NATIVE PLANT ALTERNATIVES TO English Ivy is a non-native, invasive plant that is severely damaging our urban forests and has been added to the WA State Noxious Weed List. It is often used as an ornamental climber or as a groundcover. Below is a list of native plants that can be used in its place. CLIMBERS GROWING CONDITIONS Western trumpet honeysuckle partial to full shade (Lonicera ciliosa) SOME BENEFITS OF NATIVE PLANTS GROUNDCOVER GROWING CONDITIONS Native plants are drought beach strawberry sun, part shade; tolerant and do not require extra (Fragaria chiloensis) dry to moderate moisture water once they are established. bunchberry, Canadian dogwood partial to full shade; Native plants provide food and (Cornus canadensis) humus-rich soil nesting sites for native wildlife coltsfoot moist shade (Petasites palmatus) Native plants do not require fertilizers or pesticides, which false lily-of-the-valley full to partial shade; helps to preserve water quality. (Maianthemum dilatatum) moist soil Roots of native plants reach fringe cup partial shade; varying depths in the soil which (Tellima grandiflora) moist soil helps to distribute water through inside-out flower sun to shade the soil and hold the soil in place. (Vancouveria hexandra) wgab 0209_IVYalternatives.ai kinnikinnick sun, some shade; For more info on English ivy and (Arctostaphylos uva-ursi) well drained soil other Noxious Weeds contact : King County Noxious Weed low Oregon grape prefers shade; Control Program (Mahonia nervosa) can tolerate sun 201 S Jackson St., Suite 600 Lyngby’s sedge moist shade Seattle, WA 98104 (Carex lyngbyei) 206-296-0290 e-mail: oak fern dry to moist shade or [email protected] (Gymnocarpium dryopteris) partial shade For info on native plants and partridgefoot sun; moist acid soil Ivy O.U.T. Seattle, call (Luetkea pectinata) 206-527-3210 slough sedge moist shade e-mail: [email protected] (Carex obnupta) website: www.ivyout.org sword fern dry to moist shade; This flyer is an adaptation of a (Polystichum munitum) moist sun document created by Deepa Ghosh for the Washington Native Plant Society’s twinflower partial to full shade Ivy O.U.T. Seattle. (Linnaea borealis) vanilla leaf partial sun; (Achlys triphylla) dry to moist soil Department of wood sorrel wet or dry shade Natural Resources and Parks (Oxalis oregana) Water and Land Resources Division Noxious Weed Control Program .