TREES | ||
Paper Birch (betula papyrifera) | ||
Trembling | ||
Black Cottonwood (populus balsamifera, trichocarpa) | ||
Bitter cherry (prunus emarginata) | ||
Cascara (Rhamnus purshiana) | ||
SHRUBS | ||
Mountain alder (alnus incana) | ||
Redstem ceanothus (ceanothus sanguineus) | ||
Red-osier dogwood (cornus stolonifera) | ||
Hazelnut (corylus cornuta) | ||
Columbian (red) hawthorn (crataegus Columbiana) | ||
Black hawthorn (crataegus douglasii) | ||
Oceanspray (holodiscus discolor) | ||
Black twinberry (lonicera involucrate) | ||
Red twinberry (lonicera utahensis) | ||
Oregon grape (mahonia aquifolium) | ||
False Box (pachistima/paxistima myrsinites) | ||
Mock-orange (philadelphus lewisii) | ||
Chokecherry (prunus virgiana) | ||
Baldhip rose ( | ||
Nootka rose ( | ||
Wood rose ( | ||
Prickly rose ( | ||
Red raspberry (rubus idaeus) | ||
Black raspberry /blackcap (rubus leucodermis) | ||
Thimbleberry (rubus parviflorus) | ||
Blue elderberry (sambucus caerulea) | ||
Red elderberry (sambucus racemosa) | ||
Black elderberry (sambucus Canadensis) | ||
Soapberry/soopolallie (shepherdia anadensis) | ||
Mountain ash (sorbus sitchensis) | ||
Snowberry (symphoricarpos albus) | ||
Highbush cranberry (viburnum opulus) | ||
FLOWERS | ||
Yarrow (achillea millefolium) | ||
Heart leafed arnica (arnica cordifolia) | ||
Showy aster (aster conspicus) | ||
Columbine (aquilegia | ||
Pearly everlasting (anaphalis margaritacea) | ||
Fireweed (epilobium angustifolium) | ||
Lupine (lupinus sericeus) | ||
False solomon’s seal (simlacina racemosa) | ||
GROUNDCOVER | ||
Kinnikinnick (arctostaphylos uva-ursi) | ||
umber pussytoes (antennaria umbrinella) | ||
Field pussytoes (antennaria neglecta) | ||
Wood strawberry (fragaria vessca) | ||
Blue leaf strawberry (fragaria virginiana) | ||
VINES | ||
Blue clematis (clematis occindentalis) | ||
White clematis/virgin’s bower/traveller’s joy (clematis ligusticifolia) | ||
Scarlet trumpet honeysuckle (lonicera ciliosa) |
We have a wonderful variety of native (local,wild) plants in the Shuswap. They are all a part of the ecology. Using these plants in your landscape is a step toward restoring the ecology and maintaining the fabric of life. Topics are listed on the right hand side.
Thursday, January 27, 2011
What are the native plants of the Shuswap?
Plants are listed in the categories of trees, shrubs, flowers, ground cover and vines. Here is a beginning list.