Groundcover

Plant Database
Western Yarrow
Achillea millefolium
Vanilla Leaf
Achlys triphylla
a carpet of kinnikinnick in bloom
Kinnikinnick
Arctostaphylos uva-ursi
a tight, semi-spherical cluster of small pink sea thrift flowers at the top of a stem
Sea Thrift
Armeria maritima
a patch of mugwort with thin leaved green foliage along upright non-woody stems
Douglas’ Sagewort
Artemisia douglasiana
heart shaped ginger leaves
Wild Ginger
Asarum caudatum
Tight clusters of small dusky rose flowers and thin green leaves
Narrowleaf Milkweed
Asclepias fascicularis
deer fern fronds viewed from above
Deer Fern
Blechnum spicant
a specimen showing leaf and inflorescence
Big-Leaf Sedge
Carex amplifolia
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
a rounded tuft of foothill sedge with thin leaves that are pretty straight.
Foothill Sedge
Carex tumulicola
Western Bunchberry
Cornus unalaschkensis
Tufted Hair Grass (Kalapuya) Deschampsia cespitosa Clump of grass with seed heads
Tufted Hairgrass
Deschampsia cespitosa
a yellow flower with red dots in the center
Seep Monkeyflower
Erythranthe guttata
Nodding yellow lilies with broad grass-like basal foliage, similar to fawn lily.
Glacier-Lily
Erythronium grandiflorum
Oregon Fawn Lily
Erythronium oregonum
up close photo of bright orange flowers
California Poppy
Eschscholzia californica
a small blue green bunch grass in a rounded mound
California Fescue
Festuca californica var. californica
greenhouse with many small fescues all growing, green thin leaves
Idaho Fescue
Festuca idahoensis
leaves of three and creamy white 5-petalled flowers with yellow centers
Coast Strawberry
Fragaria chiloensis
leathery leaves and deep blue-black fruits that dangle from red stems
Salal
Gaultheria shallon
Oregon Geranium
Geranium oreganum
a palmate leaf with toothed edge
Largeleaf Avens
Geum macrophyllum
Sprays of dainty pinkish white, bell-shaped flowers along rosy stems above mounded rosettes of evergreen leaves.
Crevice Alumroot
Heuchera micrantha
leaves and flower of waterleaf
Pacific waterleaf
Hydrophyllum tenuipes
close-up of whole plant
Prairie Junegrass
Koeleria macrantha
the grass leaves fall flat to the ground and outward from center.
Rice Cutgrass
Leersia oryzoides
Sweet Coltsfoot
Petasites frigidus var. palmatus
green leaves, opposite are lance shaped, purple flowers on top
Lance-Leaved Heal-All
Prunella vulgaris var. lanceolata
five to six petalled yellow buttercup flowers
Western Buttercup
Ranunculus occidentalis
arrows shaped leaves of wapato and one raceme with several white petalled flowers on it
Wapato
Sagittaria latifolia
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