Vascular Plant List
Cumberland Gap
Cumberland Gap, Skagit County, Washington.
List covers plants found around the small ponds and rocky outcrops in Cumberland Gap, located about six miles south of Hamilton. Access is from SR 9 south of Sedro Wooley, along South Skagit Highway, then along FR 17 to high point on ridge. List by Pricilla Legg and James Vail James, August 1997, with additions by Peter and Janet O’Mara, August 2000. 64 spp.
These lists represent the work of different WNPS members over the years.
Their accuracy has not been verified by the Washington Native Plant Society.
We offer these lists to individuals as a tool to enhance the enjoyment and study of native plants.
* - IntroducedScientific Name / Common Name / Family Name
Abies amabilis / Pacific silver fir / Pinaceae
Alnus rubra / Red alder / Betulaceae
Anaphalis margaritacea / Pearly everlasting / Asteraceae
Arnica latifolia / Mountain arnica / Asteraceae
Arnica sp. / Arnica / Asteraceae
Aruncus sylvester / Goatsbeard / Rosaceae
Blechnum spicant / Deer fern / Polypodiaceae
Caltha biflora / White marshmarigold / Ranunculaceae
Carex aquatilis / Water sedge / Cyperaceae
Carex athrostachya / Slender-beak sedge / Cyperaceae
Carex canescens / Silvery sedge / Cyperaceae
Carex echinata / Muricate sedge / Cyperaceae
Carex luzulina / Woodrush sedge / Cyperaceae
Carex magellanica / Boreal bog sedge / Cyperaceae
Carex mertensii / Merten's sedge / Cyperaceae
Carex pachystachya / Pachystachy sedge / Cyperaceae
Carex spectabilis / Showy sedge / Cyperaceae
Clintonia uniflora / Queen's cup / Liliaceae
Cornus canadensis / Bunchberry / Cornaceae
Epilobium alpinum / Alpine willow-herb / Onagraceae
Epilobium angustifolium / Fireweed / Onagraceae
Equisetum hyemale / Scouring rush / Equisetaceae
Erigeron sp. / Fleabane / Asteraceae
Eriophorum polystachion / Narrow-leaved cottongrass / Cyperaceae
Fauria crista-galli / Deer-cabbage / Menyanthaceae
Habenaria dilatata / White bog-orchid / Orchidaceae
Habenaria saccata / Slender bog-orchid / Orchidaceae
Hieracium albiflorum / White-flowered hawkweed / Asteraceae
Juncus ensifolius / Daggerleaf rush / Juncaceae
Kalmia microphylla / Alpine laurel / Ericaceae
Leptarrhena pyrolifolia / Leatherleaf saxifrage / Saxifragaceae
Lilium columbianum / Tiger lily / Liliaceae
Lycopodium clavatum / Running clubmoss / Lycopodiaceae
Lysichiton americanus / Skunk cabbage / Araceae
Maianthemum dilatatum / False lily-of-the-valley / Liliaceae
Menyanthes trifoliata / Buckbean / Menyanthaceae
Menziesia ferruginea / Fool's huckleberry / Ericaceae
Nuphar polysepala / Pond lily / Nymphaeaceae
Pedicularis groenlandica / Elephant's head / Scrophulariaceae
Phyllodoce empetriformis / Red mountain heather / Ericaceae
Pinus monticola / Western white pine / Pinaceae
Polystichum munitum / Sword fern / Polypodiaceae
Potentilla sp. / Cinquefoil / Rosaceae
Pseudotsuga menziesii / Douglas fir / Pinaceae
Rhamnus purshiana / Cascara / Rhamnaceae
Rubus pedatus / Strawberry bramble / Rosaceae
Rubus spectabilis / Salmonberry / Rosaceae
Salix lasiandra / Pacific willow / Salicaceae
Salix sp. / Willow / Salicaceae
Saxifraga ferruginea / Rusty saxifrage / Saxifragaceae
Senecio triangularis / Arrowleaf groundsel / Asteraceae
Sorbus sitchensis / Sitka mountain-ash / Rosaceae
Spiraea densiflora / Rosy spirea / Rosaceae
Streptopus sp. / Twited-stalk / Liliaceae
Tellima grandiflora / Fringecup / Saxifragaceae
Tiarella trifoliata / Foamflower / Saxifragaceae
Tofieldia glutinosa / Bog lily / Liliaceae
Trientalis latifolia / Broadleaved starflower / Primulaceae
Trillium ovatum / White trillium / Liliaceae
Tsuga mertensiana / Mountain hemlock / Pinaceae
Vaccinium parvifolium / Red huckleberry / Ericaceae
Vaccinium sp. / Blueberry / Ericaceae
Valeriana sitchensis / Sitka valerian / Valerianaceae
Veratrum viride / Green false hellebore / Liliaceae
Cumberland Gap, Skagit County, Washington.
WNPS plant lists.
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