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Scientific Name | Common Name | Duration | Habit | Sun | Water |
Abies lasiocarpa | Subalpine Fir | Perennial | Tree | Sun, Shade, Part-shade | Moist |
Acer circinatum | Oregon Vine Maple, Vine Maple | Perennial | Shrub, Tree | Shade, Part-shade | Moist |
Acer glabrum | Rocky Mountain Maple | Perennial | Tree | Sun | |
Aconitum columbianum | Columbian Monkshood | Perennial | Herb | Shade | Moist |
Adiantum pedatum | Northern Maidenhair Fern, Maidenhair Fern | Perennial | Fern | Shade, Part-shade | Moist |
Agrostis scabra | Rough Bentgrass, Rough Bent, Ticklegrass, Fly-away Grass | Perennial | Grass/Grass-like | Sun | Dry |
Amelanchier alnifolia | Saskatoon Serviceberry, Western Serviceberry, Juneberry | Perennial | Shrub | Sun, Shade, Part-shade | Moist, Dry |
Anaphalis margaritacea | Western Pearly Everlasting, Pearly-everlasting | Perennial | Herb | Sun, Part-shade | Dry |
Anemone multifida | Pacific Anemone, Red Windflower, Early Thimbleweed, Cut-leaf Anemone | Perennial | Herb | Sun, Shade, Part-shade | Moist |
Aquilegia formosa | Western Columbine, Crimson Columbine, Scarlet Columbine, Red Columbine | Perennial | Herb | Sun, Part-shade | Moist, Dry |
Arctostaphylos uva-ursi | Kinnikinnick, Red Bearberry, Kinnikinnik | Perennial | Shrub | Sun, Shade, Part-shade | Moist, Dry |
Arnica cordifolia | Heartleaf Arnica, Heart-leaf Leopardbane | Perennial | Herb | Part-shade | Moist |
Athyrium filix-femina | Common Lady Fern, Subarctic Lady Fern, Lady Fern, Ladyfern | Perennial | Herb, Fern | Shade, Part-shade | Wet, Moist |
Betula occidentalis | Water Birch, Mountain Birch | Perennial | Tree | Sun, Shade, Part-shade | Moist |
Blechnum spicant | Deer Fern | Perennial | Herb, Fern | Shade, Part-shade | Wet, Moist |
Bolboschoenus maritimus | Cosmopolitan Bulrush, Saltmarsh Club-rush, Alkali Bulrush, Prairie Bulrush, Bayonet Grass | Perennial | Grass/Grass-like | Sun | Wet |
Calamagrostis canadensis | Bluejoint | Perennial | Grass/Grass-like | Sun, Shade, Part-shade | Wet, Moist |
Callitropsis nootkatensis | Alaska Cedar, Alaska-cedar, Yellow Cedar, Nootka Cedar | Perennial | Tree | Part-shade | Wet |
Caltha palustris var. palustris | Yellow Marsh Marigold, Marsh-marigold, Cowslip | Perennial | Herb | Part-shade | Wet |
Campanula rotundifolia | Bluebell Bellflower, Bluebell Of Scotland, Bluebell, Harebell, Witches' Thimble | Perennial | Herb | Sun, Shade, Part-shade | Dry |
Carex macrocephala | Largehead Sedge, Big-head Sedge | Perennial | Grass/Grass-like | Sun | |
Carex rostrata | Beaked Sedge, Swollen Beaked Sedge | Perennial | Grass/Grass-like | Part-shade | Wet |
Carex stipata | Awlfruit Sedge, Awl-fruited Sedge, Stalk-grain Sedge | Perennial | Grass/Grass-like | Sun | Wet, Moist |
Chamerion angustifolium ssp. angustifolium | Fireweed, Narrow-leaf Fireweed, Willow Herb | Perennial | Herb | Sun | Moist |
Chrysolepis chrysophylla var. chrysophylla | Giant Chinquapin, Giant Chinkapin | Perennial | Tree | Part-shade | Dry |
Chrysolepis sempervirens | Bush Chinquapin, Sierran Chinkapin, Sierra Chinquapin | Perennial | Shrub | Sun | |
Clarkia amoena | Farewell To Spring, Farewell-to-spring, Herald-of-summer | Annual | Herb | Part-shade | |
Clinopodium douglasii | Yerba Buena, Oregon-tea | Perennial | Herb | Part-shade | Moist |
Clintonia uniflora | Bride's Bonnet, Queen Cup, Bead Lily | Perennial | Herb | Shade, Part-shade | Moist |
Cornus canadensis | Bunchberry Dogwood, Canadian Bunchberry | Perennial | Herb | Sun, Shade, Part-shade | Moist |
Cornus sericea | Red Osier Dogwood, Red Osier, Red-twig Dogwood | Perennial | Shrub | Part-shade | Moist |
Cystopteris fragilis | Brittle Bladderfern, Brittle Bladder Fern, Fragile Fern | Perennial | Herb, Fern | Part-shade | Moist |
Danthonia spicata | Poverty Oatgrass, Poverty Wild Oat Grass, Curly Grass | Perennial | Grass/Grass-like | Sun, Shade, Part-shade | Dry |
Dasiphora fruticosa ssp. floribunda | Shrubby Cinquefoil, Golden Hardhack, Potentilla | Perennial | Shrub | Sun | Dry |
Deschampsia cespitosa | Tufted Hairgrass, Tufted Hair Grass | Perennial | Grass/Grass-like | Part-shade | Wet |
Dichanthelium acuminatum var. fasciculatum | Western Panicgrass, Rosette Grass | Perennial | Grass/Grass-like | Part-shade | Moist |
Dryas octopetala | Eightpetal Mountain-avens, Eight-petal Mountain-avens, White Mountain-avens, Mountain Dryas | Perennial | Herb | Sun | Dry |
Dryopteris carthusiana | Spinulose Woodfern, Spinulose Wood Fern, Shield Fern, Toothed Wood Fern | Perennial | Herb, Fern | Shade, Part-shade | Moist |
Elymus canadensis | Canada Wild Rye, Canadian Wildrye, Prairie Wildrye, Nodding Wildrye | Perennial | Grass/Grass-like | Sun, Part-shade | Moist |
Elymus glaucus | Blue Wildrye, Blue Wild Rye | Perennial | Grass/Grass-like | Part-shade | Moist |
Ericameria nauseosa var. nauseosa | Rubber Rabbitbrush, Rabbitbrush | Perennial | Subshrub, Shrub | Sun | |
Erigeron compositus | Cutleaf Daisy, Dwarf Mountain Fleabane, Alpine Daisy | Perennial | Herb | Part-shade | |
Fragaria chiloensis | Beach Strawberry, Coast Strawberry, Chilean Strawberry | Perennial | Herb | Sun, Shade, Part-shade | Dry |
Gymnocarpium dryopteris | Western Oakfern, Northern Oak Fern | Perennial | Herb, Fern | Sun, Shade | Moist |
Hesperostipa comata ssp. comata | Needle And Thread | Perennial | Grass/Grass-like | Sun | Dry |
Heterotheca villosa var. villosa | Hairy False Goldenaster, Golden-aster | Perennial | Herb | Sun | Dry |
Juniperus communis var. montana | Common Juniper, Dwarf Juniper | Perennial | Shrub | Sun | |
Kalmia polifolia | Bog Laurel, Pale Laurel, Swamp Laurel | Perennial | Shrub | Sun, Shade, Part-shade | Wet |
Krascheninnikovia lanata | Winterfat | Perennial | Shrub | Sun | |
Ledum groenlandicum | Bog Labrador Tea, Rusty Labrador Tea, Labrador Tea, Hudson's Bay Tea, Muskeg Tea | Perennial | Shrub | Sun, Shade, Part-shade | Wet, Moist |
Lewisia cotyledon | Siskiyou Lewisia, Siskiyou Bitter-root, Broadleaf Lewisia | Perennial | Herb | Part-shade | |
Leymus mollis ssp. mollis | American Dunegrass, American Dune Grass, Beach Wild Rye | Perennial | Grass/Grass-like | Sun | |
Linum lewisii var. lewisii | Prairie Flax, Blue Flax | Perennial | Herb | Part-shade | Dry |
Luetkea pectinata | Partridgefoot, Alaska Spiraea | Perennial | Herb | Part-shade | Moist |
Maianthemum dilatatum | False Lily Of The Valley, May Lily, Canada Mayflower | Perennial | Herb | Shade | Wet, Moist |
Maianthemum racemosum ssp. racemosum | Feathery False Lily Of The Valley, False Spikenard, False Solomon's Seal, Solomon's Plume, Smilacina | Perennial | Herb | Shade, Part-shade | Moist |
Mimulus guttatus | Yellow Monkeyflower, Golden Monkeyflower, Seep Monkeyflower, Common Monkeyflower, Seep Monkey-flower | Annual | Herb | Part-shade | Moist |
Mimulus lewisii | Purple Monkeyflower, Great Purple Monkeyflower, Lewis Monkeyflower, Lewis's Monkeyflower | Perennial | Herb | Part-shade | Wet |
Minuartia obtusiloba | Twinflower Sandwort, Alpine Stitchwort, Cushion Sandwort | Perennial | Herb | Sun | Dry |
Pedicularis groenlandica | Elephanthead Lousewort | Perennial | Herb | Sun | Moist |
Phacelia sericea | Silky Phacelia, Purple Fringe | Biennial | Herb | Part-shade | |
Phyllodoce empetriformis | Pink Mountain Heath, Pink Mountain Heather | Perennial | Shrub | Part-shade | Moist |
Physocarpus capitatus | Pacific Ninebark | Perennial | Shrub | Sun, Part-shade | Wet, Moist |
Picea engelmannii | Engelmann's Spruce, Engelmann Spruce | Perennial | Tree | Sun, Part-shade | Moist |
Picea sitchensis | Sitka Spruce | Perennial | Tree | Sun, Shade, Part-shade | Wet, Moist |
Pinus contorta | Lodgepole Pine, Beach Pine, Pino De San Pedro Martir | Perennial | Tree | Sun | Dry |
Pinus contorta var. murrayana | Sierra Lodgepole Pine, Lodgepole Pine | Perennial | Tree | Sun | Dry |
Poa secunda | Sandberg Bluegrass, Curly Blue Grass, Pine Blue Grass, Canby Blue Grass | Perennial | Grass/Grass-like | Part-shade | |
Polemonium pulcherrimum | Jacob's-ladder, Skunk Leaf | Perennial | Herb | Part-shade | Dry |
Polypodium glycyrrhiza | Licorice Fern | Perennial | Herb, Fern | Part-shade | Moist |
Polystichum munitum | Western Swordfern, Pineland Swordfern | Perennial | Herb, Fern | Shade, Part-shade | Moist |
Populus balsamifera ssp. trichocarpa | Black Cottonwood | Perennial | Tree | Sun, Shade, Part-shade | Moist |
Populus tremuloides | Quaking Aspen, Golden Aspen, Trembling Aspen, Mountain Aspen, Aspen, Trembling Poplar, Alamo Blanco | Perennial | Tree | Sun, Shade, Part-shade | Wet, Moist, Dry |
Prosartes smithii | Largeflower Fairybells, Large-flower Fairybells, Smith's Fairybells | Perennial | Herb | Part-shade | Moist |
Pseudoroegneria spicata ssp. spicata | Bluebunch Wheatgrass, Bluebunch-wheat Grass | Perennial | Grass/Grass-like | Sun | Dry |
Rosa nutkana | Nootka Rose | Perennial | Shrub | Sun, Shade, Part-shade | Moist, Dry |
Rosa woodsii | Woods' Rose, Western Wild Rose | Perennial | Shrub | Sun, Shade, Part-shade | Moist, Dry |
Rubus spectabilis | Salmonberry, Salmon Raspberry | Perennial | Subshrub, Vine | Sun, Shade, Part-shade | Moist |
Salix scouleriana | Scouler's Willow, Western Pussy Willow | Perennial | Shrub | Sun, Shade, Part-shade | Moist, Dry |
Saxifraga bronchialis | Yellowdot Saxifrage, Yellow-spot Saxifrage, Matted Saxifrage | Perennial | Herb | Part-shade | Dry |
Schoenoplectus acutus var. acutus | Hardstem Bulrush | Perennial | Grass/Grass-like | Sun | Wet |
Shepherdia canadensis | Russet Buffaloberry, Rabbitberry | Perennial | Shrub | Sun, Shade, Part-shade | Moist, Dry |
Silene acaulis | Moss Campion, Cushion Pink | Perennial | Herb | Sun | |
Symphyotrichum ascendens | Western Aster, Western American-aster, Purple Aster, Pacific Aster | Perennial | Herb | Sun | Moist |
Symphyotrichum foliaceum var. foliaceum | Alpine Leafybract Aster, Leafy Aster | Perennial | Herb | Part-shade | Moist |
Taxus brevifolia | Pacific Yew, Western Yew | Perennial | Tree | Sun, Shade, Part-shade | Moist, Dry |
Tellima grandiflora | Bigflower Tellima, Fragrant Fringecup | Perennial | Herb | Sun, Shade, Part-shade | Moist |
Thuja plicata | Western Red Cedar, Western Arborvitae, Canoe Cedar | Perennial | Tree | Shade, Part-shade | Wet, Moist |
Tiarella trifoliata var. unifoliata | Oneleaf Foamflower, Western Foamflower, Sugar Scoop | Perennial | Herb | Shade | |
Tolmiea menziesii | Youth On Age, Piggyback-plant, Youth-on-age, Thousand Mothers | Perennial | Herb | Shade | Moist |
Trisetum spicatum | Spike Trisetum, Narrow False Oat | Perennial | Grass/Grass-like | Sun | Moist |
Tsuga heterophylla | Western Hemlock | Perennial | Tree | Sun, Shade, Part-shade | Wet, Moist |
Tsuga mertensiana | Mountain Hemlock | Perennial | Tree | Sun, Shade, Part-shade | Moist |
Typha latifolia | Broadleaf Cattail, Common Cattail | Perennial | Grass/Grass-like | Sun, Part-shade | Wet |
Vaccinium parvifolium | Red Huckleberry, Red Blueberry | Perennial | Shrub | Sun, Shade, Part-shade | Moist, Dry |
Viburnum edule | Squashberry, Moosewood Viburnum, Few-flowered Cranberry Bush | Perennial | Shrub | Sun, Shade, Part-shade | Moist |
Viola glabella | Pioneer Violet, Smooth Yellow Violet | Perennial | Herb | Shade, Part-shade | Wet, Moist |