Natives

This list includes plants native to the Western United States as well as specifically to our unique region.  It focuses more on what we carry/have carried (or could order) rather than being entirely comprehensive....and we are always on the lookout for new options!

Plant Key: DR – Deer Resistant, PF – Pollinator Friendly, DT - Drought Tolerant, CT – Clay Tolerant, W – Tolerates Wet Soil

Ferns | Grasses and Grass-like Plants | Perennials | Shrubs | Trees
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  Botanical Name

  Common Name

  Comments
FERNS
Adiantum pedatum Maidenhair / Five-Finger Fern  DR, CT, W
Blechnum spicant Deer Fern  DR, CT, W
Polystichum munitum Western Sword Fern  DR, CT, W
Woodwardia fimbriata Giant Chain Fern  DR
GRASSES AND GRASS-LIKE PLANTS
Carex densa Dense Sedge  DR, PF, CT, W
Carex obnupta Slough Sedge  DR, CT, W
Dasylirion wheeleri Desert Spoon  DR, DT
Deschampsia caespitosa Tufted Hair Grass  DR, PF, CT, W
Festuca californica California Fescue  DR, PF, CT
Festuca idahoensis Idaho Fescue  DR, PF, DT
Hesperaloe parviflora Red Yucca  DR, PF, DT
Juncus effusus Common Rush  DR, CT, W
Juncus patens Spreading Rush  DR, CT, W
Muhlenbergia rigens Deer Grass  DR, DT, CT
Yucca brevifolia Joshua Tree  DR, PF, DT
PERENNIALS
Agastache sp. Hummingbird Mint  DR, PF, DT
Achillea millefolium Yarrow  DR, PF, DT, CT
Antennaria dioicus Pussy Toes  DT, PF
Aquilegia formosa Western Columbine  DR, PF, CT, W
Armeria maritima Sea Thrift  DR, PF, DT
Aruncus dioicus 'Rubra' Goatsbeard  DR, PF
Asarum caudatum Wild Ginger  DR
Asclepias fascicularis/speciosa Narrowleaf/Showy Milkweed  DR, PF, DT, CT
Aster subspicatus Douglas Aster  PF
Callirhoe involucrata Poppy Mallow  PF, DT
Calochortus tolmei Cat's Ear Mariopsa Lily  PF, DT
Camassia spp.  Camas  PF, CT, W
Darmera peltata Umbrella Plant  DR, PF, W
Dicentra formosa Western Bleeding Heart  DR, PF
Dodecatheon hendersonii Shooting Star  PF, DT
Erigeron speciosa Showy Fleabane  DR, PF, DT
Eriophyllum lanatum Oregon Sunshine  DR, PF, DT
Fragraria chiloensis/vesca Beach/Alpine Strawberry  DR, PF
Gaillardia sp. Blanket Flower  DR, PF, DT
Heuchera micrantha Small Flowered Alumroot  DR, PF, DT, CT
Iris chrysophylla Yellowleaf Iris  DR, DT
Iris douglasiana Douglas' Iris  DR, DT
Iris tenax Oregon Iris  DR, DT
Lewisia cotyledon Siskiyou Lewisia, Cliff Maids  DR, PF, DT
Lupinus polyphyllus Large-leafed Lupine  DR, PF
Mimulus guttatus Seep Monkeyflower  DR, PF, W
Monardella 'Marian Sampson' Scarlet Monardella  DR, PF, DT
Monardella odoratissima Coyote Mint/Mountain Pennyroyal  DR, PF, DT
Oenothera sp. Evening Primroses  DR, DT, PF
Oxalis oregana Oregon Redwood Sorrel  DR, PF
Penstemon spp. Beardtongue  DR, PF, DT
Potentilla glandulosa Sticky Cinquefoil  PF
Salvia pachyphylla  Mojave Sage  DR, PF, DT
Scutellaria 'Smoky Hills' 'Smoky Hills' Skullcap  DR, PF, DT
Sedum spathulifolium Stonecrop  PF, DT
Sidalcea cusickii Cusick's Checkermallow  DR, PF, DT
Sisyrinchium californicum/douglasii/bellum Yellow/Blue Eyed Grass  DR, DT, PF
Tritelia hyacinthina White Brodiaea  PF
Vancouveria hexandra Inside-out Flower  DR
Verbena lilacina 'De La Mina' Cedros Island Verbena  DR, PF, DT
Wyethia mollis Wooly Mules Ears  PF, DT
Zauschneria sp. California Fuchsia  DR, PF, DT
     
SHRUBS
Amelanchier alnifolia Serviceberry  PF, CT
Arctostaphylos spp. Manzanita  DR, PF, DT
Arctostaphylos uva-ursi Bearberry Kinnickinnick  DR, PF, DT
Artemesia tridentata Big Sagebrush  DR, PF, DT
Baccharis pilularis Coyote Bush  DR, PF, DT
Calycanthus occidentalis Western Spicebush  DR, CT, W
Carpenteria californica Bush Anemone  PF, DT
Ceanothus spp. Blue Blossom / California Lilac etc.  DR, PF, DT
Cornus stolonifera/sericea Red Twig Dogwood  PF, CT, W
Ericameria nauseosa Rubber Rabbit Brush  PF, DT
Eriogonum umbellatum/compositum Sulphur Flowered/Arrowleaf Buckwheat  PF, DT
Garrya elliptica Coast Silk-Tassel  DT, CT
Garrya fremonti Fremont's Silk-Tassel / Bearbrush  DT
Gaultheria shallon Salal  DR, PF
Heteromeles arbitifolia Toyon  PF, DT
Holodiscus discolor Ocean Spray  DR, PF
Lonicera involucrata Black Twinberry  DR, PF
Mahonia aquifolium Tall Oregon Grape  DR, PF, DT, CT
Mahonia nervosa Longleaf Oregon Grape  DR, PF, DT
Mahonia repens Creeping Oregon Grape  DR, PF, DT
Myrica californica  Pacific Wax Myrtle  DR, CT, W
Oemleria cerasiformis Indian Plum, Oso Berry  PF
Philadelphus lewisii Mock Orange  DR, PF, CT, W
Physocarpus capitatus Pacific Ninebark  PF, CT, W
Rhamnus californica California Buckthorn, Coffeeberry  DR, DT, PF
Rhododendron occidentale Western Azalea  PF
Rhus glabra Smooth Sumac  PF, DT, CT
Rhus trilobata/aromatica Skunkbrush / Aromatic Sumac  PF, DT, CT
Ribes aureum Golden Currant  DR, PF, DT, CT
Ribes nevadense Sierra Currant  PF, DT
Ribes sangunineum Flowering Currant   DR, PF
Rosa gymnocarpa Baldhip Rose  DR, PF, CT
Rosa nutkana Nootka Rose  DR, PF, CT
Rosa woodsii Wood's Rose  DR, PF, CT
Sambucus caerulea Blue Elderberry  PF, CT, W
Spirea densiflora Mountain Spirea  PF
Spirea douglasii Douglas Spirea  PF, W
Symphoricarpos albus Snow Berry  DR, PF, CT, W
Vaccinium ovatum Evergreen Huckleberry  PF, CT
TREES
Acer circinatum Vine Maple  PF, CT
Acer glabrum Rocky Mountain Maple  PF
Acer grandidentatum 'Rocky Mt. Glow' Bigtooth Maple  PF
Acer macrophyllum Bigleaf Maple  PF, CT
Alnus rubra Red Alder  PF, CT, W
Alnus rhombifolia White Alder  PF, CT, W
Arbutus menziesii Madrone  PF, DT
Calocedrus decurrens Incense Cedar  DR, PF, DT
Cercis occidentalis Western Redbud  DR, PF, DT
Chilopsis linearis Desert Willow  DR, PF, DT
Cornus nuttalli Pacific Dogwood  PF, DT
Corylus cornuta v. californica Western Hazelnut  DR, PF
Crataegus douglasii Black Hawthorn  DR, PF, DT, CT
Cupressus bakeri Baker Cypress  DR, DT
Fraxinus latifolia Oregon Ash  CT, W
Juniperus scopulorum Rocky Mountain Juniper  DR, PF, DT
Lithocarpus densiflora Tanbark Oak  DR, PF, DT
Picea engelmani Engleman's Spruce  DR, PF, CT
Pinus contorta ssp. contorta Shore Pine  DR, PF
Pinus contorta ssp. murrayana Murryana Lodgepole Pine  DR, PF
Pinus flexilis Limber Pine  DR, PF, DT
Pinus jeffreyi Jeffrey Pine  DR, PF, DT
Pinus ponderosa Ponderosa Pine  DR, PF, DT
Pinus sabiniana Foothill Pine  DR, PF, DT
Populus tremuloides Quaking Aspen PF 
Prunus virginiana Chokecherry  PF, DT
Pseudotsuga menziesii Douglas Fir  DR, PF, DT
Quercus chrysolepis Valley Live Oak  DR, PF, DT
Quercus durata Leather Oak  DR, PF, DT, CT
Quercus garryana Oregon White Oak  DR, PF
Quercus kelloggi California Black Oak  DE, PF, DT
Rhamnus purshiana Cascara  PF, DT
Salix lucida ssp. lasiandra Pacific Willow  PF, W
Salix sitchensis Sitka Willow  PF, CT, W
Sequoia sempervirens Coast Redwood  DR, PF
Sequoiadendron giganteum Giant Sequoia  DR, DT
Tsuga mertensiana Mountain Hemlock  DR, PF
Thuja plicata Western Red Cedar  PF, CT
Umbellularia californica California Bay Laurel  DR, PF, CT