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Native Plants for Nutrient-rich Soils

	*Acer circinatum* Vine Maple Tall, erect, multi-trunked shrub or small tree with sprawling branches. Prefers well drained, nitrogen-rich soils. Height: 13-26 feet (4-8 meters)
	*Achlys triphylla* Vanilla Leaf Grows low to the ground, spreading by rhizomes to form dense ground cover in shady areas. Height: To 12 inches (30 cm) tall.
	*Adiantum aleuticum* Maidenhair Fern This delicate, deciduous fern has five to seven fingerlike branchlets each bearing many toothed leaflets. Prefers humus rich soils. Height: 1-2 feet tall.
	*Asarum caudatum* Wild Ginger Low-growing evergreen perennial that smells strongly of lemon-ginger when crushed. Prefers rich soils. Height: Can grow up to 8 inches (20 cm) tall.
	*Athyrium filix-femina* Lady Fern Tall, delicate, light-green fronds from a basal cluster. Height: Grows 3-6 feet (2 meters) tall.
	*Claytonia sibirica* Siberian Spring Beauty Low-growing delicate herb. Prefers nutrient-rich, moist soils. Height: Up to 16 inches (40 cm).
	*Cornus stolonifera* Red-osier Dogwood Spreading, thicket-forming shrub with bright red stems. Prefers seasonally inundated soils. Height: Up to 20 feet (6 meters).
	*Cornus unalaschkensis* Bunchberry Low, trailing, rhizomatous perennial with white flowers. Can tolerate nitrogen-poor soils. Height: Up to 10 inches (25 cm).
	*Corylus cornuta* Beaked Hazelnut Slender, multi-trunked deciduous shrub. Prefers calcium and nitrogen rich soils. Height: 3 feet - 13 feet (1 meter - 4 meters).
	*Deschampsia cespitosa* Tufted Hairgrass Densely tufted perennial grass. Grows vigorously in nutrient-rich sites. Height: Up to 4 feet (120 cm) tall.
	*Hydrophyllum tenuipes* Pacific Waterleaf Single leafy, hairy stem grows from rhizomes and fleshy fibrous roots; with small clusters of greenish-white flowers. Prefers rich, moist soils. Height: Up to 32 inches (80 cm).
	*Oemleria cerasiformis* Indian Plum, Osoberry Deciduous shrub producing clusters of white flowers in very early spring. One of the earliest plants to bloom. Prefers nutrient rich soils. Height: 16.5 feet (5 meters).
	*Oplopanax horridus* Devil's Club An erect to sprawling shrub with thick, spiny, crooked stems and very large leaves. Found often in wet, but well-drained seepage sites. Height: Up to 10 feet (3 meters).
	*Philadelphus lewisii* Mock Orange Erect, loosely branched shrub with large fragrant white flowers. Can tolerate several soil types. Height: Up to 10 feet (3 meters).
	*Physocarpus capitatus* Pacific Ninebark Erect to spreading shrub up to 4 meters tall with clusters of white flowers. Height: Up to 13 feet (4 meters).
	*Ranunculus occidentalis* Western Buttercup Slender perennial herb with fibrous roots and yellow flowers. Height: Up to 2 feet (60 cm).
	*Rosa nutkana* Nootka Rose Spindly shrub with a pair of prickles at the base of each leaf and large pink rose flowers. Prefers rich soils. Height: Up to 10 feet (3 meters).
	*Solidago canadensis* Canada Goldenrod Forms patches from long creeping rhizomes. Stems leafy and hairy near the top, with a dense cluster of small yellow flowers. Prefers soils rich in nutrients. Height: Up to 5 feet (1.5 meters).
	*Stachys cooleyae* Cooley's Hedge Nettle Perennial from rhizomes. Prefers nutrient rich, mucky, peaty soils. Height: Up to 5 feet (1.5 meters).
	*Thuja plicata* Western Red Cedar Large conifer with branches that droop and then turn back up (J-shaped), broad crowns. Prefers nutrient rich soils with poor drainage. Height: 100-230 feet (30-70 meters).
	*Tolmiea menziesii* Piggy-back Plant A woodland herb whose leaves give rise to small plantlets.
	*Urtica dioica* Stinging Nettle Tall perennial herb with deciduous leaves covered in stinging hairs. Prefers nutrient-rich soils.
	*Viola glabella* Yellow Wood Violet An attractive yellow-flowered violet of moist open woodlands.

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