Washington native plants
Washington is divided hard by the Cascades: a mild, wet maritime west with dry summers, and a cold, arid shrub-steppe east. Western natives here expect winter rain and summer drought, which makes summer irrigation optional at best and harmful at worst.
Bedfellow lists 409 of these.
The 30 most-observed are listed here — see all 409 in search.
- Common Yarrow (Achillea millefolium)
- Tufted Evening Primrose (Oenothera caespitosa)
- False Solomon's Seal (Maianthemum racemosum)
- California Poppy (Eschscholzia californica)
- Boxelder (Acer negundo)
- Selfheal (Prunella vulgaris)
- Black Cherry (Prunus serotina)
- Bracken Fern (Pteridium aquilinum)
- Black-eyed Susan (Rudbeckia hirta)
- Coyote Brush (Baccharis pilularis)
- Ponderosa Pine (Pinus ponderosa)
- Douglas Fir (Pseudotsuga menziesii)
- Thimbleberry (Rubus parviflorus)
- Western Trillium (Trillium ovatum)
- Western Sword Fern (Polystichum munitum)
- Quaking Aspen (Populus tremuloides)
- Black Locust (Robinia pseudoacacia)
- Dutchman's Breeches (Dicentra cucullaria)
- Chokecherry (Prunus virginiana)
- Red Elderberry (Sambucus racemosa)
- Wild Sarsaparilla (Aralia nudicaulis)
- Starry False Solomon's Seal (Maianthemum stellatum)
- Salal (Gaultheria shallon)
- Bunchberry (Cornus canadensis)
- Smooth Sumac (Rhus glabra)
- Cutleaf Coneflower (Rudbeckia laciniata)
- Pacific Madrone (Arbutus menziesii)
- Bigleaf Maple (Acer macrophyllum)
- Blue Elderberry (Sambucus cerulea)
- Salmonberry (Rubus spectabilis)
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