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Western Maidenhair Fern
Adiantum aleuticum
Native
a patch of mugwort with thin leaved green foliage along upright non-woody stems
Douglas’ Sagewort
Artemisia douglasiana
Native
a spike of star shaped purple camas flowers
Great Camas
Camassia leichtlinii ssp suksdorfii
Native
red-osier dogwood shrub in a yard
Red-Osier Dogwood
Cornus sericea
Native
a thin stalked larskspur with dissected foliage and multiple blue flowers
Columbia Larkspur
Delphinium trollifollium
Native
northern wood fern foliage
Northern Wood Fern
Dryopteris expansa
Native
purple flowers
King’s Gentian
Gentiana sceptrum
Native
a patch of meadow barley with reddish brown inflorescences
Meadow Barley
Hordeum brachyantherum
Native
leaves and flower of waterleaf
Pacific waterleaf
Hydrophyllum tenuipes
Native
the grass leaves fall flat to the ground and outward from center.
Rice Cutgrass
Leersia oryzoides
Native
purple and white characteristic pea family flowers
Riverbank Lupine
Lupinus rivularis
Native
heart shaped leaves clasp stem with short spike of whitish flowers at tip
False Lily-of-the-Valley
Maianthemum dilatatum
Native
Tubular purple flowers
Cascade Penstemon
Penstemon serrulatus
Native
balls of small white fuzzy looking flowers
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
Fragrant Popcornflower
Plagiobothrys figuratus
Native
Shiny, heart shaped leaves of black cottonwood
Black Cottonwood
Populus trichocarpa
Native
Nootka Rose Rosa nutkana Small pink flower with yellow center Small pink flower with yellow center
Nootka Rose
Rosa nutkana
Native
Salmonberry Rubus spectabilis Bright purple 5 petalled flower
Salmonberry
Rubus spectabilis
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
Sitka Willow
Salix sitchensis
Native
Snowberry Symphoricarpos albus Oval smooth green leaves with pink flowers and red berries
Common Snowberry
Symphoricarpos albus
Native
Western Red Cedar
Thuja plicata
Native
Piggyback Plant Tolmiea menziesii Large green leave with small green leave growing up from bottom center it.
Piggyback Plant
Tolmiea menziesii
Native
Western Hemlock Tsuga heterophylla Branch with flattish green pine needles
Western Hemlock
Tsuga heterophylla
Native
close up of the tiny greenish yellow flowers of stinging nettle
Stinging Nettle
Urtica dioica
Native
Violet, Yellow Wood/Pioneer Viola glabella Small yellow 5 petalled flower
Stream Violet
Viola glabella
Native

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