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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 patch of mugwort with thin leaved green foliage along upright non-woody stems
Douglas’ Sagewort
Artemisia douglasiana
Native
loosely arranged compound leaves of lady fern with deeply dissected leaflets
Lady Fern
Athyrium filix-femina
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
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
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
Old Man's Beard Clematis vitalba Tree with white flowers
Old Man’s Beard
Clematis vitalba
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
Crataegus suksdorfii, a triploid form, Castlegar BC, Canada
Suksdorf’s Hawthorn
Crataegus x suksdorfii
Native
Oblong tapered leaf with serated edges
Cutleaf Teasel
Dipsacus laciniatus
Invasive
pinkish flowers on reddish stalks above green egg to lance shaped leaves
Henderson’s Shooting Star
Dodecatheon hendersonii
Native
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
Showy Fleabane
Erigeron speciosus
Native
a few small pinkish to cream "flowers" on underside of leaves
Western Wahoo
Euonymus occidentalis
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
purple flowers
King’s Gentian
Gentiana sceptrum
Native
Shiny Geranium
Geranium lucidum
Invasive
small five-petaled pink flower above fern like foliage
Herb Robert
Geranium robertianum
Invasive
a palmate leaf with toothed edge
Largeleaf Avens
Geum macrophyllum
Native
Sprays of dainty pinkish white, bell-shaped flowers along rosy stems above mounded rosettes of evergreen leaves.
Crevice Alumroot
Heuchera micrantha
Native
leaves and flower of waterleaf
Pacific waterleaf
Hydrophyllum tenuipes
Native
Close up of several yellow 5 petaled flowers
St. Johnswort
Hypericum perforatum
Invasive
bunches of soft rush growing in standing water
Pacific Rush
Juncus effusus
Native
purple flower clusters atop reddish stems
Rydberg’s Penstemon
Penstemon rydbergii
Native
Large green shrub
Mile-a-Minute
Persicaria perfoliata
Invasive
Pokeweed Phytolacca americana Several small blue/purple berries on red stalk
Pokeweed
Phytolacca americana
Invasive
person standing next to the trunk of white pine
Western White Pine
Pinus monticola
Native
green leaves, opposite are lance shaped, purple flowers on top
Lance-Leaved Heal-All
Prunella vulgaris ssp. lanceolata
Native
small white flowers resemble cherry flowers.
English Laurel
Prunus laurocerasus
Invasive
Stalk with spire of open and unopened purple flowers
Kudzu
Pueraria lobata
Invasive
Pacific Rhododendron Rhododendron macrophyllum Stem with large glossy leaves and a cluster of small pinkish flowers
Pacific Rhododendron
Rhododendron macrophyllum
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
Spiky Branch with stems with 5 palmate leaflets
Himalayan Blackberry
Rubus bifrons
Invasive
Stem with spikes, many green comound leaflets with red and blue berries
Cut-leaf Blackberry
Rubus laciniatus
Invasive
Thimbleberry Rubus parviflorus Palmate Green leaves with bright red round berry
Thimbleberry
Rubus parviflorus
Native
Several small pink flowers on spiky branch with spiky leaves
European Blackberry
Rubus vestitus
Invasive
Succulent stems creep along ground and slightly upright with clusters of short succulent leaves, red to green.
Oregon Stonecrop
Sedum oreganum
Native
Cluster of red rowan berries and green pinnately compound, serrate leaves
European Mountain Ash
Sorbus aucuparia
Invasive
Female flowers of meadowrue with no petals and long magenta pistils.
Tall Western Meadowrue
Thalictrum polycarpum
Native
Huckleberry, Evergreen Vaccinium ovatum Clusters of purple/blue berries
Evergreen Huckleberry
Vaccinium ovatum
Native
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