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Light green cluster of winged seeds (samaras) of Norway Maple
Norway Maple
Acer platanoides
Invasive
an understory patch of vanilla leaf with robust triangular leaves and spikes of tiny white flowers emerging from the center.
Vanilla Leaf
Achlys triphylla
Native
shows the delicate beauty of this fern that has green leaflets on long linear compound leaves out from central circular ring
Western Maidenhair Fern
Adiantum aleuticum
Native
a cluster of reddish brown samaras.
Tree of Heaven
Ailanthus altissima
Invasive
a cluster of pink flowers that droop
Nodding Allium
Allium cernuum
Native
a carpet of kinnikinnick in bloom
Kinnikinnick
Arctostaphylos uva-ursi
Native
close up leaf edges
False Brome
Brachypodium sylvaticum
Grass
Invasive
a specimen showing leaf and inflorescence
Big-Leaf Sedge
Carex amplifolia
Grass
Native
A thin-leaved clump of sedge with leavesarising from central base, extending upward, then drooping.
Dewey’s Sedge
Carex deweyana
Grass
Native
an attractive evergreen shrub; low growing with clusters of white flowers at tips.
Snowbrush
Ceanothus velutinus
Native
Meadow Knapweed Centaurea pratensis Purple flowers on long stems
Meadow Knapweed
Centaurea pratensis (aka Centaurea jacea x nigra, Centaurea debeauxii ssp. thuillieri)
Invasive
Two spiky flower heads, on spiky stems, with yellow flower
Yellow Starthistle
Centaurea solstitialis
Invasive
Canada Thistle Cirsium arvense Flower pods with small purple tufts
Canada Thistle
Cirsium arvense
Invasive
a close up photo of a blue and white flower in a grassy field
Large-flowered Blue Eyed Mary
Collinsia grandiflora
Native
close up of an pale orange flower with blue pollen and green foliage
Large-Flowered Collomia
Collomia grandiflora
Native
Mound of green grass blades with spires of tall poofy seed stalks
Pampas or Jubata Grass
Cortaderia spp.
Grass
Invasive
Crataegus suksdorfii, a triploid form, Castlegar BC, Canada
Suksdorf’s Hawthorn
Crataegus x suksdorfii
Native
Spurge Laurel Daphne laureola Clusters of long slender green glossy leaves
Spurge Laurel
Daphne laureola
Invasive
side view of flower spikes
Darkthroat Shooting Star
Dodecatheon pulchellum
Native
a patch of ferns that taper and curve
California Wood Fern
Dryopteris arguta
Native
Nodding yellow lilies with broad grass-like basal foliage, similar to fawn lily.
Glacier-Lily
Erythronium grandiflorum
Native
bell shaped nodding flowers with 6 spotted yellow-green and purple-brown petals on stems that have whorls of 6 lance shaped leaves
Spotted Fritillary
Fritillaria atropurpurea
Native
Shiny Geranium
Geranium lucidum
Invasive
pinkish purple 5-petaled flowers
Oregon Geranium
Geranium oreganum
Native
Orange Hawkweed Hieracium aurantiacum Orange and Yellow flowers
Orange Hawkweed
Hieracium aurantiacum
Invasive
Stem with yellow flowers and poofy seed head
Meadow Hawkweed
Hieracium pratense or caespitosum or Pilosella caespitosa
Invasive
a patch of meadow barley with reddish brown inflorescences
Meadow Barley
Hordeum brachyantherum
Grass
Native
leaves and flower of waterleaf
Pacific waterleaf
Hydrophyllum tenuipes
Native
White petaled iris flowers with yellow throats and reddish brown veins.
Yellowleaf Iris
Iris chrysophylla
Native
a clump of irises with grass-like foliage and purple iris flowers
Oregon Iris
Iris tenax
Native
the ornamemtal orange tiger lily flower with reddish brown freckles
Columbia Lily
Lilium columbianum
Native
Group of long green stems covered in small yellow flowers
Dalmatian Toadflax
Linaria dalmatica ssp. dalmatica
Invasive
The top of a broadleaf lupine inflorescence with pea-type purple and white flowers.
Broadleaf Lupine
Lupinus latifolius
Native
the large palmate leaves and purple to white flowers of large leaf lupine
Bigleaf Lupine
Lupinus polyphyllus
Native
purple and white characteristic pea family flowers
Streambank Lupine
Lupinus rivularis
Native
a tapering spike of small white star-like flowers
False Solomon’s Seal
Maianthemum racemosum
Native
Tubular purple flowers
Cascade Penstemon
Penstemon serrulatus
Native
Pokeweed Phytolacca americana Several small blue/purple berries on red stalk
Pokeweed
Phytolacca americana
Invasive
Small Plant with long slender smooth leaves and a stem with small yellow flower
Mouse-Ear Hawkweed
Pilosella officinarum
Invasive
person standing next to the trunk of white pine
Western White Pine
Pinus monticola
Native
Slender Cinquefoil
Potentilla gracilis
Native
two white bell shaped flowers hang down from beneath final two leaves, petals tightly clasped.
Smith’s Fairybells
Prosartes smithii
Native
green leaves, opposite are lance shaped, purple flowers on top
Lance-Leaved Heal-All
Prunella vulgaris ssp. lanceolata
Native
Bitter Cherry
Prunus emarginata
Native
small white flowers resemble cherry flowers.
English Laurel
Prunus laurocerasus
Invasive
clusters of small white flowers will become small fruits
Chokecherry
Prunus virginiana
Native
Pacific Rhododendron Rhododendron macrophyllum Stem with large glossy leaves and a cluster of small pinkish flowers
Pacific Rhododendron
Rhododendron macrophyllum
Native
a hanging flower
Straggly Gooseberry
Ribes divaricatum
Native
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