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a bee on a lavender flower, flowers are arranged in an umbel on short stalks that emerge from a central core.
Tapertip Allium
Allium acuminatum
Native
a field of narrowleaf allium in bloom with pinkish flower clusters
Narrowleaf Allium
Allium amplectens
Native
curled flower with white hairs and orange petals
Menzies’ Fiddleneck
Amsinckia menziesii var. intermedia
Native
whole columbine plant with red flowers rising above foliage
Red Columbine
Aquilegia formosa
Native
whole madrone tree
Pacific Madrone
Arbutus menziesii
Native
a tight, semi-spherical cluster of small pink sea thrift flowers at the top of a stem
Sea Thrift
Armeria maritima
Native
Crown Brodiaea
Brodiaea coronaria
Native
purple upright funnel shaped flower
Elegant Brodiaea
Brodiaea elegans
Native
close up of California brome inflorescence seed heads ranging from tan to red
California Brome
Bromus carinatus
Grass
Native
three fuzzy white pointy-tipped petals tinged with purple at center
Mariposa Lily
Calochortus tolmiei
Native
A thin-leaved clump of sedge with leavesarising from central base, extending upward, then drooping.
Dewey’s Sedge
Carex deweyana
Grass
Native
red paintbrush inflorescences rise above dusky rose sea blush
Giant Red Paintbrush
Castilleja miniata
Native
a patch of fireweed with spires of purple flowers that taper to a point atop green spears of small lance shaped leaves
Fireweed
Chamerion angustifolium
Native
a cluster of purple flowers, each with 6 petals, atop a leafless stalk
Ookow
Dichelostemma congestum
Native
side view of flower spikes
Darkthroat Shooting Star
Dodecatheon pulchellum
Native
Small plant with alternate stems of purple showy flowers
Paterson’s Curse
Echium plantagineum
Invasive
a few bunches of thin-leaved, partially dead needlegrass mixed in with kinnikinnick and leaf litter.
Lemmon’s Needlegrass
Eriocoma lemmonii
Grass
Native
whole plant with flowers
Arrowleaf Buckwheat
Eriogonum compositum
Native
bunches of bright yellow flowers
Sulphur-Flower Buckwheat
Eriogonum umbellatum 
Native
Nodding yellow lilies with broad grass-like basal foliage, similar to fawn lily.
Glacier-Lily
Erythronium grandiflorum
Native
greenhouse with many small fescues all growing, green thin leaves
Idaho Fescue
Festuca idahoensis
Grass
Native
Roemer’s Fescue Festuca roemeri Grass showing seeds
Roemer’s Fescue
Festuca roemeri
Grass
Native
leaves of three and creamy white 5-petalled flowers with yellow centers
Coast Strawberry
Fragaria chiloensis
Native
a large patch of woodland strawberry
Woodland Strawberry
Fragaria vesca
Native
five-petalled white flowers with yellow centers and dark green leaves, low growing.
Mountain Strawberry
Fragaria virginiana
Native
sunflower family yellow flower with brown center
Blanket Flower
Gaillardia aristata
Native
an oceansprayshrub in bloom
Oceanspray
Holodiscus discolor
Native
White petaled iris flowers with yellow throats and reddish brown veins.
Yellowleaf Iris
Iris chrysophylla
Native
purple iris flowers with yellow and white center veins
Douglas Iris
Iris douglasiana
Native
close-up of whole plant
Prairie Junegrass
Koeleria macrantha
Grass
Native
Close up of lamatioum inflorescence composed of many small, yellow flowers in a sphere
Fernleaf Biscuitroot
Lomatium dissectum
Native
a mat of small linear to lance shaped grayish green leaves at base with a tall stalk rising up with a sphere of small yellow flowers that branch out from center
Barestem Biscuitroot
Lomatium nudicaule
Native
The top of a broadleaf lupine inflorescence with pea-type purple and white flowers.
Broadleaf Lupine
Lupinus latifolius
Native
bright yellow flower with a magenta center
Showy Tarweed
Madia elegans
Native
close up photo of a yellow flower
Slender Tarweed
Madia gracilis
Native
dangling small white flowers
Osoberry
Oemleria cerasiformis
Native
purple flower clusters atop reddish stems
Rydberg’s Penstemon
Penstemon rydbergii
Native
close up of mock orange flowers, white, 4-petalled
Mock Orange
Philadelphus lewisii
Native
a tall conifer
Willamette Valley Ponderosa Pine
Pinus ponderosa
Native
a medium height bunch grass with bluish green leaves
Pine Bluegrass
Poa secunda
Grass
Native
Douglas-fir Pseudotsuga menziesii Huge single evergreen tree
Douglas-fir
Pseudotsuga menziesii
Native
Oregon White Oak Quercus garryana Large, green glossy lobed leaves
Oregon White Oak
Quercus garryana
Native
five to six petalled yellow buttercup flowers
Western Buttercup
Ranunculus occidentalis
Native
Cascara Rhamnus purshiana Stem with large green oval opposite leaves and small red berries
Cascara
Rhamnus purshiana
Native
A patch of blooming Nelson's checkermallow with rosy magenta racemes atop thin stems above dissected palmate leaves.
Nelson’s Checkermallow
Sidalcea nelsoniana
Native
Rose Checkermallow Sidalcea virgata Green stem with large showy purple flowers
Rose Checkermallow
Sidalcea virgata
Native
leaves and yellow pea family flowers
Slender Goldenbanner
Thermopsis gracilis
Native
Asymmetrical five petalled purple flower
Early Blue Violet
Viola adunca
Native
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