FRST 201 Indicator Plant Species

Arctostaphylos uva ursi

kinnickinnick

Cassiope mertensiana

white mountain heather

Empetrum nigrum

crowberry

Gaultheria shallon

salal

Ledum groenlandicum

Labrador tea

Mahonia nervosa

dull oregon-grape

Phyllodoce empetriformis

pink mountain heather

Acer circinatum

vine maple

Alnus sinuata

Sitka alder

Cladothamnus pyroliflorus

copperbush

Cornus sericea

red-osier dogwood

Menziesia ferruginea

false azalea

Oplapanax horridus

devil's club

Rhamnus purshianus

cascara

Rhododendron albiflorum

white flowered rhododendron

Ribes lacustre

black gooseberry

Rosa gymnocarpa

bald hip rose

Rubus parviflorus

thimbleberry

Rubus pedatus

five-leaved bramble

Rubus pubescens

trailing raspberry

Rubus spectabilis

salmonberry

Rubus ursinus

trailing blackberry

Sambucus racemosa

red elderberry

Sorbus sitchensis

Sitka mountain ash

Spirea douglasii

hardhack

Vaccinium alaskense

Alaskan blueberry

Vaccinium membranaceum

black huckleberry

Vaccinium ovalifolium

oval-leaved blueberry

Vaccinium parvifolium

red huckleberry

Viburnum trilobum

American bush cranberry

Achlys triphylla

vanilla-leaf

Adenocaulon bicolor

pathfinder

Clintonia uniflora

queen's cup

Coptis asplenifolia

fern-leaved goldthread

Cornus canadensis

bunchberry

Epilobium angustifolium

fireweed

Fauria crista-galli

deer cabbage

Galium triflorum

sweet-scented bedstraw

Luetkea pectinata

partridgefoot

Lysichitum americanum

skunk cabbage

Maianthemum dilatatum

false lily-of-the-valley

Petasites palmatus

palmate coltsfoot

Smilacina racemosa

false solomon's seal

Streptopus amplexifolius

clasping twisted stalk

Tiarella trifoliata

three-leaved foam-flower

Tolmiea menziesii

youth-on-age

Valeriana sitchensis

sitka valerian

Veratrum viride

Indian hellebore

Athyrium filix femina

lady fern

Blechnum spicant

deer fern

Dryopteris expansa

spiny wood fern

Gymnocarpium dryopteris

oak fern

Polypodium glycyrrhiza

licorice fern

Polystichum munitum

sword fern

Pteridium aquilinum

bracken

Carex sp.

sedges

Equisetum arvense

common horsetail

Eriphorum angustifolium

narrow-leaved cotton grass

Dicranum fuscesens

dusky fork moss

Hylocomnium splendens

step moss

Kindbergia oregana

Oregon beaked moss

Leucolepis menziesii

Menzie's tree moss

Plagomnium insigne

Coastal leafy moss

Plagiothecium undulatum

wavy-leaved cotton moss; flat moss

Rhizomnium glabrescens

large leafy moss

Rhytidiadelphus loreus

lanky moss

Rhytidiadelphus triquetrus

electrified cat's tail moss

Rhytidiopsis robusta

pipecleaner moss

Sphagnum spp.

peat mosses