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Native Plant Species Grown at the Farm

Species

A

Abies grandis Grand Fir

Abies lasiocarpa Subalpine Fir

Acer cicinatum Pacific Fire Pacific Fire Vine Maple

Acer circinatum Vine Maple

Acer circinatum Vine Maple

Acer douglasii See Acer glabrum

Acer glabrum  Douglas Maple

Acer macrophyllum Big Leaf Maple

Acer macrophyllum  Big Leaf Maple

Achillea millefolium Yarrow

Achlys triphylla Vanilla Leaf

Actaea rubra Baneberry

Adiantum aleuticum  Western Maidenhair Fern

Adiantum aleuticum imbricatum  Dwarf Maidenhair Fern

Adiantum pedatum  Maidenhair Fern

Agrostis exarata          Spike bentgrass/Perennial bunchgrass

Allium acuminatum     Hooker's Onion

Allium amplectans      Slim leafed onion

Allium cernuum          Nodding Onion

Allium crenulatum      Olympic Onion

Alnus rubra     Red Alder

Alnus rubra     Red Alder

Amelanchier alnifolia Saskatoon

Anaphalis margaritacea          Pearly Everlasting

Anemone canadensis  Canada Anemone

Anisocarpus madioides           Woodland Madia, tarplant

Antennaria howellii    Howell's Pussytoes,Small Pussytoes

Antennaria media       Dark Pussytoes/Rocky Mtn. Pussytoes

Antennaria racemosa Hooker's Pussytoes/Racemose Pussytoes

Aquilegia formosa       Western Columbine

Arbutus menziesii       Arbutus/Pacific Madrone

Arctostaphylos uva-ursi          Kinnickinnick/common Bearberry

Arctostaphylos uva-ursi          Kinnickinnick/common Bearberry

Arctostaphylos x media          Hybrid Manzanita

Armeria maritima       Sea Thrift

Arnica chamissonis     Meadow Arnica

Artemisia frigida         Prairie Sagewort/Fringe Sage

Artemisia ludoviciana Western Mugwort/White Sagebrush

Artemisia suksdorfii    Coastal Wormwood or mugwort/Sukdorf's sagewort

Aruncus dioicus           Goatsbeard

Aruncus sylvester        see Aruncus dioicus

Asarum caudatum      Wild Ginger

Asarum caudatum alba           White Wid Ginger

Aster chiloense           See Symphyothrichum chilense

Aster conspicuous       See Eurybia conspicua

Aster subspicatus        See Symphyotrichum subspicatum

Athyrium filix-femina  Lady Fern

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B

Balsamorhiza deltoidea          Spring sunflower/Deltoid balsamroot

Balsamorhiza sagittata           Arrowleaf Balsamroot

Betula glandulosa       Dwarf Birch

Betula papyrifera        Paper Birch

Betula papyrifera        Paper Birch

Blechnum spicant       Deer Fern

Boykinia elata See Boykinia occidentalis

Boykinia occidentalis  Coast Boykinia

Brewerimitella breweri           See Pectiantia breweri

Brodiaea coronaria     Harvest Brodiaea

Brodiaea hyacinthina  See Tritileia hyacinthina

Bromus sitchensis       Sitka Brome

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C

Callitropsis nootkatensis         Yellow Cedar

Caltha leptosepala var. biflora White Mtn. Marsh Marigold, Elkslip Marsh Marigold

Camassia leichtlinii alba         White Great Camas

Camassia leichtlinii ssp.suksdorfii       Suksdorf's Great Camas

Camassia quamash     Common Camas

Camassia quamash     Common Camas

Camassia quamash 'Blue Melody'      Variegated Common Camas

Campanula rotundifolia          Common Harebell

Carex obnupta Slough Sedge

Carex pansa     Sand Dune Sedge

Castilleja miniata        Common Red Paintbrush

Cerastium arvense      Field Chickweed

Chamaenerian angustifolium Fireweed

Clarkia amoena           Farewell to spring

Clematis occidentalis  Blue Virgin's-bower

Clinopodium douglasii            Yerba Buena

Clintonia uniflora         Queen's Cup, Blue Bead

Collinsia parviflora      Small flowered Blue Eyed Mary

Coptis asplenifolia      Fern-leaf Goldthread

Cornus canadensis      Bunchberry

Cornus nuttallii           Pacific Dogwood

Cornus sericea Red Osier Dogwood/Red Twig Dogwood

Cornus sericea flaveramea     Yellow Twig Dogwood

Cornus unalaschkensis            Westen Bunchberry

Corydalis scouleri        Scouler's Corydalis

Corylus cornuta           Beaked Hazelnut

Corylus cornuta           Beaked Hazelnut

Corylus cornuta           Beaked Hazelnut

Crataegus douglasii     Black Hawthorn

Cryptogramma acrostichoides            Parsley Fern

Cystopteris fragilis      Fragile Fern

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D

Danthonia californica California Oatgrass

Dasiphora fruticosa     Shrubby Cinquefoil or Potentilla

Delphinium glaucum  Tall Larkspur

Delphinium menziesii Menzies' Larkspur

Deschampsia caespitosa         Tufted Hairgrass

Dicentra formosa        Pacific Bleeding Heart

Disporum hookeri       See Prosartes hookeri

Disporum smithii        See Prosartes smithii

Disporum trachycarpum         Rough fruited Fairy Bells

Dodecatheon dentatum          White/Dentate Shooting Star

Dodecatheon hendersonii       Broad Leaved Shooting Star

Dodecatheon jeffreyii Jeffrey's Shooting Star

Dodecatheon pulchellum       Few Flowered Shooting Star

Dodecatheon pulchellum 'Sooke"      See Primula pulchellum 'Sooke'

Drosera anglica           Giant Sundew

Drosera rotundifolia    Roundleaf Sundew

Dryopteris carthusiana           Toothed Wood Fern

Dryopteris expansa     Spiny Wood Fern

Dryopteris filix-mas     Male Fern

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E

Elaeagnus commutata Silverberry

Empetrum nigrum      Black Crowberry

Erigeron glabellus       Smooth Fleabane

Erigeron speciosus      Showy Fleabane

Eriophorum angustifolium      Cotton Grass

Eriophyllum lanatum  Woolly Sunflower

Erythranthe dentata   Toothed leaved Monkey Flower

Erythranthe guttata    Yellow Monkey Flower

Erythranthe lewisii      Pink Monkey Flower

Erythranthe moschata            Musk Monkeyflower

Erythronium grandiflorum      Yellow Glacier Lily

Erythronium grandiflorum Dwarf form          Yellow Glacier Lily

Erythronium montanum         White Glacier/Avalanche Lily

Erythronium oregonum          White Fawn Lily

Erythronium revolutum          Pink Fawn Lily

Eurybia conspicua       Showy Aster

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F

Fauria crista galli         See Nephrophyllidium crista galli

Festuca foemerii         Roemer's Fescue

Festuca roemerii         Roemer's Fescue

Festuca saximontana  Rocky Mountain Fescue

Fragaria chiloensis      Coastal Strawberry

Fragaria vesca Woodland Strawberry

Fragaria virginiana      Wild Strawberry

Frangula purshiana     Cascara

Frangula purshiana     Cascara

Fritillaria affinis           See Fritillaria lanceolata

Fritillaria camschatcensis       Northern Riceroot

Fritillaria camschatcensis flavescens  Yellow Northern riceroot

Fritillaria lanceolata   Chocolate Lily

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G

Gaultheria shallon       Salal

Gaultheria shallon       Salal

Gaultheria shallon       Salal

Gentiana septrum       King Gentian

Gentiana septrum       King Gentian

Geum rivale    Water Avens/Chocolate root

Geum triflorum           Old Man's Whiskers

Goodyera oblongifolia Rattlesnake Plantain

Grindelia integrifolia  See Grindelia stricta

Grindelia stricta          Oregon Gumweed

Grindelia stricta Dwarf Cliff Form       Dwarf Oregon Gumweed

Grindelia stricta Dwarf Cliff Form       Dward Oregon Gumweed

Gymnocarpium disjunctum    Western Oak Fern

Gymnocarpium dryopteris      Oak Fern

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H

Heuchera micrantha   Small flowered Alum root

Heuchera richardsonii Richardson's Alum root

Holodiscus discolor     Ocean Spray

Holodiscus discolor     Ocean Spray

Hosackia pinnata         Bog Birds foot trefoil

Hydrophyllum tenuipes           Pacific Waterleaf

Hypericum scouleri     Western or Scouler's St. Johnswort

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I

Iris setosa        Wild Flag

Iris tenax         Oregon Iris

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J

Juncus ensifolius         Sword Leaf Rush

Juniperus communis   Common Juniper

Juniperus scopulorum Rocky Mountain Juniper

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K

Kalmia microphylla     Western Bog Laurel

Koeleria macrantha    June grass

 

L

Ledum glandulosum   See Rhododendron columbianum

Ledum groenlandicum            See Rhododendron groenlandicum

Leptarrhena pyrolifolia           Leatherleaf Saxifrage

Lilium columbianum   Tiger Lily

Lilium phiadelphicm   Wood Liliy

Linnaea borealis          Twinflower

Linum lewisii   Western blue flax/Lewis flax

Lithophragma parviflorum      Small Flowered Woodland Star

Lomatium dissectum   Fern Leaved Desert Parsley

Lomatium nudicaule   Barestem Desert Parsley

Lonicera ciliosa           Orange Honeysuckle

Lonicera ciliosa           Orange Honeysuckle

Lonicera hispidula       Hairy Honeysuckle

Lonicera involucrata    Black Twinberry

Lotus pinnatus See Hosackia pinnata

Luina hypoleuca          Silverback Luina/Littleleaf Silverback

Lupinus polyphyllus    Large Leaved Lupine

Lysichiton americanus Skunk Cabbage

Lysimachia latifolia     See Tirentalis latifolia

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M

Mahonia aquifolium   Tall Oregon Grape

Mahonia aquifolium   Tall Oregon Grape

Mahonia nervosa        Dull Oregon Grape

Mahonia nervosa        Dull Oregon Grape

Mahonia repens          Creeping Oregon Grape

Maianthemum dilatatum       False Lily of the Valley

Maianthemum dilatatum       False Lily of the Valley

Maianthemum racemosa ssp.amplexicaule   False Soloman's Seal

Maianthemum stellatum        Star flowered false Soloman's Seal

Malus fusca     Pacific Crabapple

Malus fusca     Pacific Crabapple

Micranthes ferruginea            Rusty Saxifrage

Micranthes integrifolia           Grassland Saxifrage

Micranthes rufidula    Rusty Haired Saxifrage

Mimulus dentatus       See Erythranthe dentata

Mimulus guttatus        See Erythranthe guttata

Mimulus lewisii           See Erythranthe lewisii

Mimulus moschatos    Musk-flower

Mimulus moschatos    See Erythranthe moschatos

Mitella breweri           See Pectiantia Breweri

Mitella ovalis  See Pectiantia ovalis

Moehringia macrophylla        Big Leaved Sandwort

Monarda fistulosa       Wild Bergamot/Beebalm

Montia parvifolia        Small Leaved Miners Lettuce

Morella californica     California Wax Myrtle

Myrica californica       See Morella californica

Myrica gale     Sweet Gale

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N

Nephrophyllidium crista galli Deer Cabbage

Nothochelone nemorosa        Woodland Beardtongue

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O

Oemleria cerasiformis Osoberry

Olsynium douglasii      Satinflower

Oplopanax horridum  Devil's Club

Oplopanax horridum  Devil's Club

Opuntia fragilis           Brittle Prickly Pear Cactus

Oxalis oregana Redwood Sorrel

Oxalis oregana rosea   Pink Redwood Sorrel

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P

Packera macounii        Macouns' Groundsel/Siskiyou Mtn. Ragwort

Pectiantia breweri       Brewer's Mitrewort

Pectiantia ovalis          Oval Leaved Mitrewort

Penstemon confertus  Yellow Penstemon

Penstemon davidsonii Davidson's Penstemon

Penstemon eriantherus          Fuzzy-tongue Penstemon

Penstemon fruticosus Shrubby Penstemon

Penstemon nitidus      Smooth Blue Beardstongue

Penstemon procerus formus  Creeping blue penstemon

Penstemon serrulatus Coast Penstemon

Peritoma serrulata      Rocky Mountain Bee Plant

Petasites frigidus var.palmatus           Sweet Coltsfoot

Phacelia sericea          Silky Scorpion weed

Philadelphus lewisii    Mock Orange

Phlox caespitosa         See Phlox douglasii

Phlox diffusa    Spreading Phlox

Phlox douglasii            Tufted phlox

Physocarpus capitatus Pacific Ninebark

Picea sitchensis           Sitka Spruce

Picea sitchensis Golden          Golden Sitka Spruce

Pinguicula vulgaris      Common Butterwort

Pinus contorta contorta          Shore Pine/Lodgepole Pine

Pinus ponderosa          Ponderosa Pine

Plantago maritima      Seaside Plantain or Goosetongue

Plectritis congesta       Seablush

Poa alpina       Alpine Meadowgrass/Alpine Bluegrass

Poa secunda    Sandberg's Bluegrass

Polemonium acutiflorum        Tall Jacob's Ladder

Polemonium pulcherrimum   Showy Jacob's Ladder

Polypodium glycyrrhiza          Licorice Fern

Polypodium scouleri   Leathery Polypody

Polystichum  munitum            Western Sword Fern

Polystichum  munitum            Western Sword Fern

Polystichum andersoni            Anderson's Holly Fern

Polystichum brauni     Braun's Holly Fern

Polystichum munitum Western Sword Fern

Populus balsamifera   Balsam Poplar

Populus tremuloides   Trembling/Quaking Aspen

Potentilla anserina      Common Silverweed

Potentilla fruticosa      See Dasiphora fruticosa

Primula hendersonii    See Dodecatheon hendersonii

Primula jeffreyi           See Dodecatheon jeffreyi

Primula latiloba           See Dodecatheon dentatum

Primula pulchellum     See Dodecatheon pulchellum

Primula pulchellum 'Sooke'    Dodecatheon Sooke shooting Star

Prosartes hookerii       Hooker's Fairy Bells

Prosartes smithii         Smith's Fairy Bells

Prunella vulgaris ssp.lanceolata         Selfheal/Common Selfheal

Prunella vulgaris var.lanceolata          Self-heal

Prunus emarginata     Bitter Cherry

Prunus virginiana        Choke Cherry

Pseudotsuga menziesii           Douglas Fir

Pseudotsuga menziesii           Douglas Fir

Pseudotsuga menziesii           Douglas Fir

Pterideridia gairdneri  Common Yampah/Gairdneri Yampah

Pteridium aquilinum   Bracken Fern

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Q

Quercus garryana       Garry Oak

Quercus garryana       Garry Oak

Quercus garryana       Garry Oak

Quercus garryana       Garry Oak

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R

Rhamnus purshiana    See Frangula purshiana

Rhodiola rosea            Rose root

Rhododendron columbianum Trapper's Tea

Rhododendron groenlandicum           Labrador Tea

Rhododendron macrophyllum            Pacific Rhododendron

Ribes divaricatum       Wild Black Gooseberry

Ribes lacustre  Swamp Goose Berry

Ribes laxiflorum          Trailing Black Currant

Ribes lobbii     Gummy Gooseberry

Ribes sanguineum       Red Flowering Currant

Ribes sanguineum       Red Flowering Currant

Ribes sanguineum 'Brocklebankii'      Golden Red Flowering Currant

Ribes sanguineum 'White Icicle'         White flowered red flowering currant

Rosa gymnocarpa       Baldhip Rose

Rosa nutkana   Nootka Rose

Rosa pisocarpa            Clustered Wild Rose

Rubus chamaemorus  Cloudberry

Rubus parviflorus        Thimbleberry

Rubus parviflorus        Thimbleberry

Rubus spectabilis        Salmonberry

Rubus spectabilis Double flowered Form       Doubled flowered Salmon Berry

Rupertia physodes       California Tea/Forest scurfpea

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S

Salix hookeriana          Hookeriana

Salix lasiandra Pacific willow, Whiplash Willow

Salix scouleriana         Scouler's Willow

Salix sitchensis Sitka Willow

Sambucus caerulea    Blue Elderberry

Sambucus racemosa   Red Elderberry

Sanguisorba officinalis            Great Burnet

Sanguisorba stipulata Sitka Burnet

Sanguisorba stipulata Pink Form        Sitka burnet Pink form

Sanicula crassicaulis    Pacific Sanicle

Satureja douglassii      See Clinopodium douglasii

Saxifraga  pyrolifolia   See Leptarrhena pyrolifolia

Saxifraga bronchialis   Yellowdot Saxifrage

Saxifraga caespitosa    Tufted Saxifrage

Saxifraga ferruginea    See Micranthes ferruginea

Saxifraga integrifolia   See Micranthes integrifolia

Saxifraga mertensiana            Merten's Saxifrage

Scrophularia californica          Bee Plant

Sedum oregonum        Oregon Stonecrop

Sedum spathulifolium Broad Leaved Stonecrop

Senecio macounii        See Packera macounii

Sidalcea hendersonii   Checker Mallow

Silene acaulis  moss campion

Sisyrinchium californicum      Golden-eyed grass

Sisyrinchium douglasii See Olsynium douglasii

Sisyrinchium idahoensis          Blue-eyed grass

Smilacina racemosa    See Maianthemum racemosa

Smilacina stellata        See Maianthemum stellatum

Solidago lepida            Canada Goldenrod

Sorbus scopulina         Western Mountain Ash

Sorbus sitchensis         Sitka Mountain Ash

Spiraea betulifolia       See Spiraea lucida

Spireaea douglasii       Hardhack

Spireaea lucida           Birch Leaf Spiraea

Stachys chamissonis var.cooleyae      Coastal Hedge nettle, Great Hedge nettle

Streptopus amplexifolius        Twisted Stalk

Streptopus lanceolatus           Rose Twisted Stalk

Streptopus roseus       See Streptopus lanceolatus

Symphoricarpos albus Common Snowberry

Symphoricarpos albus Common Snowberry

Symphoricarpos mollis           Creeping Snowberry

Symphyotricum chilense         Common California Aster

Symphyotricum subspicatum  Douglas's Aster

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T

Taxus brevifolia           Western Yew (Pacific Yew)

Taxus brevifolia           Western Yew (Pacific Yew)

Tellima grandiflora      Fringecup

Thalictrum occidentalis          Western Meadow Rue

Tiarella trifoliata         Foamflower

Tiarella trifoliata var.laciniata Cut Leaf Foamflower

Tolmiea menziesii       Piggyback Plant

Trautvetteria caroliniensis      False Bugbane

Trientalis latifolia        Star Flower

Trifolium wormskioldii            Springbank Clover

Triglochin maritima    Seaside Arrowgrass

Trillium ovatum           Western Trillium

Triteleia grandiflora var. grandiflora    Large Flowered Triteleia

Triteleia hyacinthina   White Triteleia, Fools Onion

Tsuga heterophylla      Western Hemlock

Tsuga heterophylla      Western Hemlock

Tsuga mertensiana      Mountain Hemlock

Tsuga mertensiana      Mountain Hemlock

Typha latifolia Common Cattail, common Bullrush

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V

Vaccinium membranaceum    Black Huckleberry

Vaccinium ovalifolium Oval Leaved Blueberry

Vaccinium ovatum      Evergreen Huckleberry

Vaccinium oxycoccus  Bog Cranberry

Vaccinium parvifolium            Red Huckleberry

Vaccinium vitis idaea Lingonberry

Vaccinium vitis idaea minus    Dwarf Lingonberry

Valeriana sitchensis    Sitka Valerian

Vancouveria hexandra Northern Inside out Flower

Viburnum edule          Highbush Cranberry

Viburnum trilobum     American Bush Cranberry

Viola adunca   Early Blue Violet

Viola canadensis         Canada Violet (white violet)

Viola glabella  Yellow Wood Violet

Viola macloskeyi         See Viola minuscula

Viola minuscula           Northern White Violet

Viola orbiculata           Round leafed Violet

Viola praemorsa          Yellow Montane Violet

Viola sempervirens     Evergreen Violet

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W

Woodwardia fimbriata            Giant Chain Fern

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X

Xanthocyparis nootkatensis    See Callitropsis nootkatensis

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Z

Zigadenus venenosus (Toxicoscordium)         Death Camas

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