Common Wild Rose - Rosales Rosaceae Rosa acicularis Identification & Description: This perennial, shrubby plant has stout and branched stems growing up to 2 meters high, although it does not reach this height in wild lowbush blueberry fields. The upper branches are smooth except for scattered thorns. These thorns are stout, flattened at the [...]
Devil's Club - Umbellales Araliaceae Oplopanax horridus Identification & Description: The botanical name for Devils club, Echinopanax horridum, literally means, prickly porcupine ginseng. What an accurate description! Devils Club does belong to the same family as Oriental ginseng, and like ginseng, it is used as a body balancing and system strengthening tea. [...]
Dwarf Rose - Rosales Rosaceae Rosa gymnocarpa Identification & Description: A decidious shrub growing to 3m. It is hardy to zone 6. It is in flower in June. The flowers are hermaphrodite (have both male and female organs) and are pollinated by Bees. We rate it 2 out of 5 for usefulness. The plant [...]
False Azalea - Ericales Ericaceae Menziesia ferruginea Identification & Description: It is a traggling shrub of northwestern North America having foliage with a bluish tinge and umbels of small bell-shaped flowers Leaf: Alternate, simple, deciduous, pinnately veined, obovate to elliptical, 1 1/2 to 4 inches long, dark green above and paler below, [...]
Falsebox - Celastrales Celastraceae Pachistima myrsinites Identification & Description: Falsebox is a low growing, evergreen shrub that may reach 3 feet in height. It has many branches that are lined with small oval leaves with serrated edges. The flowers are tiny, reddish to purple and form very small clusters at the leaf bases. Falsebox [...]
Hardback - Rosales Rosaceae Spiraea douglasii Identification & Description: Rose spirea stems are round, leaves are alternate, oval to oblong, on short petioles, with toothed margins from the midpoint to the tip, and whitish on the lower surface; 5-petaled, rose-pink flowers occur in a dense panicle, 5-15 cm long. Leaves: Deciduous, alternate, compound leaves [...]
Hawthorn - Rosales Rosaceae Crataegus oxyacantha Identification & Description: A decidious shrub growing to 6m by 6m at a medium rate. It is hardy to zone 5 and is not frost tender. It is in flower from April to May, and the seeds ripen from September to November. The scented flowers are hermaphrodite (have [...]
Hazlenut - Fagales Betulaceae Corylus americana Identification & Description: The beaked hazelnut or filbert is a small shrub rarely more than 6 feet tall and is found throughout the state in naturally timbered areas. The similar, but usually smaller, American hazelnut pictured on the right is probably more common and differs from the beaked [...]
Huckleberry - Ericales Ericaceae Vaccinium parvifolium Identification & Description: A decidious shrub growing to 1.8m by 1.8m . It is hardy to zone 6. It is in flower from May to June. The flowers are hermaphrodite (have both male and female organs) and are pollinated by Bees. We rate it 3 out [...]
Mountain Ash - Rosales Rosaceae Pyrus acuparia Identification & Description: A decidious tree growing to 15m by 7m at a medium rate. It is hardy to zone 2 and is not frost tender. It is in flower from May to June, and the seeds ripen from August to September. The flowers are hermaphrodite (have [...]
Identification & Description: A decidious shrub growing to 3m by 4m . It is hardy to zone 2. It is in flower from June to July. The flowers are hermaphrodite (have both male and female organs). We rate it 1 out of 5 for usefulness. The plant prefers light (sandy), [...]
Oregon Grape - Ranunculales Berberidaceae Berberis aquifolium Identification & Description: An evergreen shrub growing to 2m by 1.5m . It is hardy to zone 5. It is in leaf all year, in flower from January to May, and the seeds ripen from August to September. The scented flowers are hermaphrodite (have both male and [...]
Oval-leaved Blueberry - Ericales Ericaceae Vaccinium ovalifolium Identification & Description: A erect or spreading shrub to 2m tall, old branches are gray, young branches usually reddish and are very obvious in the fall after the leaves have fallen. Blunt-rounded leaves are oval green above and paler beneath and usually have no teeth. Pinkish urn [...]
Pacific Crab Apple - Rosales Rosaceae Malus fusca Identification & Description: Pacific Crab Apple is a small tree or shrub that can reach heights of up to 35 feet. It is armed with sharp 'spurs' that are just shoots from the branches. The oval to lance shaped leaves are very similar to [...]
Salal - Ericales Ericaceae Gaultheria shallon Identification & Description: This plant that can be upright or ground crawling, grows from 0.2 to 5 metres in height; it can be sparse or form dense barrier almost impossible to penetrate. - salal, spreads by suckering layer upon layer - is probably the most dominant [...]
