Eagle Landing Park proposed native plant list.

 

The following is a proposed “approved” list of over 120 native plant species that would be desirable to have in Eagle Landing Park.  Some, such as sword fern, should have several thousand plants of the species while some, such as Fairy slipper, might only have ten or twenty specimens.  Each plant has its place—sun or shade, upland or wetland—but any plant on this list would be expected to have been found in a landscape such as Eagle Landing Park prior to 1850.  (This list is of vascular plants and doesn’t include mosses, lichens, or mushrooms.)  Those with asterisks are already present in the park.  There are hundreds more native species that might have been found in the park before colonization, but the list below is a place to start.  All these relatively common species should be non-controversial and mostly easy to obtain or propagate.  This list could be used as part of an overall Vegetation Management Plan for Eagle Landing Park.

 

 

Scientific Name            Common Name             Plant Family

Abies grandis*	Grand fir	Pinaceae
Acer circinatum*	Vine maple	Aceraceae
Acer glabrum	Douglas maple	Aceraceae
Acer macrophyllum*	Big-leaf maple	Aceraceae
Achillea millifolium	Yarrow	Asteraceae
Achlys triphylla	Vanilla leaf	Berberidaceae
Actaea rubra
Adenocaulon bicolor	Pathfinder	Asteraceae
Adiantum pedatum*	Maidenhair fern	Polypodiaceae
Allium cernuum
Alnus rubra*	Red alder	Betulaceae
Alnus sinuata*	Sitka alder	Betulaceae
Amelanchier alnifolia*	Serviceberry	Rosaceae
Anaphalis margaritacea	Pearly everlasting	Asteraceae
Aquilegia formosa	Red columbine	Ranunculaceae
Arbutus menziesii*	Pacific madrone	Ericaceae
Athyrium filix-femina*	Lady fern	Polypodiaceae
Arctostaphylos uva-ursi	Bearberry	Ericaceae
Aruncus Sylvester*	Goatsbeard	Rosaceae
Asarum caudatum	Wild ginger	Aristolochiaceae
Aster subspicatus
Artemisia suksdorfii	Suksdorf's sagewort	Asteraceae
Betula papyfera*	Paper birch
Berberis nervosa*	Cascade Oregongrape	Berberidaceae
Blechnum spicant*	Deer fern	Polypodiaceae
Camassia quamash	Common camas
Calypso bulbosa	Fairy slipper	Orchidaceae
Berberis aquifolium*	Tall Oregongrape	Berberidaceae
Boykinia elata
Carex obnupta*
Collomia heterophylla*	Varied-leaf collomia	Polemoniaceae
Cirsium edule	Edible thistle
Castilleja hispida	Harsh paintbrush	Scrophulariaceae
Ceanothus sanguineus	Redstem ceanothus	Rhamnaceae
Chimaphila umbellata	Pipsissewa	Ericaceae
Circaea alpina	Enchanter's nightshade	Onagraceae
Cornus canadensis	Bunchberry	Cornaceae
Cornus nuttallii*	Pacific dogwood	Cornaceae
Cornus stolonifera	Red osier dogwood
Corylus cornuta*	Hazelnut	Betulaceae
Crataegus douglasii*	Black hawthorn
Dicentra formosa*	Bleeding heart	Fumariaceae
Disporum hookeri	Hooker fairy-bell	Liliaceae
Disporum smithii	Smith fairy-bell	Liliaceae
Dodecatheon sp.	Shooting star
Dryopteris expansa	Spreading wood-fern	Polypodiaceae
Epilobium angustifolium*	Fireweed	Onagraceae
Epilobium ciliatum*	Purple-leaved willowherb	Onagraceae
Equisetum arvense*	Horsetail	Equisetaceae
Eriophyllum lanatum	Oregon sunshine	Asteraceae
Erythronium oreganum	Giant fawn-lily	Liliaceae
Fragaria chiloensis*	Coastal strawberry	Rosaceae
Fragaria vesca*	Wild strawberry	Rosaceae
Fragaria virginiana	Woods strawberry	Rosaceae
Fritillaria lanceolata	Chocolate lily	Liliaceae
Galium sp.	Bedstraw	Rubiaceae
Gaultheria shallon*	Salal	Ericaceae
Geum macrophyllum*	Large-leaved avens	Rosaceae
Goodyera oblongifolia	Rattlesnake-plantain	Orchidaceae
Heracleum maximum	Cow parsnip
Heuchera chlorantha	Alumroot	Saxifragaceae
Impatiens ecalcarata	Spurless touch-me-not
Holodiscus discolor*	Ocean spray	Rosaceae
Hydrophyllum tenuipes	Waterleaf
Linnaea borealis	Twinflower	Caprifoliaceae
Lonicera hispidula*	California honeysuckle	Caprifoliaceae
Lonicera sp.*	Honeysuckle	Caprifoliaceae
Luzula sp.	Woodrush	Juncaceae
Lysichiton americanus*	Skunk cabbage	Araceae
Maianthemum dilatatum	False lily-of-the-valley	Liliaceae
Nemophila parviflora
Mimulus gutatus
Montia parvifolia	Streambank spring beauty	Portulacaceae
Montia siberica*	Candyflower	Portulacaceae
Oemlaria cerasiformus*	Indian plum	Rosaceae
Oenanthe sarmentosa
Oplopanax horridum*	Devil’s club
Osmorhiza sp.	Sweet-cicely	Apiaceae
Oxalis oregana	Oregon oxalis
Pachistima myrsinites	Mountain box	Celastraceae
Petasites palmatus*	Palmate coltsfoot
Philadelphus lewisii	Mock-orange	Hydrangeaceae
Physocarpus capitatus*	Pacific ninebark	Rosaceae
Picea sitchensis*	Sitka spruce
Pinus monticola*	Western white pine	Pinaceae
Prunus emarginata*	Bitter cherry	Rosaceae
Polypodium glycyrrhiza*	Licorice fern	Polypodiaceae
Polystichum munitum*	Sword fern	Polypodiaceae
Prunella vulgaris	Self-heal	Lamiaceae
Pseudotsuga menziesii*	Douglas fir	Pinaceae
Pteridium aquilinum*	Bracken	Polypodiaceae
Pyrus fusca*	Pacific crabapple	Rosaceae
Rhamnus purshiana*	Cascara	Rhamnaceae
Rhododendron macrophyllum*	Western rhododendron	Ericaceae
Ribes bracteosum*	Stink currant	Grossulariaceae
Ribes lacustre*	Prickly currant	Grossulariaceae
Ribes sanguineum*	Red-flowered currant	Grossulariaceae
Rosa gymnocarpa*	Baldhip rose	Rosaceae
Rosa pisocarpa*	Clustered wild rose	Rosaceae
Rosa nutkana
Rubus leucodermis*	Blackcap	Rosaceae
Rubus parviflorus*	Thimbleberry	Rosaceae
Rubus spectabilus*	Salmonberry	Rosaceae
Rubus ursinus*	Wild blackberry	Rosaceae
Salix scouleriana*	Scouler willow	Salicaceae
Salix sitchensis	Sitka willow	Salicaceae
Sambucus cerulea	Blue elderberry
Sambucus racemosa*	Red elderberry	Caprifoliaceae
Satureja douglasii	Yerba buena	Lamiaceae
Sedum oreganum	Oregon stonecrop
Sagitaria latifolia
Shepherdia canadensis	soapberry
Sisyrinchium idahoense	Blue-eyed grass
Spirea douglasii
Smilacina racemosa*	False Solomon's seal	Liliaceae
Smilacina stellata	Star-flowered Solomon's seal	Liliaceae
Solidago canadensis
Stachys cooleyae*	Cooley's hedge-nettle	Lamiaceae
Streptopus amplexifolius
Symphoricarpos albus*	Common snowberry	Caprifoliaceae
Taxus brevifolia	Pacific yew
Tellima grandiflora*	Fringecup	Saxifragaceae
Thuja plicata*	Western red cedar	Cupressaceae
Tiarella trifoliata	Foamflower	Saxifragaceae
Tolmiea menziesii	Youth-on-age	Saxifragaceae
Toxicodendron diversilobum	Poison oak
Trientalis borealis	Northern starflower	Primulaceae
Trillium ovatum*	White trillium	Liliaceae
Tsuga heterophylla*	Western hemlock	Pinaceae
Urtica dioica*	Stinging nettle	Urticaceae
Vaccinium ovatum*	Evergreen huckleberry	Ericaceae
Vaccinium parvifolium*	Red huckleberry	Ericaceae
Vicia americana
Veronica americana	American brooklime	Scrophulariaceae
Viola glabella	Stream violet	Violaceae
Viola sempervirens	Evergreen violet	Violaceae

Xerophyllum tenax        Bear grass

 

Sources of information:

http://www.wnps.org/plant_lists/exploring_native_plants.html

 

The Flora of Seattle in 1850
Raymond J. Larson, May 25, 2005
University of Washington

 

Plants Of The Pacific Northwest Coast: Washington, Oregon, British Columbia & Alaska (Paperback)
by Jim Pojar (Compiler), Andy MacKinnon (Compiler)

 

Interview with Stewart Wechsler, Native Plant Steward at Lincoln Park in West Seattle.