NATIVE PLANTS/SHRUBS: Saskatoon Serviceberry – Amielanchier alnifolia Oceanspray – Holodiscus discolor Blue Elderberry - Sambucus cerulea Erect, loosely branched shrub up to 15’ tall. Found Usually a shrub or small tree from 10’ to 20’ or Vine Maple - Acer circinatum Large shrubs or small trees up to 40’ tall and 6” in diameter. Occurs on moist, well-drained on well drained to dry sites in the sun and shade more tall. Found on moist, well-drained sites in An erect shrub, or more commonly a helter- sites in the sun or partial shade, from southern from south central California northward to British the sun; from British Columbia south to California, skelter arrangement of crooked branches; Alaska to northwestern California, and east- Columbia, eastward to Idaho. east through Idaho, Utah, and Nevada. up to 20’ tall, or less commonly a small tree ward throughout the Rocky Mountains. Elevational range: sea level to 9,000 feet. 30’ to 40’ in height. Common understory Dull Oregon Grape – Mahonia (Berberis) nervosa species in the West side forests of the Red Elderberry – Sambucus racemosa Pacific Northwest also pioneer species on Oregon Grape – Low, evergreen shrub with pinnately Berberis aquifolium (Tall Oregon Grape) A shrub or small tree from 8’ to 20’ tall. Occurs on cutover and burned-over lands. Found compound leaves; seldom over 30” high. moist, well-drained sites in the sun; most Erect evergreen shrub 3’ to 10’ tall, with dark on moist sites in the sun or shade from Grows on moist, well-drained sites in the sun common on the West Side of the Cascade green glossy leaves. Found on dry to moist, southwestern British Columbia, southward or shade; on the west side of the Cascade and Sierra Nevada Mountains from British well-drained sites in the sun or shade; from through western Washington and Oregon, and Sierra Nevada Mountains from British Columbia south to California. British Columbia southward on the West to northern California, also the Wallowa Columbia southward into northern California, side to northern California; also northeastern Mountains of northeastern Oregon. In Or- also northeastern Oregon, and Idaho. Com- Oregon. egon, vine maple will occasionally be found mon in the understory in the Pacific Coast Douglas Spirea – Spiraea douglasii forests. on the moister slopes and also streams on Oregon Grape – Berberis repens(Creeping Oregon Grape) Erect deciduous wetland shrub 2’ to 4’ tall. the eastern slopes of the Cascade Moun- An evergreen, prostrate, creeping shrub seldom over 10” high. Found on moist sites in ditches, along streams, tains (Suttle Lake area). Indian-plum - Oemleris cerasiformis Found on dry, well-drained sites in the sun or shade in the moun- in swales and around seeps on mountain tains, from southern British Columbia southward on the east of Erect shrub with light green foliage, up to 15’ slopes; from British Columbia southward into the Cascade and Sierra Nevada Mountains to northern California, tall. Grows on moist well-drained sites in the northern California, eastward into Idaho. sun or shade; from British Columbia southward Douglas Maple – Acer glabrum var. douglasii also the Rocky Mountains and the Black Hills. into California, on the west side of the Cascade Snowberry - Symphoricarpos albus This variety is a shrub or small tree; leaf typically Water Birch - Betula occidentalis Mountains. with shallow, broad sinuses. Occasionally found Loosely branched shrub, or small tree up Finely branches shrub up to 6’ tall. Occurs west of the Cascades in Oregon, but usually Lewis Mockorange – Philadelphus lewissi to 30’ tall, with slender branches, which are on dry to moist, well-drained sites in the sun found from southwestern Alaska, south through resin-dotted on the new growth; bark dark red- Loosely branched shrub up to 12’ tall. Occurs or under partial shade; nearly continent- western British Columbia and southern Alberta, dish-brown. Found along streams from central on moist, well-drained sites in the sun; in the wide in distribution (Mexico excepted). eastern Washington and Oregon, eastward to NATIVE TREES: British Columbia southward on the East Side of Cascade and Sierra Nevada Mountains from Idaho and western Montana. Cascade Mountains in Washington and Oregon, British Columbia southward to Central Califor- and the Sierra Nevada Mountains to central nia, eastward to Montana. Usually found at the lower elevations. Big Leaf Maple – Acer Macrophyllum Mountain Alder - Alnus incana California, eastward to southwestern Manitoba, the Rocky Mountains and the mountains of the A tree 40’ to 100’ tall and 2’ to 4’ in A shrub or small tree up to 25’ tall, with slender southwest. Pacific Ninebark – Physocarpus capitatus branches and grayish-brown bark; tends to form diameter; when growing in the open usu- Large erect, spreading shrubs up to 12’ high; with thickets. Found in the mountains near streams, Red Osier Dogwood – Cornus stolonifera ally branches within the first 15 feet into maplelike leaves and thin, shreddy bark. several large branches, forming dense, springs, and seeps. Ranges from central Alaska Deciduous multi-stemmed shrub to 15’. Grown on moist, well-drained sites in the sun or round, spreading crown; but in a dense, southward through eastern Oregon to central Provides cover, browse, and berries for wild- shade; from British Columbia south to central stand, may be a tall, straight tree. Moist California and western Nevada, eastward to life. Grows on streambanks and tolerates California, east into western Montana. well-drained soil; from western British western Montana and northern New Mexico. seasonal flooding. Spans the United States Columbia south through western Wash- Elevational range: In the United States from and Canada; in Oregon, chiefly found east of ington and Oregon to southern California. 3,000 to 7,000 feet. the Cascades. Eastern Ninebark – Physocarpus opulifolia Elevational range: sea level to 5,500 feet. A shrub with 9 ‘ to 10 ‘ spread. Spirea-like but more coarse growth Sitka Alder - Alnus sinuata Black Hawthorn – Crataegus douglasii A thicket-forming erect shrub, or a small tree 20’ habit. Useful for screen or mass planting. Some fall color. A thicket-forming, erect shrub up to 10‘ tall, or to 40’ tall and 5” to 10” in diameter; with grayish White Alder - occasionally a small 20’ to 30’ tall and 3” to 6” in Alnus rhombifolia or grayish-green bark. Found in moist sites in the Mallow Ninebark - Physocarpus malvaceus diameter with stiff branches armed with thorns. mountains. Ranges from the Yukon, western and A tree 40’ to 80’ tall and 1’ to 2’ in diameter; with a broad, Found on moist, well-drained, sandy or gravelly southern Alaska southward to northern California, Erect, loosely branched shrub up to 8’ tall, with dome-shaped, open crown, and grayish-brown scaly soils; from extreme southeastern Alaska south- also northeastern Oregon. Elevational range in maplelike leaves and shreddy bark. Found on bark. Found on moist sites along stream bottoms and ward, on both sides of the Cascades, to central United States usually above 3,000 feet. dry rocky slopes in the sun or under open timber; on lower mountain slopes, from southern interior British California and western Nevada, eastward to British Columbia south to Nevada, eastward to Columbia southward to northern Lower California, and northern Michigan and Wyoming. Montana and Wyoming. in northern Idaho. Western Red Alder - Alnus ruba Oregon White Oak – Quercus Garryana Scouler Willow – Salix scouleriana OREGON DEPT. OF FORESTRY A deciduous tree 7.5 m tall with a high narrow D.L. PHIPPS FOREST NURSERY A tree 30’ to 120’ tall and 1’ to 3’ in diameter; with Trees 40’ to 80’ tall and 2’ to 3’ in diameter, crown. Habitat ranges from Alaska south along 2424 WELLS RD. - ELKTON, OR 97436 a fairly straight bole and moderately open, broadly with a broad compact crown. On dry to the coast to southern California and New Mexico, “Serving landowners since 1957” pyramidal or dome-shaped crown. Occurs along moist, well-drained gravelly soils in the and northeast to the Black Hills of South Dakota. streams and in moist bottoms, and on moist valleys and lower foothills from southwest- Elevational range: from sea level to 3000 m on mountain slopes. Ranges from southeastern ern British Columbia and Vancouver Island both moist lowland and dry upland soils. Shade Alaska southward through western British Colum- southward principally on the West side (west tolerant plant and can be found growing in bia, and on the west side of Cascade Mountains of the summit of the Cascades and Sierras) meadows and bogs, along rivers and roadsides, as far south as southern California. Elevational to north-central California. Elevational and in clearcuts. “Urban Forestry” range: sea level to 3,500 feet in the Pacific Coast range: from near sea level in the north to states. 4,000 feet in the south. Oregon Myrtlewood - Umbellaria californica Cascara buckthorn – Rhamnus purshiana Large, evergreen trees 60’ to 100’ tall and 2’ to 5’ in diameter, with aromatic foliage; often multiple-stemmed when growing in the A tree up to 50’ tall and 10” to 20” in diameter, open, and with a dome-shaped crown; or an erect shrub up to Oregon Ash - Fraxinus latifolia or sometimes an erect shrub up to 15 feet high. 15’ high. Found on moist, well-drained sites in the sun or shade, NATIVE PLANTS Grows on moist, well-drained soils. Ranges on bottomlands, hillsides, and mountain slopes; from Tree 40’ to 80’ tall and 1’ to 2-1/2’ in diameter from western and southern British Columbia southwestern Oregon southward in the Sierra and Coast Ranges & with a narrow or broad crown. Found on moist, south on the west side of the Cascade Moun- to southern California. sandy, rocky or gravelly soils, usually near tains to lower California, east through northern TREES streams, on bottomlands or around the margins Idaho to western Montana.