Plants

  • Quercus chrysolepsis – canyon live oak

    Description: evergreen broadleaved tree (30-80 ft.) or shrub (15 ft.) with spreading crown and holly-like leaves when young. Vigorous sprouter.…

  • Populus trichocarpa – Black Cottonwood

    Description: This large deciduous broadleaved tree is common throughout the Columbia River watershed. It thrives along streams from Alaska to…

  • Populus tremuloides – Quaking Aspen

    Description: deciduous broadleaved trees (30-80 ft.) with smooth white to green bark and rounded, fluttering leaves. Rapid growth rate. Quaking…

  • Pinus monticola – Western White Pine

    Description: evergreen conifer (120-180 ft) with 5 needles per fascicle. Its cones (5-12″) resemble bananas. Its initial fast growth rate…

  • Pinus contorta var. latifolia – Lodgepole pine

    Description: evergreen tree (30-100 ft.) with 2 needles per fascicle. Contorted refers to the twisted or contorted needles. The coastal…

  • Pinus contorta – Shore Pine

    Description: Coniferous evergreen tree (30-100 ft.) with 2 needles per fascicle. Contorted refers to the twisted or contorted needles. The…

  • Tsunga mertensiana – Mountain Hemlock

    Description: Common to subalpine zones of the Cascades and Olympics, this gorgeous conifer may grow anywhere from a dwarf size…

  • Picea sitchensis – Sitka Spruce

    Description: evergreen conifer (100-180 ft.) with pyramidal form and yellow-green, usually flattened needles. Woody cones (1-4″) hang down. Fast growth…

  • Malus fusca (Pyrus fusca) – Western crabapple

    Description: small trees (to 40 ft.) or thicket-forming shrubs (to 20 ft.) with white to pink blossoms (spring) and yellow…

  • Lithocarpus densiflorus – Tanbark oak, tanoak

    Description: evergreen tree or shrub (10-100ft) with pale pink or tan new growth. Gorgeous! Acorns attract birds and other critters.…