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	Madrone *Arbutus menziesii* An attractive broadleaf evergreen with a twisting reddish trunk and irregular branches with an overall rounded outline. Height: Up to 100 feet (30 meters). Leaves evergreen.
	Maidenhair Fern *Adiantum aleuticum* This delicate, deciduous fern has five to seven fingerlike branchlets each bearing many toothed leaflets. Height: 1-2 feet tall. Leaves deciduous.
	Marsh Cinquefoil *Potentilla palustris* Perennial from long, creeping, often floating, somewhat woody rhizomes, with small maroon flowers. Height: Ip to 3 feet (1 meter). Leaves deciduous.
	Marsh Marigold *Caltha biflora* Perennial herb with large white flowers held above broadly rounded leaves; grows in wet subalpine meadows. Height: 16 inches (40 cm). Leaves deciduous.
	Meadow Barley *Hordeum brachyantherum* Grass with erect stems that are bent at the base and sometimes hairy on the leaf sheaths. Height: Up to 3 feet (90 cm). Leaves deciduous.
	Miner's Lettuce *Claytonia perfoliata* Low-growing, mat-like herbaceous annual with succulent round leaves. Height: 12 inches (30 cm). Leaves deciduous.
	Mock Orange *Philadelphus lewisii* Erect, loosely branched shrub with large fragrant white flowers. Height: Up to 10 feet (3 meters). Leaves deciduous.
	Mountain Hemlock *Tsuga mertensiana* Slow growing evergreen conifer. Height: Up to 40 meters (130 ft) tall, but often shorter. Leaves evergreen.
	Mountain Sneezeweed *Helenium autumnale* Leaves deciduous.
	Narrowleaf Bur-reed *Sparganium angustifolium* Leaves deciduous.
	Nodding Onion *Allium cernuum* Clusters of long grass-like leaves overtopped by nodding umbels of pink flowers. Height: Up to 20 inches (50 cm). Leaves deciduous.
	Nootka Rose *Rosa nutkana* Spindly shrub with a pair of prickles at the base of each leaf and large pink rose flowers. Height: Up to 10 feet (3 meters). Leaves deciduous.
	Oak Fern *Gymnocarpium dryopteris* Delicate, deciduous fronds. Usually solitary, but often forms a mat of herbaceous cover in forests. Height: To 16 inches (40 cm). Leaves deciduous.
	Oceanspray *Holodiscus discolor* Multi-stemmed upright shrub with ridged young stems and arching older stems with peeling bark. White flowers. Height: Up to 13 feet (4 meters). Leaves deciduous.
	Orange Honeysuckle *Lonicera ciliosa* Climbing vine with clusters of tubular bright orange flowers. Height: Typically up to 20 feet (6 meters). Leaves evergreen.
	Oregon Ash *Fraxinus latifolia* Tough-wooded tree with gray bark and compound leaflets arranged oppositely around twigs. Height: Up to 82 feet (25 meters). Leaves deciduous.
	Oregon Iris *Iris tenax* Clumped, perennial iris with large purple flowers. Height: Up to 16 inches (40 cm). Leaves evergreen.
	Oregon Stonecrop *Sedum oreganum* Leaves deciduous.

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