1. NATIVE PLANTS A critical part of natural ecosystems. Prevents erosion
Provides food, cover, and nesting sites for wildlife
Protects water quality by filtering sediment

2. FERNS

3. Bracken Fern Most common American fern Found in woods and fields
Usually 1 to 4
feet tall
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4. Licorice Fern Leather – like fronds Fronds are divided into simple,
smooth leaflets
Grows on tree
trunks
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5. SEDGES Grass-like herb with triangular solid stems
Grows 1 – 3 feet tall
Found in standing water or wet soil
Flowers are dense clusters without petals. Over 100 species in Puget Sound
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6. Reed Canary Grass Perennial grass 2.5 to 5 feet in height
Likes wet soil
Leaf blades are flat
and rough to touch
They are red when in full bloom– an invasive plant
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7. SHRUBS AND HERBS

8. Salmon Berry Found along streams, in marshy flats, and in moist woods
Produce salmon-colored edible berries in June and July
Red purple floweres in april to may
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9. Red Huckleberry Produces tart, edible, red berries in July
Often found in forested areas in old stumps
Has small, oval, bright green, widely spaced leaves
Bell-shaped flowers, yellowish white and blooms in May
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10. Pacific Blackberry This native blackberry grows is a ‘creeper’
Don’t pull this blackberry out!

11. Himalayan Blackberry This is an invasive plant-- we want these gone!
Be careful of their thorns
These bushes “strangle” the good plants. They grow fast and take precious space in the woodland

12. Evergreen Blueberry

13. Red- Osier Dogwood Grows in moist soil
Long, lance-shaped, smooth-edged leaves
Flowers are flat topped clusters of small, white flowers and turn into small pale blue or white berries (not edible)
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14. Buttercup Thrives in moist areas, especially wet meadows
Leaves are soft and hairy with 3 toothed leaflets. Glossy yellow petals
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15. Salal
Evergreen shrub grows in woods on the margins of wetlands, never in wet soil.
Often found on nurse logs
Leaves are dark green, glossy, leathery, and oval. White to pinkish flowers hang in clusters. Berries are dark purple, blueberry shaped and edible
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16. Oregon Grape Tall bush with glossy, green, holly-like leaves
Yellow flowers in dense clusters. Has edible blue black berries
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17. SKUNK CABBAGE Grows in standing water or soggy soil Don’t eat this
cabbage– the leaves
are poisonous!
grow bright yellow flowers that have a skunky odor

18. TRILLIUM Grows in shady woods
Blooms early spring. 3 leaves grown on single stem. Single flower has 3 white or maroon petals
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19. BROAD-LEAVED STARFLOWER
Perennial and grows 4 – 12 inches tall
Grows in open forest and meadows
Egg shaped to elliptic leaves. Star like flowers are pink to rose
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20. TREES

21. Alder Found in moist woods and along streams 50 – 80 feet tall
Thin smooth, whitish gray bark. Oval leaves with pointed tips and toothed edges. Grows clusters of small round woody cones– look for them on the ground

22. Hemlock Evergreen conifer Grows in moist areas and tolerates
deep shade
Can grow to 225 feet
Drooping branches. Dark brown to reddish brown grooved bark. Flat needles and oval cones
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23. Douglas Fir Grows in all but the wettest and driest soil
May grow to 300 feet
Grows quickly; tall, straight trunk; cones of leathery brown scales and stay on tree year round

24. Western Red Cedar Most common cedar in the Northwest
Can grow to 200 feet
Grows in moist soil
to dry upland soil
Massive trunk with stringy vertical, reddish bark. Branches tend to spread, droop slightly and turn up at the ends. Bright green cedar needles are flat cones are clustered near the ends of branches
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25. STINGING NETTLE Look for heart shaped, hairy leaves
The leaves contain formic acid, which causes skin irritation
Use inside of stem from a bracken fern, slug slime, or crushed elderberry leaves to relieve irritation

26. DON’T TOUCH!
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27. TAKE CARE OF OUR WETLANDS