Custom Species Lists
Puget Sound is host to a diverse array of plants and plant associations – communities of plants that tend to occur together. This list of plants in the Puget Trough comes from the Washington Department of Natural Resources National Heritage Program. The DNR is responsible for protecting over 60,000 acres in the Puget Sound region. The Puget Trough ecoregion runs the length of the state and includes the foothills of the Cascade and Olympic mountains, as well as many rivers and streams draining into the Sound.
Plants and lichens of Puget Trough
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Few-flower Sedge
(Carex pauciflora) -
Fibrous Pondweed
(Potamogeton foliosus ssp. fibrillosus) -
Fireweed
(Chamerion angustifolium) -
Flatleaf Bladderwort
(Utricularia intermedia) -
Flavoparmelia Lichen
(Flavoparmelia caperata) -
Fleshy Jaumea
(Jaumea carnosa) -
Floating Pondweed
(Potamogeton natans) -
Geyer's Sedge
(Carex geyeri) -
Giant Chainfern
(Woodwardia fimbriata) -
Giant Shield Lichen
(Cetrelia cetrarioides) -
Glaucous Gentian
(Gentiana glauca) -
Golden Chinquapin
(Chrysolepis chrysophylla var. chrysophylla) -
Golden Draba
(Draba aurea) -
Golden Paintbrush
(Castilleja levisecta) -
Grand Fir
(Abies grandis) -
Great Polemonium
(Polemonium carneum) -
Green Alder
(Alnus viridis) -
Greenland Cochlearia
(Cochlearia groenlandica) -
Hall's Aster
(Symphyotrichum hallii) -
Hardstem Bulrush
(Schoenoplectus acutus) -
Hoary Draba
(Draba cana) -
Hooker's Willow
(Salix hookeriana) -
Humped Bladderwort
(Utricularia gibba) -
Hydrothyria Lichen
(Peltigera hydrothyria) -
Indian Rice
(Fritillaria camschatcensis) -
Indian's-dream
(Aspidotis densa) -
Inland Sedge
(Carex interior) -
Kidneyleaf White Violet
(Viola renifolia) -
Lace Foamflower
(Tiarella trifoliata) -
Lamb's Navel Lichen
(Umbilicaria lambii) -
Lance-pod Whitlow-grass
(Draba lonchocarpa var. vestita) -
Lanceleaf Springbeauty
(Claytonia multiscapa ssp. pacifica) -
Larger Canadian St. John's-wort
(Hypericum majus) -
Least Bladdery Milkvetch
(Astragalus microcystis) -
Leichtlin's Camassia
(Camassia leichtlinii) -
Lesser Bladderwort
(Utricularia minor) -
Lesser Duckweed
(Lemna minor) -
Livid Sedge
(Carex livida) -
Lodgepole Pine
(Pinus contorta) -
Lodgepole Pine
(Pinus contorta var. contorta) -
Loesel's Twayblade
(Liparis loeselii) -
Long-stalked Draba
(Draba longipes) -
Long-stolon Sedge
(Carex inops) -
Long-styled Sedge
(Carex stylosa) -
Longleaf Oregon-grape
(Mahonia nervosa) -
Luminous Moss
(Schistostega pennata) -
Lung Lichen
(Lobaria linita) -
Lyngbye's Sedge
(Carex lyngbyei) -
Maritime Reindeer Lichen
(Cladina portentosa ssp. pacifica) -
Marsh Sandwort
(Arenaria paludicola) -
Marsh Valerian
(Valeriana sitchensis) -
Mock Azalea
(Menziesia ferruginea) -
Modest Whipple-vine
(Whipplea modesta) -
Mount Rainier Lousewort
(Pedicularis rainierensis) -
Mountain Buttercup
(Ranunculus populago) -
Mountain Fescue
(Festuca viridula) -
Mountain Hemlock
(Tsuga mertensiana) -
Mouse-ear Chickweed
(Cerastium arvense) -
Nail Lichen
(Pilophorus nigricaulis) -
Narrowleaf Bur-reed
(Sparganium angustifolium) -
Navel Lichen
(Umbilicaria decussata) -
Needle Lichen
(Chaenotheca chrysocephala) -
Niebla Lichen
(Niebla cephalota) -
Noble Fir
(Abies procera) -
Northern Adder's-tongue
(Ophioglossum pusillum) -
Northern Grass-of-parnassus
(Parnassia palustris var. neogaea) -
Northern Microseris
(Microseris borealis) -
Northern Oak Fern
(Gymnocarpium dryopteris) -
Northern Sweet Grass
(Hierochloe hirta) -
Northwestern Showy Sedge
(Carex spectabilis) -
Nuttall's Quillwort
(Isoetes nuttallii) -
Nuttall's Rockcress
(Arabis nuttallii) -
Obscure Indian-paintbrush
(Castilleja cryptantha) -
Oldgrowth Specklebelly Lichen
(Pseudocyphellaria rainierensis) -
Olympic Saxifrage
(Saxifraga tischii) -
Oregon Ash
(Fraxinus latifolia) -
Oregon False Goldenaster
(Heterotheca oregona var. oregona) -
Oregon Gumweed
(Grindelia stricta) -
Oregon Gumweed
(Grindelia stricta var. stricta) -
Oregon White Oak
(Quercus garryana) -
Oregon Yampah
(Perideridia oregana) -
Oval-leaf Huckleberry
(Vaccinium ovalifolium) -
Pacific Crabapple
(Malus fusca) -
Pacific Madrone
(Arbutus menziesii) -
Pacific Rhododendron
(Rhododendron macrophyllum) -
Pacific Silver Fir
(Abies amabilis) -
Pacific Willow
(Salix lucida ssp. lasiandra) -
Paper Birch
(Betula papyrifera) -
Pink Fawnlily
(Erythronium revolutum) -
Pink Mountain-heath
(Phyllodoce empetriformis) -
Pink Sand-verbena
(Abronia umbellata ssp. breviflora) -
Piper's Woodrush
(Luzula piperi) -
Ponderosa Pine
(Pinus ponderosa) -
Prairie Junegrass
(Koeleria macrantha) -
Protoparmelia Lichen
(Protoparmelia ochrococca) -
Pygmy Saxifrage
(Saxifraga hyperborea) -
Pygmy Water-lily
(Nymphaea tetragona) -
Ragged Lichen
(Platismatia lacunosa) -
Rainier Blueberry
(Vaccinium deliciosum) -
Red Alder
(Alnus rubra)
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Utilizing double quotes for exact terms can narrow your search results. Ex. A common name search of Northwestern Sedge matches 'Northwestern Sedge' and 'Northwestern Showy Sedge'. Typing "Northwestern Sedge" return only 'Northwestern Sedge'.
- Abarenicola claparedi - (Rough-skinned lugworm)
- Abarenicola pacifica - (Pacific lugworm)
- Abarenicola sp.
- Abies amabilis - (Pacific Silver Fir)
- Abies concolor - (White Fir)
- Abies grandis - (Grand Fir)
- Abies lasiocarpa - (Subalpine Fir)
- Abies lasiocarpa var. lasiocarpa - (Subalpine Fir)
- Abies procera - (Noble Fir)
- Abietinaria sp
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External links
- BirdWeb
- Burke Museum
- Native plant list (King County)
- Puget Sound Ecosystem Monitoring Program
- USGS: Nonindigenous Aquatic Species in Puget Sound
- Washington Herp Atlas
- Washington Invasive Species Council
- Washington Natural Heritage Program
- Washington Natural Heritage Program species lists
- World Register of Marine Species