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Arboretum: A park or a garden where
trees and shrubs are grown for
educational or scientific reasons.
Bark: The outer covering of the trunk,
branches and roots that protects from
fire, insects and weather.
Cambium: A layer under the bark that
helps the tree grow thicker. Some
woody plants have an edible cambium.
Coast Salish: The name of the
indigenous people living along the coasts
from B.C. to Oregon.
Cone: The reproductive fruiting
structure of conifers. This is the part
of a conifer that holds seeds or pollen.
Conifer: A cone-bearing plant, usually
evergreen like a pine or fir.
Deciduous: A plant that sheds all
leaves seasonally.
Ecosystem: The living community and
non-living environment functioning
together.
Ethnobotany: The science of how
people (Ethno) use plants (Botany) to
survive and thrive.
Evergreen: A plant that retains its
leaves for more than one growing
season.
Exotic (Plants): Any non-native
plant.
Fruit: Part of a plant that contains
seeds.
Habitat: The community where a
plant naturally grows.
Herbaceous: A plant with a green
soft stem that usually dies back in
winter.
Leaf: The flat and usually green part
of a plant that makes food to feed
the plant.
Native (Plants): A plant that lived
and thrived in a place before people
introduced plants from other places.
Non-Native (Plants): Plants that have
been introduced by humans or animals.
Potlatch: This word means “to give”.
Potlatch is a celebration among a single
village that invites, feeds and gives
away all of their hand made belongings
to neighboring villages to prove their
wealth and knowledge.
Plank House: Also called a Long House,
these structures are made of Western
Red Cedar planks. Families could live all
together in these houses that could be
as big as 60 feet wide and 600 feet
long.
Shrub: A woody plant that has several
stems instead of one trunk, and is low
growing.
Woody Plant: A plant that can live for
many years, build up a woody core and
has protective bark. Trees and shrubs
are woody plants.
UWBG Washington Park Arboretum Native Plants and People Pre-Visit Material ‘05©