1024

Cherry Laurel – Prunus laurocerasus – Ismihaan

COMMON NAME: Cherry Laurel LATIN NAME: Prunus laurocerasus GIVEN NAME: COLLECTOR: Ismihaan, Summit Atlas School, Read more...
1 Review
Western Redcedar named "Emerald"

Emerald – Western redcedar – Ismihaan

COMMON NAME: Western Redcedar LATIN NAME: Thuja plicata GIVEN NAME: “Emerald” COLLECTOR: Ismihaan, Summit Atlas Read more...
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Foxglove 768x1024

Foxglove – Digitalis purpurea – Nathan

COMMON NAME: Foxglove LATIN NAME:  Digitalis purpurea GIVEN NAME: COLLECTOR: Nathan D, Summit Atlas School, Read more...
4 Reviews
WSH Gerald Western Redcedar Nathan IMG 4114 768x944

Gerald – Western Redcedar

COMMON NAME: Western Redcedar LATIN NAME: Thuja plicata GIVEN NAME: “Gerald” COLLECTOR: Nathan D, Summit Read more...
3 Reviews
IMG 4289 768x1024

Honeylocust – Nyx

COMMON NAME: Honeylocust LATIN NAME: 
Gleditsia triacanthos GIVEN NAME: COLLECTOR: 
Nyx P, Summit Atlas School, Read more...
No Reviews
Pieris japonica 768x1024

Japanese Andromeda – Hadley

COMMON NAME: Japanese Andromeda LATIN NAME: Pieris japonica GIVEN NAME: COLLECTOR: Hadley D, Summit Atlas Read more...
No Reviews
Japanese Cutleaf Maple

Japanese Maple – Elle

COMMON NAME: Japanese Cutleaf Maple LATIN NAME: Acer palmatum var dissectum GIVEN NAME: “Regina George” Read more...
No Reviews
Acer truncatum x Acer platanoides 768x1024

Karen – Maple Hybrid

COMMON NAME: Ruby Sunset® Maple LATIN NAME: Acer truncatum x Acer platanoides ‘JFS-KW249’ PP 27985 Read more...
3 Reviews
Russian Sage 768x1024

Karen the 2nd – Russian Sage

COMMON NAME: Russian Sage LATIN NAME: Salvia yangii GIVEN NAME: Karen the 2nd COLLECTOR: 
Nyx Read more...
1 Review
Ocean Spray Ana 768x1024

Ocean Spray – Holodiscus discolor – Anna

The ocean spray plant has 2 insects that don’t just feed off it but lay Read more...
1 Review
hydrangea header lores

Pacific Madrone – Elle

Pacific Madrone (Arbutus menziesii) Elle M., Summit Atlas School, GR 7 Read more...
2 Reviews
Rhododendron 768x1024

Rhododendron – Ismihaan

COMMON NAME: 
 Rhododendron LATIN NAME: 
Rhododendron spp GIVEN NAME: COLLECTOR: 
Ismihaan Mohamed Kilass, Summit Read more...
No Reviews
Japanese Cutleaf Maple 768x1024

Woody – Cutleaf Japanese Maple

COMMON NAME: Cutleaf Japanese Maple LATIN NAME: Acer palmatum var. dissectum GIVEN NAME: “Woody” COLLECTOR: Read more...
1 Review
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