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Home > Landscaping > Native Plants for Western Washington Gardens and Restoration Projects
 | Abies amabilis Pacific Silver Fir An attractive conifer with short dark green needles. Tolerant of shade. Leaves evergreen. |
 | Abies grandis Grand Fir Abies grandis is a tall, straight tree with short, dense branches. Height: 130-260 feet (40-80 meters). Leaves evergreen. Bark is greyish - brown in color. The bark of Abies Grandis is initially smooth with resin blisters but becomes rough and scaly with age. The trunk is 0.5-1 meter (20-40 inches) wide. |
 | Arbutus menziesii Madrone 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. Young bark is chartreuse green and smooth while older bark is brownish-red with thin peeling scales. |
 | Picea sitchensis Sitka spruce Large tree with horizontal branches and drooping branchlets Height: Up to 200 feet (60 meters) tall. Leaves evergreen. Thin, scaly gray-brown bark. |
 | Pinus contorta Shore Pine Short pine tree, often with crooked trunk and bushy habit. Height: Up to 100 feet (30 meters). Leaves evergreen. Bark orange-brown to gray, scaly. The trunk can be straight and tall in good conditions, but it can be stunted and crooked in poor growing conditions such as peat bogs or muskeg and subalpine areas. |
 | Pseudotsuga menziesii Douglas fir Large coniferous tree with thick, fluted bark. Height: Up to 300 feet (90 meters). Leaves evergreen. Very thick bark with deep cracks when mature, helping the tree withstand forest fires. |
 | Taxus brevifolia Western Yew Low-growing conifer with deep red-brown bark, flattened sprays of needles, and red berry-like cones. Leaves evergreen. |
 | Thuja plicata Western Red Cedar Large conifer with branches that droop and then turn back up (J-shaped), broad crowns. Height: 100-230 feet (30-70 meters). Leaves evergreen. Bark is 1-2 cm thick, gray to reddish brown and tears off in long fibrous strips, wood is aromatic, trunk has overall conical structure with buttresses at the base. |
 | Tsuga heterophylla Western hemlock Leaves evergreen. |
 | Tsuga mertensiana Mountain Hemlock Slow growing evergreen conifer. Height: Up to 40 meters (130 ft) tall, but often shorter. Leaves evergreen. |
The landscaping and restoration information provided on this page is taken from Starflower Foundation Image Herbarium. All photographs © Starflower Foundation unless otherwise noted.