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Plants List

Shady to partly sunny forests and forest edges, especially drier conifer woods at low to middle elevations

Baldhip Rose

Rosa gymnocarpa

Moist meadows, grassy slopes, and open areas

Blue-Eyed Grass

Sisyrinchium idahoense

Dry, open, sunny sites with rocky or sandy soil, including bluffs and forest openings

Kinnikinnik

Arctostaphylos uva-ursi

Shady coniferous forests at low to middle elevations

Low Oregon Grape

Mahonia nervosa

Moist, open woods, forest edges, and streambanks at low elevations

Osoberry

Oemleria cerasiformis

Moist sites such as streambanks, wetlands, and disturbed areas at low elevations

Red Alder

Alnus rubra

Coniferous forests, forest edges, and coastal bluffs at low elevations

Salal

Gaultheria shallon

Open forests, forest edges, thickets, and dry to moist slopes

Snowberry

Symphoricarpos albus

Moist forests, streambanks, wetland edges, and clearings

Twinberry

Lonicera involucrata

Coastal dunes, beaches, bluffs, and other open, sandy sites, mostly near salt water

Wild Strawberry

Fragaria chiloensis

Open forests, forest edges, clearings, and streambanks

Beaked Hazelnut

Corylus cornuta

Forests, forest edges, wetlands, and streambanks, primarily west of the Cascades

Cascara

Frangula purshiana

Moist forests, streambanks, swamps, and wet clearings

Lady Fern

Athyrium filix-femina

Open, sunny sites such as rocky bluffs, meadows, and grassy slopes

Nodding Onion

Allium cernuum

Moist woods, swamps, streambanks, and estuary edges at low elevations

Pacific Crabapple

Malus fusca

Moist forests, clearings, streambanks, and disturbed areas

Red Elderberry

Sambucus racemosa

Moist forests, streambanks, swamps, and clearings

Salmonberry

Rubus spectabilis

Moist coniferous forests, especially at low elevations

Sword Fern

Polystichum munitum

Moist forest understory, forest edges, and streambanks

Vine Maple

Acer circinatum

Meadows, open slopes, roadsides, and forest openings from lowlands to mountains

Yarrow

Achillea millefolium

Moist forests, streambanks, and valley bottoms at low to middle elevations

Bigleaf Maple

Acer macrophyllum

Wet meadows, marsh edges, streambanks, and lakeshores

Douglas Spirea

Spiraea douglasii

Moist forests, meadows, streambanks, and trailsides

Large-Leaved Avens

Geum macrophyllum

Open forests, forest edges, thickets, meadows, and shorelines

Nootka Rose

Rosa nutkana

Understory of open to mixed forests at low to middle elevations

Pacific Dogwood

Cornus nuttallii

Open forests, forest edges, and rocky slopes, in dry to moist sites

Red Flowering Currant

Ribes sanguineum

Open forests, forest edges, rocky slopes, and streambanks

Serviceberry

Amelanchier alnifolia

Open forests, forest edges, and rocky slopes at low to middle elevations

Tall Oregon Grape

Mahonia aquifolium

Moist meadows, open forests, and streambanks, mostly at middle elevations

Western Coneflower

Rudbeckia occidentalis

Thickets, forest edges, open forests, and riparian areas

Black Hawthorn

Crataegus douglasii

Coniferous forests and forest edges, mostly at low elevations west of the Cascades

Evergreen Huckleberry

Vaccinium ovatum

Moist meadows, streambanks, and roadsides

Large-Leaved Lupine

Lupinus polyphyllus

Open forests, forest edges, rocky slopes, and clearings, from dry to moist sites

Oceanspray

Holodiscus discolor

Moist sites such as streambanks, wetland edges, and forest edges

Pacific Ninebark

Physocarpus capitatus

Coniferous forests, often growing on rotting stumps and logs

Red Huckleberry

Vaccinium parvifolium

Moist coastal forests and river valleys, at low elevations

Sitka Spruce

Picea sitchensis

Wet meadows, marshes, prairies, and streambanks

Tufted Hairgrass

Deschampsia cespitosa

Moist to wet forests, streambanks, and swamps at low to middle elevations

Western Red Cedar

Thuja plicata

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