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	Baldhip Rose *Rosa gymnocarpa* Spindly shrub with brittle weak straight spines and small pink rose flowers. Height: Up to 5 feet (1.5 meters). Leaves deciduous.
	Beaked Hazelnut *Corylus cornuta* Slender, multi-trunked deciduous shrub. Height: 3 feet - 13 feet (1 meter - 4 meters). Leaves deciduous.
	Beargrass *Xerophyllum tenax* Forms a tall grass-like clump of tough leaves topped by a large dense cluster of white flowers. Height: 3-5 feet (1-1.5 meters). Leaves evergreen.
	Big-leaf Maple *Acer macrophyllum* A tree with a large, often multi-stemmed trunk and a loose, broad crown of large leaves. Height: 65-100 feet (20-30 meters) tall with trunk 3-5 feet (1-1.5 meters)diameter. Leaves deciduous.
	Bigleaf Sedge *Carex amplifolia* Leaves deciduous.
	Bitter Cherry *Prunus emarginata var. mollis* Shrub or small tree with white flowers and small red cherries. Height: Up to 50 feet (15 meters). Leaves deciduous.
	Black Cottonwood *Populus balsamifera* Leaves deciduous.
	Black Gooseberry *Ribes lacustre* Erect to spreading shrub with spiny stems. Height: Up to 6.5 feet (2 meters). Leaves deciduous.
	black hawthorn *Crataegus douglasii* large shrub or small tree with clusters of white flowers and dark purplish-black berries. Leaves deciduous.
	Bleeding Heart *Dicentra formosa* Hairless, soft stems and light green lacy leaves overtopped by small nodding clusters of pink heart-shaped flowers. Height: Up to 1.5 feet (50 cm). Leaves deciduous.
	Blue Wild-rye *Elymus glaucus* Tufted perennial grass usually forming small clumps, 0.5 to 1.5 m tall. Height: 20-40 inches (0.5-1 meter). Leaves deciduous.
	Blue-eyed Grass *Sisyrinchium idahoense* A small clump-forming iris-like plant with small blue flowers. Height: 28 inches (40 cm). Leaves deciduous.
	Bog Birch *Betula glandulosa* Spreading, small-branched perennial shrub of bogs and wet areas. Height: Up to 10 feet (3 meters) tall; usually shorter. Leaves deciduous.
	Bog Cranberry *Vaccinium oxycoccus* Creeping perennial of peat bogs, producing pink flowers and dark red cranberries. Leaves deciduous.
	Bog Laurel *Kalmia microphylla ssp. occidentalis* Small, slender-branched shrub with dark green waxy leaves and clusters of bright pink flowers. Height: Up to 3 feet (1 meter). Leaves deciduous.
	Bog Yellowcress *Rorippa palustris* Leaves deciduous.
	Bracken Fern *Pteridium aquilinum* Rhizomous perennial fern with large, much-divided solitary fronds, Height: Usually 3-6 feet (1-2 meters) tall, sometimes taller. Leaves deciduous.
	Broad-leaved Cattail *Typha latifolia* A tall wetland plant with long, erect sword-like leaves and dense brown flower spikes. Leaves deciduous.
	Broad-leaved Starflower *Trientalis latifolia* A small delicate herb with a single whorl of leaves topped by several small, pink, star-shaped flowers. Leaves deciduous.
	Broad-leaved Stonecrop *Sedum spathulifolium* Leaves evergreen.
	Broadfruit Bur-reed *Sparganium eurycarpum* Leaves deciduous.
	Broadleaf Water-Plantain *Alisma plantago-aquatica* A terminal cluster of small white flowers sits above a tall leafless stem. It grows in marshy or semi-aquatic environments. Height: up to 48 inches (120 cm). Leaves deciduous.
	Buckbean *Menyanthes trifoliata* White, curly-haired flowers and large trifoliate leaves decorate this patch-forming plant found in shallow water. Leaves deciduous.
	Bunchberry *Cornus unalaschkensis* Low, trailing, rhizomatous perennial with white flowers. Height: Up to 10 inches (25 cm). Leaves deciduous.
	Canada Goldenrod *Solidago canadensis* Forms patches from long creeping rhizomes. Stems leafy and hairy near the top, with a dense cluster of small yellow flowers. Height: Up to 5 feet (1.5 meters). Leaves deciduous.
	Cascara *Rhamnus purshiana* Erect, tall shrub or small tree with alternate leaves and inconspicuous flower clusters. Height: Up to 33 feet (10 meters). Leaves deciduous.
	Chamisso's Cotton-grass *Eriophorum chamissonis* Extensive beds growing from spreading rhizomes or stolons with tufts of cotton-like seed heads. Height: 8-28 inches (20-70 cm). Leaves deciduous.
	Chocolate Lily, Rice Root *Fritillaria lanceolata* Rare herb to 80 cm tall from bulb with numerous rice-like bulblets; flowers are mottled maroon and yellow. Height: Up to 32 inches (80 cm). Leaves deciduous.
	Clasping Twisted Stalk *Streptopus amplexifolius* Perennial herb with a branched zigzagging stem and dangling white flowers. Height: 3 feet (1 meter). Leaves deciduous.
	Cleavers, Bedstraw *Galium aparine* Leaves deciduous.
	Coast Penstemon *Penstemon serrulatus* Perennial, sprawling sub-shrub from a woody stem base, with large purple tubular flowers at stem tips. Height: 8-28 inches (20-70 cm). Leaves deciduous.
	Coastal Strawberry *Fragaria chiloensis* Spreads low across ground with runners. White flowers and small red strawberries. Height: Up to 10 inches (25 cm). Leaves deciduous.
	Common California Aster *Aster chilensis* A slender, sprawling perennial that produces light purple flowers. Height: Can grow up to 3 ft. (100 cm.) Leaves deciduous.
	Common Camas *Camassia quamash* Bulbous perennial producing a spike of large blue flowers. Height: Up to 28 inches (70 cm). Leaves deciduous.
	Cooley's Hedge Nettle *Stachys cooleyae* Perennial from rhizomes. Height: Up to 5 feet (1.5 meters). Leaves deciduous.
	Creeping Spikerush *Eleocharis palustris* A wetland plant with leafless, grass-like stems topped by small brownish spikes of flowers. Height: Up to 3 feet (100 cm). Leaves deciduous.
	Cursed Buttercup *Ranunculus sceleratus* A much-branched herb of wet areas, with tiny yellow flowers. Leaves deciduous.
	Curvepod Yellowcress *Rorippa curvisiliqua* Leaves deciduous.
	Cusick's Sedge *Carex cusickii* A woodland sedge with grass-like leaves and small clusters of tiny greenish flowers. Leaves deciduous.

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