Native Plants List
Common Name | Scientific Name | Bird Use |
Western red cedar | Thuja plicata | Nesting, shelter, cones |
Douglas fir | Pseudotsuga menziesii | Nesting, shelter, cones |
Red alder | Alnus rubra | Cones, seeds, nesting |
Black cottonwood | Populus balsamifera | Nesting material, insects |
Bigleaf maple | Acer macrophyllum | Insects, nesting, nectar |
Sitka willow | Salix sitchensis | Insects, nesting |
Western hemlock | Tsuga heterophylla | Cones, seeds, nesting |
Mock-orange | Philadelphus lewisii | Nectar, insect source |
Vine maple | Acer circinatum | Insects, nesting, nectar |
Bitter cherry | Prunus emarginata | Cherries, insects, nesting |
Serviceberry (Saskatoon) | Amelanchier alnifolia | Berries. insects, nesting |
Dull Oregon-grape | Mahonia nervosa (Berberis) | Berries |
Tall Oregon-grape | Mahonia aquifolium (Berberis) | Berries |
Red-flowering currant | Ribes sanguineum | Berries, nectar |
Wild gooseberry | Ribes divaricatum | Berries, nectar |
Salal | Gaultheria shallon | Berries, nesting |
Evergreen huckleberry | Vaccinium ovatum | Berries, insects |
Red huckleberry | Vaccinium parvifolium | Berries, insects |
Pacific rhododendron | Rhododendron macrophyllum | Nesting, shelter |
Trappers tea | Ledum grandulosum | Shelter |
Kinnickinnick | Arctostaphylos uva-ursi | Berries |
Native honeysuckle | Lonicera ciliosa | Nectar, berries |
Red elderberry | Sambucus racemosa | Berries, insects |
Snowberry | Symphoricarpos albus | Nesting, berries, insects |
Twinflower | Linnaea borealis | Insects |
Oceanspray | Holodiscus discolor | Seeds, nesting |
Indian-plum (Osoberry) | Oemleria cerasiformis | Berries |
Pacific ninebark | Physocarpus capitatus | Berries |
Salmonberry | Rubus spectabilis | Berries, nectar |
Thimbleberry | Rubus parviflorus | Berries, nesting |
Blackcap | Rubus leucodermis | Berries |
Spiraea | Spiraea densiflora | Shelter, nesting |
Oregon boxwood | Pachistima myrsinites | Nesting, protection, berries |
Sword fern | Polystichum munitum | Shelter, insects |
Deer fern | Blechnum spicant | Shelter, insects |
Licorice fern | Polypodium glycyrrhiza | Insects, nesting |
Vanilla leaf | Achlys triphylla | Insects |
Wild ginger | Asarum caudatum | Insects |
Cooley’s hedge-nettle | Stachys cooleyae | Nectar |
Goat’s beard | Aruncus dioicus | Shelter, seeds? |
False lily-of-the-valley | Maianthemum dilatatum | Seeds |
Baldhip rose | Rosa gymnocarpa | Protection, nesting |
Nootka rose | Rosa nutkana | Protection, nesting |
Pink mountain heather | Phyllodoce empetriformis | insects |
Yerba buena | Satureja douglasii | insects |
Pacific bleeding heart | Dicentra formosa | Insects |
Oxalis | Oxalis oregana | Insects |
Coastal strawberry | Fragaria chiloensis | Berries |
Sedge | Carex sp. | Nesting material, cover |
Miner’s Lettuce | Claytonia perfoliata | Insects |
Red-osier Dogwood | Cornus stolonifera | Berries, insects |