“Blue-eyed grass in the meadow,
And yaroow blooms on the hill,
Cat-tails that rustle and whisper,
And winds that are never still;
Blue-eyed grass in the meadow,
A linnet’s nest nearby,
Blackbirds caroling clearly
Somewhere between earth and sky.
Blue-eyed grass in the meadow,
And the laden bee’s low hum,
Milkweeds all by the roadside,
To tell us summer is come.”
Julia W. Henshaw
Mountain Wild Flowers of America
Wildflowers and Bulbs
- Achillea millefolium, common yarrow
- Achlys triphylla, Vanilla Leaf
- Anaphalis margaritacea, Pearly Everlasting
- Aquilegia formosa, Western Columbine
- Asarum caudatum, Wild Ginger
- Aster chilensis, Pacific Aster
- Camassia leichtlinii, great camas
- Camassia quamash, Common Camas
- Clarkia amoena, Farewell to Spring
- Clarkia purpuria, Purple Clarkia
- Disporum hookeri, Hooker’s Fairybell
- Dodecatheon pulchellum, Shooting Star
- Epilobium angustifolium, Fireweed
- Eriophyllum lanatum, Oregon Sunshine
- Erythronium oreganum, Trout Lily
- Fragaria vesca, Wood’s Strawberry
- Geum macrophyllum, Large-Leaved Avens
- Hydrophyllum tenuipes, Pacific Waterleaf
- Iris tenax, Oregon Iris
- Lilium columbianum, Tiger Lily
- Lonicera ciliosa , Orange Honeysuckle
- Lonicera hispidula, Chaparral Honeysuckle
- Lupinus polyphyllus, Large-Leaved Lupine
- Lupinus rivularis, Stream-Bank Lupine
- Lysichitum americanum, Skunk Cabbage
- Maianthemum dilatatum, False Lily of the Valley
- Mimulus guttatus, Yellow Monkeyflower
- Mimulus lewisii, Pink Monkeyflower
- Montia parvifolia (syn. Claytonia parvifolia), small-leaved montia, streambank spring-beauty
- Montia sibirica (syn. Claytonia sibirica), candyflower, miners lettuce
- Oxalis oregana, Redwood Sorrel
- Petasites frigidus var. palmatus, Coltsfoot
- Saxifraga oreganum, Oregon Saxifrage
- Sedum oreganum, Oregon Stonecrop
- Sedum spathulifolium, broad-leaved stonecrop
- Sidalcea sp., Checkermallow
- Sisyrinchium bellum, Blue-Eyed Grass
- Smilacina racemosa, False Solomon Seal
- Smilacina stellata, Star-Flowered Solomon Seal
- Solidago canadensis, Goldenrod
- Synthris reniformis, Spring Queen, Snow Queen
- Thalictrum occidentale, Western Meadow Rue
- Tolmiea menziesii, Piggy-Back Plant
- Trientalis latifolia, Starflower
- Trillium chloropetalum, Sessile Trillium
- Trillium ovatum, Wake Robin
- Vancouveria hexandra, Inside-Out Flower
- Veratrum californicum, Corn Lily
- Veronica americana, American Brooklime
- Viola adunca, Early Blue Violet
- Viola glabella, Streambank Violet
Trees
- Abies grandis, Grand Fir
- Acer circinatum, Vine Maple
- Acer macrophyllum, Big Leaf Maple
- Alnus rubra, Red Alder
- Arbutus menziesii, Madrone
- Cornus nuttallii, Pacific Dogwood
- Crataegus douglassii, Black Hawthorne
- Fraxinus latifolia, Oregon Ash
- Malus fusca (Pyrus fusca), western crabapple
- Populus trichocarpa, Black Cottonwood
- Prunus emarginata, Bittercherry
- Prunus virginiana, Chokecherry
- Pseudotsuga menziesii, Douglas Fir
- Quercus garryana, Oregon Oak
- Rhamnus purshiana, Cascara
- Salix lasiandra (Salix lucida spp. Lasiandra), Pacific willow
- Salix scouleriana, Scoulers’ Willow
- Taxus brevifolia, Pacific yew
- Thuja plicata, Western Red Cedar
Shrubs
- Amelanchier alnifolia, Serviceberry
- Ceanothus integerrimus, Deerbrush
- Cornus stolonifera (syn. C. sericea), red-osier dogwood, red-twig dogwood
- Gaultheria shallon, Salal
- Holodiscus discolor, Oceanspray
- Lonicera involucrata, Black Twinberry
- Mahonia aquifolium, Tall Oregon Grape
- Mahonia nervosa, Cascade Oregon Grape
- Oemleria cerasiformis, Indian Plum
- Paxistima myrsinites, Oregon boxwood
- Philadelphus lewisii, Mock Orange
- Physocarpus capitatus, Pacific Ninebark
- Ribes sanguineum, Red-Flowering Currant
- Rosa gymnocarpa, Baldhip Rose
- Rosa nootkana, Nootka Rose
- Rubus parviflorus, Thimbleberry
- Rubus spectabilis, Salmonberry
- Sambucus cerulea, Blue Elderberry
- Sambucus racemosa, Red Elderberry
- Spiraea douglasii, Western Spirea
- Symphoricarpus albus, Common Snowberry
- Symphoricarpus mollis, Creeping Snowberry
- Vaccinium parvifolium, Red Huckleberry