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.