Native Plant Appreciation Week
Updated: Sep 13
It’s Native Plant Appreciation Week, which means it’s time to acknowledge the trees, shrubs, and groundcovers that make our native landscapes in the Pacific Northwest so unique. In celebration of Native Plant Appreciation Week, we wanted to share a colorful tribute to the native plants that call Washington home. Check out the full spectrum of plants below, and help us celebrate the vibrant diversity of our native plants!
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Wild ginger – Asarum caudatum
Trilium – Trilium ovatum
Red-flowering currant – Ribes sanguineum
Sitka columbine – Aquilegia formosa
Common red paintbrush – Castilleja miniata
Tiger lily – Lilium columbianum
Bitterroot – Lewisa Rediviva
Dull Oregon grape – Mahonia nervosa
Glacier lily – Erythronium grandiflorum
False hellebore – Veratrum viride
Vanilla leaf – Achlys triphylla
Forget-Me-Not – Myosotis laxa
Bog gentian – Gentiana calycosa
Rockslide larkspur – Delphinium glareosum
Tall blue bells – Mertensia paniculata
Dwarf waterleaf – Hydrophyllum capitatum
Camas – Camassia quamash
Broadleaf lupine – Lupinus latifolius
Douglas’ aster – Aster subspicatus
Fairyslipper – Calypso bulbosa
Spreading phlox – Phlox diffusa
Bleeding heart – Dicentra formosa
Pink Mountain-Heather – Phyllodoce empetriformis
Lewis monkeyflower – Mimulus lewisii
Photo credit: Nicole Marcotte, Stewardship Coordinator at Forterra
For more resources on identifying native plants, check out these helpful links:
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