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						  USDA  Expo-
Botanical Name		     Common Name	 Zones	sure	  Water Needs 
Trees
Abies lasiocarpa	   Alpine Fir		     5	Sun-Part   Medium
Acer circinatum		   Vine Maple		     6	Sun-Shade  Medium
Acer macrophyllum	   Bigleaf Maple	     5	Sun	   Low, Drought Tolerant
Amelanchier alnifolia	   Western Serviceberry	     4	Sun-Part   Low, Drought Tolerant
Chamaecyparis lawsoniana   Port Orford Cedar	     5	Sun-Part   Medium
Cornus nuttallii	   Pacific Dogwood           2	Sun-Part   Low, Drought Tolerant
Crataegus douglasii	   Douglas Hawthorn	     5	Sun	   Low, Drought Tolerant
Crataegus suksorfii	   Suksdorf’s Hawthorn	     7	Sun	   Low, Drought Tolerant
Pinus contorta latifolia   Lodgepole Pine	     4	Sun	   Low, Drought Tolerant
Pinus ponderosa		   Ponderosa Pine	     3	Sun	   Low, Drought Tolerant
Populus tremuloides	   Quaking Aspen	     3	Sun	   Medium, Drought Tolerant
Pseudotsuga menziesii	   Douglas Fir		     5	Sun	   Low, Drought Tolerant
Sorbus scopulina	   Greene’s Mountain Ash     3	Sun	   Low, Drought Tolerant
Sorbus sitchensis	   Sitka Mountain Ash	     4	Sun	   Low, Drought Tolerant
Thuja plicata		   Western Red Cedar	     4	Sun-Shade  Low, Drought Tolerant
Tsuga heterophylla	   Western Hemlock	     6	Sun-Shade  Medium
Tsuga mertensiana	   Mountain Hemlock	     4	Sun-Part   Medium
Umbellularia californica   Oregon Myrtle	     7	Sun-Part   Low, Drought Tolerant

Shrubs
Arctostaphylos columbiana  Hairy Manzanita	     7	Sun	   Low, Drought Tolerant
Ceanothus thyrsiflorus	   Blue Blossom		     7	Sun	   Low, Drought Tolerant
Cercocarpus ledifolius	   Mountain Mahogany	     4	Sun	   Low, Drought Tolerant
Cornus sericea occident.   Red Osier Dogwood	     3	Sun-Part   Medium, Drought Tolerant
Heteromeles arbutifolia	   Toyon		     7	Sun	   Low, Drought Tolerant
Holodiscus discolor	   Oceanspray		     5	Sun	   Low, Drought Tolerant
Mahonia aquifolium	   Oregon Grape		     5	Sun-Part   Low, Drought Tolerant
Myrica californica	   Pacific Waxmyrtle	     7	Sun	   Low, Drought Tolerant
Oemleria cerasiformis	   Indian Plum		     6	Shade-Part Low, Drought Tolerant
Philadelphus lewisii	   Mock Orange		     4	Sun	   Low, Drought Tolerant
Physocarpus capitatus	   Ninebark		     5	Shade	   Medium
Rhododendron macrophyllum  Western Rhododendron	     5  Shade-Part Medium
Ribes aureum		   Golden currant	     4	Sun	   Low, Drought Tolerant
Ribes sanguineum	   Red-flowering Currant     5	Sun-Part   Low, Drought Tolerant
Rosa nutkana		   Nootka Rose		     5	Sun-Part   Medium, Drought Tolerant
Rosa woodsii		   Wood's Rose		     5	Sun-Part   Medium, Drought Tolerant
Rubus parviflorus	   Thimbleberry		     4	Shade	   Medium, Drought Tolerant
Rubus spectabilis	   Salmonberry		     5	Shade	   Medium, Drought Tolerant
Salix exigua		   Narrowleaf Willow	     4	Sun	   Medium, Drought Tolerant
Sambucus cerulea	   Blue Elderberry	     4	Sun	   Low, Drought Tolerant
Sambucus racemosa	   Red Elderberry	     6	Shade	   Medium, Drought Tolerant
Shepherdia argenteus	   Silver Buffaloberry	     3	Sun	   Low, Drought Tolerant
Spiraea betulifolia	   Birchleaf Spirea	     4	Sun	   Medium, Drought Tolerant
Spiraea douglasii	   Douglas Spirea	     5	Sun-Part   High, Drought Tolerant
Symphoricarpos albus	   Snowberry		     3	Sun-Shade  Low, Drought Tolerant
Vaccinium membranaceum	   Thin-leaf Huckleberry     5	Shade	   Low, Drought Tolerant
Vaccinium ovatum	   Evergreen Huckleberry     5	Shade-Part Medium, Drought Tolerant

Annuals and Perennials
Achillea millefolium	   Yarrow		     4	Sun	   Low, Drought Tolerant
Adiantum aleuticum	   Western Maidenhair Fern   5	Shade      Medium
Antennaria argentea	   Pussytoes		     5	Sun	   Low, Drought Tolerant
Aquilegia formosum	   Red Columbine	     4	Part Shade Low, Drought Tolerant
Armeria maritima	   Sea Pink		     4	Sun	   Low, Drought Tolerant
Aruncus dioicus		   Goat’s Beard, White Aster 4	Sun	   Low, Drought Tolerant
Aster subspicatus	   Douglas Aster	     5	Sun	   Medium, Drought Tolerant
Balsamorhiza sagittata	   Arrowleaf Balsamroot	     4	Sun	   Low, Drought Tolerant
Camassia quamash	   Common Camas		     6	Sun	   Medium, Drought Tolerant
Clarkia amoena		   Farewell-to-spring	     4	Sun	   Medium, Drought Tolerant
Deschampsia caespitosa	   Tufted Hairgrass	     5	Sun	   High, Drought Tolerant
Dicentra formosa	   Wild Bleeding Heart	     5  Shade	   Low, Drought Tolerant
Erigeron speciosus	   Showy Fleabane	     5	Sun	   Medium, Drought Tolerant
Eriogonum umbellatum	   Sulphur Flower	     4	Sun	   Low, Drought Tolerant
Eriophyllum lanatum	   Oregon Sunshine	     5	Sun	   Low, Drought Tolerant
Eschscholzia californica   California Poppy	     5	Sun	   Low, Drought Tolerant
Festuca californica	   California Fescue	     4	Sun	   Low, Drought Tolerant
Festuca idahoensis	   Idaho Fescue		     5  Sun	   Low, Drought Tolerant
Festuca roemeri		   Roemer’s Fescue	     7	Sun	   Low, Drought Tolerant
Gilia capitata		   Bluehead Gilia	     5	Sun	   Low, Drought Tolerant
Helenium hoopesii	   Orange Sneezeweed	     4	Sun	   Medium, Drought Tolerant
Heuchera micrantha         Alum Root		     4	Shade	   Low, Drought Tolerant
Iris tenax		   Oregon Iris		     7	Part Shade Low, Drought Tolerant
Ligustichum apifolium	   Lovage		     7	Sun	   Low, Drought Tolerant
Linum lewisii		   Blue Flax		     4	Sun	   Low, Drought Tolerant
Polemonium pulcherrimum	   Jacob’s Ladder	     5	Sun	   Low, Drought Tolerant
Polystichum munitum	   Sword Fern		     5	Part Shade Low, Drought Tolerant
Sedum lanceolatum	   Stonecrop		     5	Sun	   Low, Drought Tolerant
Sedum spathulifolium	   Stonecrop		     5	Sun	   Low, Drought Tolerant
Sidalcea campestris	   Meadow-checkermallow	     7	Sun	   Medium, Drought Tolerant
Sisyrinchium bellum	   Blue-eyed Grass	     8	Sun	   Low, Drought Tolerant
Sisyrinchium californicum  Yellow-eyed Grass	     8	Sun	   Low, Drought Tolerant
Solidago canadensis	   Canada Goldenrod	     4	Sun	   Low, Drought Tolerant
Thalictrum occidentale	   Western meadowrue	     6	Shade	   Low, Drought Tolerant
Viola glabella		   Stream Violet	     6  Shade	   Low, Drought Tolerant
Woodwardia fimbriata	   Giant Chain Fern	     8	Part Shade Medium, Drought Tolerant

Groundcovers and Vines
Arctostaphylos uva-ursi	   Kinnikinnick		     3	Part Shade Low, Drought Tolerant
Ceanothus prostratus	   Prostrate Ceanothus	     5	Sun	   Low, Drought Tolerant
Clematis columbiana	   Rock Clematis	     4	Sun	   Medium, Drought Tolerant
Cornus canadensis	   Bunchberry		     2	Shade-Part Medium
Fragaria chiloense	   Beach Strawberry	     8	Sun	   Low, Drought Tolerant
Fragaria vesca		   Wood Strawberry	     6	Shade	   Low, Drought Tolerant
Fragaria virginiana	   Wild Strawberry	     5  Shade	   Low, Drought Tolerant
Gaultheria shallon	   Salal		     6	Shade-Part Medium, Drought Tolerant
Lonicera ciliosa	   Orange Honeysuckle	     5	Shade	   Low, Drought Tolerant
Lonicera hispidula	   Hairy Honeysuckle	     5	Sun	   Low, Drought Tolerant

Aquatics and Wetlands
Alisma plantago-aquatica   Water Plantain	     5	Sun	   High
Basenia schreberi	   Water Shield		     4	Sun	   High
Carex barbarae		   Santa Barbara Sedge	     7	Sun	   High
Carex obnupta		   Slough Sedge		     5  Sun-Part   High
Deschampsia caespitosa	   Tufted Hairgrass	     5	Sun	   High, Drought Tolerant
Lupinus rivularis	   River Lupine		     7	Sun	   High
Iris douglasii		   Douglas Iris		     5	Shade-Part Medium
Iris missouriensis	   Rock Mountain Iris	     4	Sun	   Medium
Lysichton armericanum	   Skunk Cabbage	     6	Shade	   High
Mimulus guttatus	   Monkeyflower		     6	Shade	   High
Nuphar polysepalum	   Spatterdock		     4	Sun	   High
Potamogeton natans	   Floating-leaved Pondweed  5	Sun	   High
Sagittaria latifolia	   Wapato		     4	Sun	   High
Scirpus microcarpus	   Small-flowered Bulrush    5	Sun	   High
Typha latifolia		   Cattails		     4	Sun	   High

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