Here is a list of the plants we’ve found in North Beach Park during the year and a half we’ve been working in it. The links are to Wikipedia for more information.

Deciduous Trees

• Big Leaf Maple (Acer macrophyllum)
• Oregon Ash (Fraxinus latifolia)
• Red Alder (Alnus rubra)

Coniferous Trees

• Douglas-fir (Pseudotsuga menziesii ssp. menziesii)
• Pacific Yew (Taxus brevifolia)
• Port-Orford-cedar (Chamaecyparis lawsoniana)
• Western Hemlock (Tsuga heterophylla)
• Western red-cedar (Thuja plicata)

Shrubs

• Beaked Hazelnut (Corylus californica)
• Low (or dull) Oregon-grape (Mahonia nervosa)
• Oceanspray (Holodiscus discolor)
• Osoberry (Oemleria cerasiformis)
• Red Huckleberry (Vaccinium parvifolium)
• Red Elderberry (Sambucus racemosa ssp. pubens)
• Stink Currant (Ribes bracteosum)
• Salmonberry (Rubus spectabilis)
• Thimbleberry (Rubus parviflorus)

Ground Cover

• Fringecup (Tellima grandiflora)
• Inside-out Flower (Vancouveria hexandra)
• Large-leaved Avens (Geum macrophyllum)
• Pacific Waterleaf (Hydrophyllum tenuipes)
• Piggyback Plant (Tolmiea menziesii)
• Stinging Nettle (Urtica dioica)
• Sweet Cicely (Myrrhis odorata)
• Trailing blackberry (Rubus ursinus)
• Water parsley (Oenanthe sarmentosa)
• Western Trillium (Trillium ovatum)

Ferns

• Bracken Fern (Pteridium aquilinum)
• Deer Fern (Blechnum spicant)
• Lady Fern (Athyrium filix-femina)
• Licorice Fern (Polypodium glycyrrhiza)
• Spiny Wood Fern (Dryopteris expansa)
• Sword Fern (Polystichum munitum)

Wetland Plants

• Common Horsetail (Equisetum arvense)
• Skunk cabbage (Lysichiton americanum)
• Slough sedge (Carex obnupta)
• Tall mannagrass (Glyceria elata)

Reintroduced by Planting

• Bitter Cherry (Prunus emarginata)
• Black Hawthorn (Crataegus douglasii)
• Cascara (Rhamnus purshiana)
• Cottonwood (Populus trichocarpa)
• Devil’s Club (Oplopanax horridus)
• False Solomon’s Seal (Maianthemum racemosum)
• Pacific Crab Apple (Malus fusca)
• Red-flowering Currant (Ribes sanguineum)
• Red-Osier Dogwood (Cornus stolonifera)
• Salal (Gaultheria shallon)
• Sitka Spruce (Picea sitchensis)
• Tall Oregon Grape (Mahonia aquifolium)
• Vine Maple (Acer circinatum)
• Willow (Salix spp.)

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