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a cluster of small white many-petaled disk and ray flowers with yellow centers
Pearly Everlasting
Anaphalis margaritacea
Native
a carpet of kinnikinnick in bloom
Kinnikinnick
Arctostaphylos uva-ursi
Native
a patch of mugwort with thin leaved green foliage along upright non-woody stems
Douglas’ Sagewort
Artemisia douglasiana
Native
field of oats
Common Oats
Avena sativa
Grass
Coyote Brush covered in small white flowers
Chaparral Broom
Baccharis pilularis
Native
water birch leaf - serrate edge
Water Birch
Betula occidentalis
Native
close up of California brome inflorescence seed heads ranging from tan to red
California Brome
Bromus carinatus
Grass
Native
a patch of Columbia brome in a forest understory with spikelets stalked
Columbia Brome
Bromus vulgaris
Grass
Native
a specimen showing leaf and inflorescence
Big-Leaf Sedge
Carex amplifolia
Grass
Native
close up of a dense sedge sowing bunch like form and long linear leaves
Dense Sedge
Carex densa
Grass
Native
a single chamisso sedge with leaves a littl eunder half the height of the inflorescence stalks, which rise above and nod
Chamisso Sedge
Carex pachystachya
Grass
Native
whole plant
Sawbeak Sedge
Carex stipata
Native
a rounded tuft of foothill sedge with thin leaves that are pretty straight.
Foothill Sedge
Carex tumulicola
Grass
Native
A shrub that grows upright with most of the leaves coming out from the top part of the plant, lower half is a few straight stems, rather reddish. Clusters of small white flowers at branch tips
Redstem Ceanothus
Ceanothus sanguineus
Native
an attractive evergreen shrub; low growing with clusters of white flowers at tips.
Snowbrush
Ceanothus velutinus
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
Douglas’ Hawthorn
Crataegus douglasii
Native
Crataegus suksdorfii, a triploid form, Castlegar BC, Canada
Suksdorf’s Hawthorn
Crataegus x suksdorfii
Native
bell shaped white flowers dangle beneath leaves; petals are more open than in Smith's Fairy Bells.
Hooker’s Fairybells
Disporum hookeri
Native
a patch of ferns that taper and curve
California Wood Fern
Dryopteris arguta
Native
spikerush plants - stems and inflorescences
Creeping Spikerush
Eleocharis palustris
Native
leathery leaves and deep blue-black fruits that dangle from red stems
Salal
Gaultheria shallon
Native
purple flowers
King’s Gentian
Gentiana sceptrum
Native
pinkish purple 5-petaled flowers
Oregon Geranium
Geranium oreganum
Native
an oceansprayshrub in bloom
Oceanspray
Holodiscus discolor
Native
a clump of irises with grass-like foliage and purple iris flowers
Oregon Iris
Iris tenax
Native
bunches of soft rush growing in standing water
Pacific Rush
Juncus effusus
Native
Bunches of iris like leaves with clusters of small off-white to brown flowers
Dagger-leaf Rush
Juncus ensifolius
Grass
Native
the grass leaves fall flat to the ground and outward from center.
Rice Cutgrass
Leersia oryzoides
Grass
Native
pink honeysuckle flowers and fused opposite leaves
Hairy Honeysuckle
Lonicera hispidula
Native
holly like leaves and cluster of small yellow flowers
Tall Oregon Grape
Mahonia aquifolium
Native
Cascade Oregon Grape Mahonia nervosa Stems with large green glossy opposite leaves
Cascade Oregon Grape
Mahonia nervosa
Native
prickly holly-like leaflets and clusters of small petalled yellow flowers
Dwarf Oregon Grape
Mahonia repens
Native
Green leaves and white flowers
Oregon Crabapple
Malus fusca
Native
a carpet of sorrel
Redwood Sorrel
Oxalis oregana
Native
a shrub with peeling bark and white flower clusters
Pacific Ninebark
Physocarpus capitatus
Native
Needles grow in groups of 2 alternately along the stem and 1-1/8 to 2-7/8 inches (3 to 6 cm) in length with a cute little cone pointing down
Lodgepole Pine
Pinus contorta var. latifolia
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
Bitter Cherry
Prunus emarginata
Native
Douglas-fir Pseudotsuga menziesii Huge single evergreen tree
Douglas-fir
Pseudotsuga menziesii
Native
Cascara Rhamnus purshiana Stem with large green oval opposite leaves and small red berries
Cascara
Rhamnus purshiana
Native
Red flowering currant Ribes sanguineum Stem with green palmate leaves and cluster of pink bell shaped flowers
Red-Flowering Currant
Ribes sanguineum
Native
Nootka Rose Rosa nutkana Small pink flower with yellow center Small pink flower with yellow center
Nootka Rose
Rosa nutkana
Native
a ripe black raspberry and a red unripe raspberry. Opposite leaves are deeply veined and toothed.
Blackcap Raspberry
Rubus leucodermis
Native
Thimbleberry Rubus parviflorus Palmate Green leaves with bright red round berry
Thimbleberry
Rubus parviflorus
Native
a thicket of hooker's willow
Hooker’s Willow
Salix hookeriana
Native
A shrubby multi-stemmed willow bush.
Scouler’s Willow
Salix scouleriana
Native
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