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Native Plants for Organic Soils

	*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.
	*Blechnum spicant* Deer Fern Dark green fern leaves grow in tufts from short, stout rhizomes. Height: Up to 40 inches (1 meter) tall.
	*Cornus unalaschkensis* Bunchberry Low, trailing, rhizomatous perennial with white flowers. Can tolerate nitrogen-poor soils. Height: Up to 10 inches (25 cm).
	*Dryopteris expansa* Spiny Wood Fern A semi-evergreen fern of woodland areas with triangular fronds from a stout rhizome. Height: To 3 feet (1 meter) tall.
	*Fraxinus latifolia* Oregon Ash Tough-wooded tree with gray bark and compound leaflets arranged oppositely around twigs. Prefers saturated . Height: Up to 82 feet (25 meters).
	*Heuchera micrantha* Small-flowered Alumroot Grows from rhizomes with one to many flower stems that are reddish and covered with fine hairs and topped with delicate panicles of tiny white flowers. Height: Up to 2 feet (60 cm).
	*Oxalis oregana* Wood Sorrel A delicate herb with clover-like leaves and white to pink flowers, forming carpets in forested areas. Prefers humus-rich soils.
	*Smilacina stellata* Starflowered False Solomon's Seal
	*Tiarella trifoliata* Foamflower Herb with erect or ascending stems and spikes of dainty white flowers. Height: 2 feet (60 cm).
	*Tolmiea menziesii* Piggy-back Plant A woodland herb whose leaves give rise to small plantlets.
	*Trientalis latifolia* Broad-leaved Starflower A small delicate herb with a single whorl of leaves topped by several small, pink, star-shaped flowers.
	*Trillium ovatum* Western Trillium Short stout stems topped with a whorl of three leaves and a single large white flower. Typically on sloped topography. Height: 12-18 inches (30-45 cm).
	*Tsuga mertensiana* Mountain Hemlock Slow growing evergreen conifer. Height: Up to 40 meters (130 ft) tall, but often shorter.
	*Urtica dioica* Stinging Nettle Tall perennial herb with deciduous leaves covered in stinging hairs. Prefers nutrient-rich soils.
	*Vaccinium parvifolium* Red Huckleberry Delicately branched shrub with small red huckleberries, suitable for shady areas on decaying wood. Needs well decayed wood or bark; usually grows on old stumps and logs. Height: 4-10 feet (1.5-3 meters).
	*Viola glabella* Yellow Wood Violet An attractive yellow-flowered violet of moist open woodlands.
	*Viola sempervirens* Evergreen Violet A creeping violet with evergreen leaves and yellow flowers.

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