Vascular Plant List

Rugged Ridge

Rugged Ridge. Clallam County, WA. List covers plants found on Rugged Ridge, located between the Sitkum and Calawah Rivers about 15 miles east of Forks. List by Nelsa Buckingham, May 1990. 148 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.

* - Introduced
Scientific Name / Common Name / Family Name
Abies amabilis / Pacific silver fir / Pinaceae
Achlys californica / Deer-foot / Berberidaceae
Achlys triphylla / Vanilla leaf / Berberidaceae
Actaea rubra / Baneberry / Ranunculaceae
Adiantum pedatum / Maidenhair fern / Polypodiaceae
Agrostis tenuis* / Colonial bentgrass / Poaceae
Agrostis thurberiana / Thurber bentgrass / Poaceae
Alnus rubra / Red alder / Betulaceae
Alnus sinuata / Sitka alder / Betulaceae
Anaphalis margaritacea / Pearly everlasting / Asteraceae
Anthoxanthum odoratum* / Sweet vernalgrass / Poaceae
Aquilegia formosa / Red columbine / Ranunculaceae
Aruncus sylvester / Goatsbeard / Rosaceae
Athyrium filix-femina / Lady fern / Polypodiaceae
Berberis nervosa / Cascade Oregongrape / Berberidaceae
Blechnum spicant / Deer fern / Polypodiaceae
Boykinia major / Sierra boykinia / Saxifragaceae
Bromus inermis* / Smooth brome / Poaceae
Calamagrostis canadensis / Bluejoint / Poaceae
Caltha biflora / White marshmarigold / Ranunculaceae
Cardamine oligosperma / Little Western bittercress / Brassicaceae
Carex deweyana / Dewey's sedge / Cyperaceae
Carex laeviculmis / Smooth-stemmed sedge / Cyperaceae
Carex lenticularis / Lenticular sedge / Cyperaceae
Carex mertensii / Merten's sedge / Cyperaceae
Carex pachystachya / Pachystachy sedge / Cyperaceae
Carex spectabilis / Showy sedge / Cyperaceae
Cerastium viscosum* / Sticky chickweed / Caryophyllaceae
Chamaecyparis nookatensis / Alaska cedar / Cupressaceae
Chrysanthemum leucanthemum* / Ox-eye daisy / Asteraceae
Cirsium arvense* / Canada thistle / Asteraceae
Cirsium edule / Horse thistle / Asteraceae
Cirsium vulgare* / Bull thistle / Asteraceae
Clintonia uniflora / Queen's cup / Liliaceae
Corallorhiza maculata / Spotted coral-root / Orchidaceae
Cornus canadensis / Bunchberry / Cornaceae
Corydalis scouleri / Western corydalis / Fumariaceae
Dactylis glomerata* / Orchard grass / Poaceae
Delphinium glaucum / Pale larkspur / Ranunculaceae
Dicentra formosa / Bleeding heart / Fumariaceae
Digitalis purpurea* / Foxglove / Scrophulariaceae
Disporum smithii / Smith fairy-bell / Liliaceae
Dryopteris expansa / Spreading wood-fern / Polypodiaceae
Elymus hirsutus / Hairy ryegrass / Poaceae
Epilobium alpinum / Alpine willow-herb / Onagraceae
Epilobium angustifolium / Fireweed / Onagraceae
Epilobium minutum / Small-flowered willow-herb / Onagraceae
Epilobium watsonii / Watson's willow-herb / Onagraceae
Equisetum telmateia / Giant horsetail / Equisetaceae
Erythronium montanum / Avalanche lily / Liliaceae
Festuca idahoensis / Blue bunchgrass / Poaceae
Festuca rubra / Red fescue / Poaceae
Galium triflorum / Fragrant bedstraw / Rubiaceae
Gaultheria ovatifolia / Slender wintergreen / Ericaceae
Gaultheria shallon / Salal / Ericaceae
Geum macrophyllum / Large-leaved avens / Rosaceae
Goodyera oblongifolia / Rattlesnake-plantain / Orchidaceae
Gymnocarpium dryopteris / Oak fern / Polypodiaceae
Habenaria saccata / Slender bog-orchid / Orchidaceae
Heracleum lanatum / Cow parsnip / Apiaceae
Hieracium albiflorum / White-flowered hawkweed / Asteraceae
Holcus lanatus* / Common velvet grass / Poaceae
Hydrophyllum tenuipes / Pacific waterleaf / Hydrophyllaceae
Hypochaeris radicata* / Hairy cat's-ear / Asteraceae
Hypopites monotropa / Many-flowered indian pipe / Ericaceae
Juncus mertensianus / Merten's rush / Juncaceae
Juncus tenuis / Slender rush / Juncaceae
Lactuca muralis* / Wall lettuce / Asteraceae
Linnaea borealis / Twinflower / Caprifoliaceae
Listera caurina / Northwestern twayblade / Orchidaceae
Listera cordata / Heart-leaved twayblade / Orchidaceae
Lupinus latifolius / Broad-leaf lupine / Fabaceae
Luzula parviflora / Small-flowered woodrush / Juncaceae
Lycopodium clavatum / Running clubmoss / Lycopodiaceae
Maianthemum dilatatum / False lily-of-the-valley / Liliaceae
Menziesia ferruginea / Fool's huckleberry / Ericaceae
Mimulus guttatus / Common monkey-flower / Scrophulariaceae
Mitella breweri / Brewer's mitrewort / Saxifragaceae
Mitella ovalis / Coastal mitrewort / Saxifragaceae
Mitella pentandra / Alpine mitrewort / Saxifragaceae
Moneses uniflora / Woodnymph / Ericaceae
Monotropa uniflora / Single-flowered indian pipe / Ericaceae
Montia cordifolia / Broad-leafed montia / Portulacaceae
Montia parvifolia / Streambank spring beauty / Portulacaceae
Montia sibirica / Candyflower / Portulacaceae
Oplopanax horridum / Devil's club / Araliaceae
Osmorhiza purpurea / Purple sweet-cicely / Apiaceae
Oxalis oregana / Oregon wood-sorrel / Oxalidaceae
Petasites frigidus / Sweet coltsfoot / Asteraceae
Picea sitchensis / Sitka spruce / Pinaceae
Pinus monticola / Western white pine / Pinaceae
Plantago lanceolata* / English plantain / Plantaginaceae
Pleuropogon refractus / Nodding semaphore-grass / Poaceae
Poa marcida / Withered bluegrass / Poaceae
Poa sp. / Bluegrass / Poaceae
Polygonum bistortoides / Mountain bistort / Polygonaceae
Polystichum munitum / Sword fern / Polypodiaceae
Populus trichocarpa / Black cottonwood / Salicaceae
Prenanthes alata / Western rattlesnake-root / Asteraceae
Prunella vulgaris / Self-heal / Lamiaceae
Pseudotsuga menziesii / Douglas fir / Pinaceae
Pteridium aquilinum / Bracken / Polypodiaceae
Pyrola picta / White-veined wintergreen / Ericaceae
Pyrola secunda / One-sided wintergreen / Ericaceae
Ranunculus repens* / Creeping buttercup / Ranunculaceae
Ranunculus uncinatus / Little buttercup / Ranunculaceae
Ribes bracteosum / Stink currant / Grossulariaceae
Rubus parviflorus / Thimbleberry / Rosaceae
Rubus pedatus / Strawberry bramble / Rosaceae
Rubus spectabilis / Salmonberry / Rosaceae
Rubus ursinus / Wild blackberry / Rosaceae
Rumex acetosella* / Sheep sorrel / Polygonaceae
Rumex tenuifolius* / Slender-leaved dock / Polygonaceae
Salix scouleriana / Scouler willow / Salicaceae
Salix sitchensis / Sitka willow / Salicaceae
Sambucus racemosa / Red elderberry / Caprifoliaceae
Saxifraga ferruginea / Rusty saxifrage / Saxifragaceae
Saxifraga punctata / Dotted saxifrage / Saxifragaceae
Senecio triangularis / Arrowleaf groundsel / Asteraceae
Senecio vulgaris* / Common groundsel / Asteraceae
Smilacina racemosa / False Solomon's seal / Liliaceae
Smilacina stellata / Star-flowered Solomon's seal / Liliaceae
Sorbus sitchensis / Sitka mountain-ash / Rosaceae
Stellaria calycantha / Northern starwort / Caryophyllaceae
Stellaria crispa / Crisped starwort / Caryophyllaceae
Streptopus amplexifolius / Clasping-leaved twisted-stalk / Liliaceae
Streptopus roseus / Rosy twisted-stalk / Liliaceae
Streptopus streptopoides / Kruhsea / Liliaceae
Thuja plicata / Western red cedar / Cupressaceae
Tiarella trifoliata / Foamflower / Saxifragaceae
Tolmiea menziesii / Youth-on-age / Saxifragaceae
Trautvetteria caroliniensis / False bugbane / Ranunculaceae
Trifolium hybridum* / Alsike clover / Fabaceae
Trifolium repens* / White clover / Fabaceae
Trillium ovatum / White trillium / Liliaceae
Trisetum cernuum / Nodding trisetum / Poaceae
Tsuga heterophylla / Western hemlock / Pinaceae
Tsuga mertensiana / Mountain hemlock / Pinaceae
Vaccinium alaskense / Alaska blueberry / Ericaceae
Vaccinium ovalifolium / Oval-leafed huckleberry / Ericaceae
Vaccinium parvifolium / Red huckleberry / Ericaceae
Valeriana sitchensis / Sitka valerian / Valerianaceae
Veratrum viride / Green false hellebore / Liliaceae
Veronica americana / American brooklime / Scrophulariaceae
Veronica wormskjoldii / Alpine speedwell / Scrophulariaceae
Viola glabella / Stream violet / Violaceae
Viola palustris / Marsh violet / Violaceae
Viola sempervirens / Evergreen violet / Violaceae

WNPS Plant Lists

Rugged Ridge, Clallam County, Washington

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