Bonehead's Plant List: Native

A note from Bonehead
I am located in north Snohomish County, Washington, Zone 8b, a temperate rain foresty region. I rarely get snow, extreme cold, or extreme heat. Global warming, however, is changing the last one and we now get summer temps that are uncomfortably hot for me (anything over 30 C). I use this feature as a mini-database of my plants - both those within my tended beds/yard and those in my wild areas. The dates for plant events (budding, flowering, etc.) are ranges, not necessarily inclusive on both ends.

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Grand Fir (Abies grandis)
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Tree
Native
1990 side forest. Initially planted for Xmas trees, let them go and they have now evolved into an effective visual screen between us and Vanessa. 2015 trimmed the dead lower branches which opened it up, and plan to also cut out the dead trees. 2016 native ferns, salmonberry, snowberry, elderberry, and vine maples are noticeably colonizing. 2017, 5 pots planted along front creek by SCCD, blackberries overgrew these.


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Vine Maple (Acer circinatum)
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Tree
Native
Back woods, side forest, road border. One of my favorite natives, and I love when they self-plant themselves.

Buds early Jan
Leafs out early Apr
Leaves turn red late Sep

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Big-Leaf Maple (Acer macrophyllum)
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Front field, road border, hillside, back woods. Grows really quickly and gets huge, watch where it seeds itself.

Emerges
Blooms mid Mar - early Apr
Leafs out early Apr
Leaves turn golden brown early - late Sep
Tree bare mid Nov


photo by Walter Siegmund

Pathfinder (Adenocaulon bicolor)
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Native
Medicinal

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Northern Maidenhair Fern (Adiantum pedatum)
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Fern
Native
Medicinal
2014 relocated to shade corner.

Emerges early Apr

Catkins

Red Alder (Alnus rubra)
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Tree
Native
Medicinal
Back woods. Bark and berries are cathartic. Bark in decoction as gargle for sore throat, to improve circulation, and for eye drops. Leaves help with inflammation, good in a foot bath.

Buds out mid Dec
Leafs out early Apr
Catkins mid Apr
Leaves turn brown
Tree bare mid Nov

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Allegheny Serviceberry (Amelanchier laevis)
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Tree
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2002 hillside right.

Breaks dormancy mid Feb
Blooms early Mar - mid Apr

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Pearly Everlasting (Anaphalis margaritacea)
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Perennial
Native
Medicinal
Roadside. Rub on hands to soften.

Blooms X - early Oct

Occasionally a solid red one will appear

Western Columbine (Aquilegia formosa)
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Perennial
Native
2015 front bed 2015. AKA Rainy Pass columbine. Laur

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Kinnikinnick (Arctostaphylos uva-ursi)
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Shrub
Native
Medicinal
2011 outcropping & firepit. NW Natives

Evergreen
Blooms mid Mar - late Apr

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Sea Thrift (Armeria maritima)
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Perennial
Native
Front bed, herb border. Move some to pond edge.

Semi-evergreen
Rejuvenates early Apr
Blooms mid May - early June

Winter snow with pond in background

Paper Birch (Betula papyrifera)
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Tree
Native
Medicinal
Pond. The Plant Farm.

Leafs out early Apr
Leaves turn yellow mid Sep - early Oct
Bare tree late Oct

Along shoulder of the road

Fireweed (Chamaenerion angustifolium subsp. angustifolium)
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Perennial
Native
Edible
Roadside native.

Blooms early Jun - mid Jul

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Lambsquarters (Chenopodium album)
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Annual
Native

Breaking dormancy

Red Twig Dogwood (Cornus sericea)
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Shrub
Native
2008 big island, 2011 hillside right, 2017 500 live stakes planted by SCCD along creek. Sky Native Plants & NW Natives

Breaks dormancy mid Mar

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Beaked Hazelnut (Corylus cornuta)
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Tree
Native
Back woods and side forest

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Hawthorn (Crataegus monogyna)
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Tree
Native
Here and there at forest edges

Breaks dormancy mid Mar
Blooms early May
Haws early Sep - late Sep

Fertile fronds.

American Parsley Fern (Cryptogramma acrostichoides)
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Fern
Native
Out back. 2018 brought one inside with a deer fern. See how it does.

Photo: Mike Hays

Parsley Fern (Cryptogramma crispa)
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Fern
Native
Found this in some ferns I moved up to the dining room table as a centerpiece. Eventually they all died, redo the copper planter again, it was quite nice.

Mature plant (7 years old)

Umbrella Plant (Darmera peltata)
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Perennial
Native
2007 barn bed, 2009 split to outhouse woods, 2015 split to side forest. 2016 more to side forest. Laur

Blooms early Apr - mid May
Leaves emerge early May

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