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 Nehalem Basin Flora

The plants listed below were found at two sites on Anderson Road in Nehalem.

Special thanks to the Coal Creek Educational Foundation, Nancy Eid and Gwendolyn Endicott for their photos and descriptions of the wildflowers.

Native plants are indicated by showing their habitat in Green

Plants not native to this region are indicted by showing their habitat in Red

Additional descriptions of these plants can be found in the References at the bottom of this page.

	Habitat
Lily Family
Fairybell	forest
False Lily of the Valley	forest; wetland
Queen's Cup	forest, forest edge
Trillium	forest
Twisted Stalk	forest
Adders's Tongue	forest

Buckwheat Family
Japanese Knotweed	grassland; forest-edge
Curly Dock	grassland; forest-edge
Sheep Sorrel	grassland; forest-edge

Purslane Family
Montia	wetland-riparian
Siberian Candy Flower (Miner's Lettuce)	forest

Pink
Field Chickweed	grassland, forest edge,

Mustard Family
Bittercress	forest-riparian

Saxifrage
Coast Boykinia	forest
Foamflower	forest
Pacific Water- Carpet	wetland
Piggy-back Plant	forest

Buttercup Family
Creeping Buttercup	wetland
False Bugbane	forest

Pea Family
Birds Foot Trefoil	grassland

Violet Family
Yellow Violet	forest

Evening Primrose Family
Fireweed	grassland

Carrot Family
Cow-Parsnip	forest; wetland
Water Parsley	wetland

Waterleaf Family
Fendler's Waterleaf	moist open areas

Borage Family
Fiddleneck	grasslands
Field Forget-Me-Not	general

Mint Family
Heal-all (self heal)	forest
Mexican Hedge-Nettle	fields, grasslands

Figwort Family
Mexican Betony	forest
Foxglove	general
Thyme-Leaved Speedwell	moist meadows
Monkeyflower	wetland-ripanian

Aster Family
Cat's Ear	grassland; roadways
Common Groundsel	grasslands, roadways
English Daisy	grasslands, roadways
Pearly Everlasting	grasslands, roadways
Sweet Coltsfoot	grassland; forest-edge
Tansy Ragwort	grassland; roadways

Other Families
Oregon Bedstraw	forest-coniferous
Bleeding Heart	forest
Cranes-Bill	grassland; roadways
Inside-Out-Flower	forest
Oxalis	forest-coniferous
Common Plantain	general
Stinging Nettle	General
Corydalis	forest; riparian
Skunk Cabbage	wetland; forest swamp

References

Plants of the Pacific Northwest Coast; Pojar Jim and Mackinnon Andy;
Lone Pine Publishing; Vancouver, British Columbia; 1994.

Gardening with Native Plants of the Pacific Northwest, an Illistrated Guide; Kruckeberg, Arthor; University of Washington Press; Washington; 1982.

Northwest Weeds, Taylor, Ronald J.; Mountain Press Publishig Co.; Missoula, Montana; 1990.

It's The Berries, Black, Marmelade; Arden Specialties, Lynnwood WA; 1978