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Plant Species List

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Trees

Common Name-- Scientific Name

Bigleaf Maple-- Acer macrophyllum
Black Cottonwood--Populus trichocarpa
Cascara-- Rhamnus purshiana
Douglas Fir-- Psuedotuga menziessii
Grand Fir-- Abies grandis
Hawthorn-- Crataegus douglasii
Mazzard Cherry--Prunus avium
Oregon Ash --Fraxinus latifolia
Oregon Oak --Quercus garryana
Pacific Crab Apple--Malus fusca
Pacific Dogwood --Cornus nuttallii
Red Alder--Alnus rubra
Scouler's Willow-- Salix scouleriana
Spruce--Picea sp.
Vine Maple --Acer circinatum
Western Hemlock --Tsuga heterophylla
Wild Hazelnut --Corylus cornuta
Yew-- Taxus brevifolia

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Shrubs

Common Name-- Scientific Name

Baldhip Rose --Rosa gymnocarpa
Cinquefoil --Potentilla sp.
Himalayan Blackberry-- Rubus discolor
Holly-- Ilex sp.
Ninebark-- Physocarpus capitatus
Nootka Rose-- Rosa nutkana.
Oceanspray --Holodiscus discolor
Osoberry-- Oemleria cerasiformis
Red Elderberry --Sambucus racemosa
Red Huckleberry --Vaccinium parvifolium
Red Osier Dogwood--Cornus stolonifera
Red-flowering Currant-- Ribes sanguineum
Salal-- Gaultheria shallon
Salmonberry --Rubus spectabilis
Serviceberry --Amelanchier alnifolia
Snowberry-- Symphoricarpos albus
St John's wort --Hypericum sp.
Tall Oregon Grape--Berberis aquifolium
Thimbeleberry-- Rubus parviflorus
Trailing Blackberry-- Rubus ursinus
Western Spirea--Spirea douglassi
Willow-- Salix sp.

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Herbs

Common Name-- Scientific Name

Avens--Geum sp.
Beautiful Bitter-cress --Cardamine oligosperma
Bedstraw-- Galium sp.
Bent Grass --Agrostis sp.
Biscuitroot-- Lomatium sp.
Bleeding Heart --Dicentra formosa
Blue-eyed Grass--Sisyrinchium bellum
Bracken Fern --Pteridium aquilinum
Brumex Dock Toad-- ?
Bur Reed --Sparganium sp.
Buttercup-- Ranunculus sp.
Canada Thistle-- Cirsium arvense
Columbia Lily-- Lilium columbianum
Columbine-- Aquilegia formosa
Common camas--Camassia quamash
Common Cowparsnip-- Heracleum lanatum
Common horsetail-- Equisetum arvense
Common Senecio-- Senecio vulgaris
Creeping Buttercup-- Ranunculus repens var rarnosus
Curly Dock-- Rumex crispus
Deer Fern-- Struthipteris spicant
Dewberry-- Rubus ursinus
Duckweed-- Lemna minor
Dull Oregon Grape-- Berberis nervosa
False Solomon's Seal-- Smilacina racemosa
Field Mustard --Brassica campestria
Fireweed--Epilobium angustifolium
Forget-me-not-- Myosotis sp.
Goatsbeard --Aruncus sylvester
Hedge Nettle-- Stachys sp.
Hooker's Fairybells--Disporum hookeri
Lady fern-- Athyrium filixfemina
Licorice Fern-- Polypodium vulgare

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(herbs continued)
Lupine-- Lupinus sp.
Manna Grass--Glyceria sp.
Meadow Foxtail-- Alopecurus pralensis
Money Plant-- Lunaria annua
Oregon Oxalis-- Oxalis oregana
Ox-eye Daisy-- Chrysanthemum leucanthemum
Palmate Coltsfoot-- Petasites palmatus
Pathfinder-- Adenocaulon bicolor
Phacelia --Phacelia sp.
Plantain-- Plantago sp.
Poison Hemlock-- Cicuta maculata
Purple Loosestrife-- Lyrhrum salicaria
Queen Anne's Lace --Daucus carota
Red Clover--Trifolium pratense
Reed Canarygrass--Phalaris arundinacea
Rush-- Juncus sp.
Sedge --Carex sp.
Selfheal --Prunella vulgaris
Shooting Star-- Dodecatheon sp.
Siberian Lettuce-- ?
Skunk Cabbage --Lysichitum americanum
Small-flowered Sessile Trillium-- Trillium parviflorum
Spearmint-- Mentha arvensis
Speedwell--Veronica sp.
Spike Rush-- Eleocharis sp.
Starwort-- Callitriche sp.
Stinging Nettle-- Urtica dioica
Strawberry--Fragaria sp.
Stream Violet --Viola glabella
Striped Coralroot-- Corallorhiza striata
Swale horsetail-- Equisetum hyemale
Sweet Cicely-- Osmorhiza chilensis
Sword Fern-- Polystichum munitum
Tall Fescue--Festuca arundinaceae
Tansy Ragwort-- Senecio jacobea
Timothy Grass-- Phleum pratense
Vancouveria-- Vancouveria hexandra
Vanilla Leaf --Achlys triphylla
Velvet Grass-- Holcus lanatus
Vetch-- Vicia sp.
Waterleaf --Hydrophyllum sp.
Wester Starflower --Trientalis latifolia
Western Spirea--Spirea douglassina
Western Trillium --Trillium ovatum
White Fawn Lily--Erythronium oregonum
Whitlow Grass-- Draba verna
Wild Ginger--Asarum caudatum
Wild Onion-- Allium sp.

The plant and animal species lists are derived from data collected over the last ten years. Collectors include faculty, students and Metro Greenspaces Program.

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