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	Daggerleaf Rush *Juncus ensifolius* Height: Can grow up to 2 feet (60 cm) tall. Leaves deciduous.
	Davidson's Penstemon *Penstemon davidsonii* Low mat-forming perennial with small evergreen leaves and large blue-purple tubular flowers. Height: 2-4 inches (5-10 cm) tall. Leaves evergreen.
	Deer Fern *Blechnum spicant* Dark green fern leaves grow in tufts from short, stout rhizomes. Height: Up to 40 inches (1 meter) tall. Leaves evergreen.
	Devil's Club *Oplopanax horridus* An erect to sprawling shrub with thick, spiny, crooked stems and very large leaves. Height: Up to 10 feet (3 meters). Leaves deciduous.
	Douglas Aster *Aster subspicatus* Rhizomatous perennial wildflower with much-branched stems and light purple aster-like flower heads. Height: Grows up to 32 inches (80 cm). Leaves deciduous.
	Douglas fir *Pseudotsuga menziesii* Large coniferous tree with thick, fluted bark. Height: Up to 300 feet (90 meters). Leaves evergreen.
	Douglas' Spirea *Spiraea douglasii* Leaves deciduous.
	Dull Oregon Grape *Mahonia nervosa* Low-growing creeping shrub with dark green holly-like leaves and slender spikes of yellow flowers. Height: Up to 2 feet (60 cm) tall. Leaves evergreen.
	Early-blue Violet *Viola adunca* A blue flowered violet that grows from slender rhizomes and is stemless in the early season, later grow upright stem. Height: Up to 4 inches (10 cm). Leaves deciduous.
	Entire-leaved Gumweed *Grindelia integrifolia* Seaside perennial with sticky heads of yellow flowers. Height: Can grow up to 32 inches (80 cm) in height. Leaves deciduous.
	Evergreen huckleberry *Vaccinium ovatum* Bushy shrub with small shiny green evergreen leaves and small clusters of pink bell-shaped flowers. Height: Up to 4 meters (13 ft) tall. Leaves evergreen.
	Evergreen Violet *Viola sempervirens* A creeping violet with evergreen leaves and yellow flowers. Leaves evergreen.
	False Lily-of-the-Valley *Maianthemum dilatatum* Quickly spreading ground cover with attractive glossy green leaves. Height: Up to 12 inches (30 cm) tall. Leaves deciduous.
	False Solomon's Seal *Smilacina racemosa* Leaves deciduous.
	Farewell to Spring *Clarkia amoena* A taprooted annual with large showy, usually pink flowers; often grown horticulturally. Height: 4 inches to 3 feet (10-100 cm). Leaves deciduous.
	Fendler's Waterleaf *Hydrophyllum fendleri* Leaves deciduous.
	Field Chickweed *Cerastium arvense* Leaves deciduous.
	Field Horsetail *Equisetum arvense* Succulent, hollow, jointed stems with whorls of branches. Height: 6-24 inches (15-60 cm). Leaves evergreen.
	Field Mint *Mentha arvensis* A wild mint with small groups of light purple flowers in the leaf axils. Leaves deciduous.
	Fireweed *Epilobium angustifolium* Tall perennial from rhizome like roots with unbranched stem and terminal spikes of large red to pink flowers. Height: Up to 10 feet (3 meters), but usually shorter than 6 feet (2 meters). Leaves deciduous.
	Foamflower *Tiarella trifoliata* Herb with erect or ascending stems and spikes of dainty white flowers. Height: 2 feet (60 cm). Leaves deciduous.
	Fool's Onion, White Brodiaea *Brodiaea hyacinthina* Onion-like plant from an underground corm, with large clusters of white flowers at tip of stems. Height: 10-30 inches (25-70 cm). Leaves deciduous.
	Fox Sedge *Carex vulpinoidea* Leaves deciduous.
	Fringecup *Tellima grandiflora* Leaves deciduous.

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