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
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Common Name
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Comments
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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 |
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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 |