Cimicifuga elata Nutt.
[= Actaea elata]

Oregon: Multnomah County: Powell Butte, southeast Portland; CIEL monitoring site NAT#3c: +/- N facing ~30degree bank ca. 15' above small "deer" trail, ca. 18-20 paces (ca. 50') E of first switch back of NAT (=North Access Trail) [ascending] where trail turns W- this switch back is ca. 220 paces (est. 620') from 148th Ave. Access Trailhead at SE 148th Ave. (where Center St. becomes Gladstone); ca. 1/3 mi. E of the W border. Elev. 325 ft.
45° 29.507' N, 122° 30.545' W; T1S R2E S12
Acer macrophyllum-Pseudotsuga menzesii woods, at the base of Acer macrophyllum and at the edge of #3B's Tsuga heterophylla; also with Urtica dioica ssp. gracilis var lyallii, Polystichum munitum, Vancouveria heaxandra, Hydrophyllum tenuipes, Berberis nervosa. A single plant 45" tall with 3 racemes, the larges leaf blade 26" X 17" with 9" petiole. See sketch; preceding observations made during several visits between June 20th and Sept. 25th, 2004.

Vernon M. Marttala s.n., Oct 10, 2004
HPSU, Accession: 13703