[Pipestems, Traveler's Joy, Clematis and Virgin's Bowers: The Genus Clematis in the Columbia River Gorge of Oregon and Washington]

Evergreen Clematis, Old Man's Beard, Traveler's-joy, Traveler's Joy

Clematis vitalba

Evergreen Clematis, Old Man's Beard, Traveler's-joy, Traveler's Joy: Clematis vitalba

Evergreen clematis from the Corbett Exit from Interstate 84, near Corbett, OR........August 1991.

Evergreen Clematis, Old Man's Beard, Traveler's-joy, Traveler's Joy: Clematis vitalba

Evergreen clematis from the Corbett Exit from Interstate 84, near Corbett, OR..........August 1991.

Evergreen Clematis, Old Man's Beard, Traveler's-joy, Traveler's Joy: Clematis vitalba

Evergreen clematis from the Corbett Exit from Interstate 84, near Corbett, OR............August 1991. Note the entire margins on the leaflets, a diagnostic characteristic of this species for the clematis found in the Pacific Northwest.

Paul Slichter