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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Image Plant Status Notes Events

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Pacific Blackberry (Rubus ursinus)
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Vine
Native
Edible
Out back, definite ankle grabber. Tiny sweet berries, more trouble than they are worth in my opinion, but many folks go nuts over them.


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Western Dock (Rumex occidentalis)
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Biennial
Native
Medicinal
Edge of woods, in fields. Gets nasty burs 2nd year that stick to everything and anything. Kind of a pest, but a substantial plant.



Pacific Willow (Salix lucida subsp. lasiandra)
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Tree
Native
2017 Restoration project, 850 live stakes along creek. SCCD

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Scouler's Willow (Salix scouleriana)
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Tree
Native
In wet areas out back.

photo credit: Walter Siegmund

Sitka Willow (Salix sitchensis)
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Tree
Native
2017 Restoration project, 850 live stakes along creek. SCCD

A volunteer

Red Elderberry (Sambucus racemosa)
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Shrub
Native
Edible
Back woods, edge of fields.

Buds late Jan
Emerges early Mar
Blooms early Apr - early May
Berries mid Jun - late Jun
Leaves turn bright yellow early - mid Sep


Buds shortly before opening

Bittersweet Nightshade (Solanum dulcamara)
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Perennial
Native
Edge of wetlands

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Hardhack (Spiraea douglasii)
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Shrub
Native
Frontage, pond border

Blooms early Jul

Growing in the understory with grasses and bracken fern

Deer Fern (Struthiopteris spicant)
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Fern
Native
Houseplant
2018 brought one up to the house, set in copper planter on dining table with south and west exposure and a couple rock buddies. All over back in the woods.

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Common Snowberry (Symphoricarpos albus)
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Shrub
Native
Side forest, letting colonize. 2017 (20) pots planted along front creek by Snohomish County Conservation District.

Berries hang from ___ to late Jan

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Western Red Cedar (Thuja plicata)
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Tree
Native
Cedarhome natives, found in back woods and on hillside. 2017, 5 pots planted along front creek.

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Western foamflower (Tiarella trifoliata var. unifoliata)
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Perennial
Native


Blooming in the wild, shown with mixed native groundcover

Piggyback Plant (Tolmiea menziesii)
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Perennial
Native
Houseplant
2018 brought one up to the house, put in hanging pot in dining room, mostly western exposure. All over in the back woods.

photo of pollen cones by Brian Robertshaw via Trees and Shrubs On

Western Hemlock (Tsuga heterophylla)
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Tree
Native
Back woods

Together with Tanacetum vulgare.

Cattail (Typha latifolia)
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Perennial
Native
Pond edge

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Stinging Nettle (Urtica dioica)
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Perennial
Native
Edges of woods

Emerges late Feb
Harvest mid Mar - early Apr, hang to dry

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Evergreen Huckleberry (Vaccinium ovatum)
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Shrub
Native
Side forest 2011. Snohomish Conservation District

Buds mid Jan

Fall color at a wildlife preserve

Red Huckleberry (Vaccinium parvifolium)
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Shrub
Native
Edible
Back woods, side woods, usually off a cedar stump.

Ripens late Jun

photo by Jennifer McNew, Bureau of Land Management via Wikimedia

American Vetch (Vicia americana)
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Perennial
Native

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