“True” Bog Plants
Common Name Species Notes
Sphagnum Moss: Sphagnum angustifolium
Sphagnum capillifolium
Sphagnum cuspidatum
Sphagnum fimbriatum
Sphagnum fuscum
Sphagnum girgensohnii
Sphagnum henryense
Sphagnum magellanicum
Sphagnum mendocinium
Sphagnum pacificum
Sphagnum palustre
Sphagnum papillosum
Sphagnum rubinginosum
Sphagnum squarrosum
Arctic Starflower Trientalis arctica
Bog Blueberry Vaccinium uliginosum
(also called Vaccinium Bog Cranberry Oxycoccus palustris oxycoccus)
Kalmia microphylla ssp. Bog Laurel occidentalis Cloudberry Rubus chamaemorus
Cotton Grass Eriophorum angustifolium
(also called Rhododendron Labrador Tea Ledum groenlandicum groenlandicum)
Lodgepole Pine Pinus contorta
Oval-leaved Vaccinium ovalifolium Blueberry
Sundew Drosera rotundifolia
Velvet-Leaved Vaccinium myrtilloides Blueberry
White Beaked Rush Rhynchospora alba
Other Species:
Bracken Pteridium aquilinum
Broad-Leaf Maple Acer macrophyllum
Bunchberry Cornus canadensis
Cascara Rhamnus purshiana
Common Heather Calluna vulgaris
Common Mint Mentha spicata
Common Rush Juncus effusus
Creeping Spike Eleocharis palustris Rush
Deer Fern Blechnum spicant
Douglas Fir Pseudotsuga menziesii
English Oak Quercus robur European Weeping Betula pendula Birch
Evergreen Rubus laciniatus Blackberry
False Azalea Menziesia ferruginea
False Lily-of-the- Maiathemum dilatatum Valley
Fireweed Epilobium angustifolium
Grey Sedge Carex canescens
Ground Pine Lycopodium dendroideum
Hairy Cats Ear Hypochaeris radicata
Highbush Blueberry Vaccinium corymbosum
Lady Fern Athyrium filix-femina
Pacific Crab Apple Malus fusca
Paper Birch Betula papyrifera
Purple-leaved Epilobium ciliatum Willowherb
Red Elderberry Sambucus racemosa
Running Clubmoss Lycopodium clavatum
Salal Gaultheria shallon
Salmonberry Rubus spectabilis
Serviceberry Amelanchier sp.
Skunk Cabbage Lysichiton americanum
Swordfern Polystichum munitum
Three-way Sedge Dulichium arundinaceum Trailing Blackberry Rubus ursinus
Tufted Loosestrife Lysimachia thyrsiflora
Yellow Pond Lily Nuphar polysepalum