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Vine Maple, Acer circinatum, Stem with green vine maple leaves
Vine Maple
Acer circinatum
Native
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
Garlic Mustard Alliaria petiolata Small plant with green heart shaped leaves
Garlic Mustard
Alliaria petiolata
Invasive
a patch of mugwort with thin leaved green foliage along upright non-woody stems
Douglas’ Sagewort
Artemisia douglasiana
Native
heart shaped ginger leaves
Wild Ginger
Asarum caudatum
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
Spurge Laurel Daphne laureola Clusters of long slender green glossy leaves
Spurge Laurel
Daphne laureola
Invasive
bell shaped white flowers dangle beneath leaves; petals are more open than in Smith's Fairy Bells.
Hooker’s Fairybells
Disporum hookeri
Native
two white bell shaped flowers hang down from beneath final two leaves, petals tightly clasped.
Smith’s Fairybells
Disporum smithii
Native
a patch of ferns that taper and curve
California Wood Fern
Dryopteris arguta
Native
Oregon Fawn Lily
Erythronium oreganum
Native
Shiny Geranium
Geranium lucidum
Invasive
small five-petaled pink flower above fern like foliage
Herb Robert
Geranium robertianum
Invasive
Close up of showy orange trumpet like flowers
Spotted Jewelweed
Impatiens capensis
Invasive
heart shaped leaves clasp stem with short spike of whitish flowers at tip
False Lily-of-the-Valley
Maianthemum dilatatum
Native
a tapering spike of small white star-like flowers
False Solomon’s Seal
Maianthemum racemosum
Native
alternate leaves climb stems towards feathery terminal inflorescence
Starry False Solomon’s Seal
Maianthemum stellatum
Native
a carpet of sorrel
Redwood Sorrel
Oxalis oregana
Native
Sword Fern Polystichum munitum Several long fronds with many opposite green slender leaves
Sword Fern
Polystichum munitum
Native
small white flowers resemble cherry flowers.
English Laurel
Prunus laurocerasus
Invasive
a pink five petaled rose flower with small toothed leaves
Baldhip Rose
Rosa gymnocarpa
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
a ripe black raspberry and a red unripe raspberry. Opposite leaves are deeply veined and toothed.
Blackcap Raspberry
Rubus leucodermis
Native
a cluster of many small blue fruits
Blue Elderberry
Sambucus caerulea
Native
three-lobed leaves add interest to the shady woodland garden.
Western Meadowrue
Thalictrum occidentale
Native
Female flowers of meadowrue with no petals and long magenta pistils.
Tall Western Meadowrue
Thalictrum polycarpum
Native
Three lobed triangular leaves with a spike of tiny flowers on a stalk rising above
Foamflower
Tiarella trifoliata
Native
three white triangularly arranged petals, three green triangularly arranged sepals, and three larger green leaves
Giant White Wake-Robin
Trillium albidum
Native
Inside-Out Flower Vancouveria hexandra Large bushy green leaves with stalks of small white flowers
Inside-Out Flower
Vancouveria hexandra
Native
Evergreen heart-shaped leaves with crenate margins and yellow violet flowers
Evergreen Violet
Viola sempervirens
Native
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