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	Garry Oak *Quercus garryana* Beautiful, deciduous, heavy limbed oak tree. Height: Up to 82 feet (25 meters). Leaves deciduous.
	Giant Horsetail *Equisetum telmatiea* More robust and larger than common horsetail. Sheaths around its sterile stems have 14-18 teeth. Height: 3-7.5 (10) feet tall; 1-2.3 (3) meters tall. Leaves deciduous.
	Globe Gilia *Gilia capitata* Upright taprooted annual with large ball-like heads of blue flowers. Height: Up to 3 feet (1 meter). Leaves deciduous.
	Goat's Beard *Aruncus dioicus* Tall perennial herb topped with large feathery clusters of white flowers, grows from rhizomes and has multiple stems. Height: Can grow up to 6.5 feet (2 meters) tall. Leaves deciduous.
	Golden-eyed Grass *Sisyrinchium californicum* A small iris-like plant with yellow flowers. Height: 16 inches (40 cm). Leaves deciduous.
	Graceful Cinquefoil *Potentilla gracilis* Light green herb with toothed palmate leaves and diffuse panicles of yellow, saucer-shaped flowers. Height: Up to 32 inches (80 cm). Leaves deciduous.
	Grand Fir *Abies grandis* Abies grandis is a tall, straight tree with short, dense branches. Height: 130-260 feet (40-80 meters). Leaves evergreen.
	Great Camas *Camassia leitchlinii* Stately perennial from a deep bulb, producing spikes of large blue flowers in early spring. Height: Up to 28 inches (70 cm). Leaves deciduous.
	Great Northern Aster *Aster modestus* A tall, much-branched perennial with numerous heads of purplish flowers. Height: Grows up to 40 inches (100 cm). Leaves deciduous.
	Grey Sedge *Carex canescens* Leaves deciduous.
	Hairy Honeysuckle *Lonicera hispidula* Clamboring vine with clusters of light purple tubular flowers. Height: Up to 33 feet (10 meters) in trees. Leaves deciduous.
	Harebell *Campanula rotundifolia* Delicate stems topped by large, nodding bell-shaped blue flowers. Height: 4-32 inches (10-80 cm). Leaves deciduous.
	Harvest Lily *Brodiaea congesta* Long slender stems to 3 feet (1 meter) in length topped by a dense cluster of deep purple flowers. Height: Up to 3 feet (1 meter) tall. Leaves deciduous.
	Henderson's Shooting Star *Dodecatheon hendersonii* Leafless stems topped with nodding star-shaped pink flowers. This is our only shooting star with oval leaves. Height: Up to 1.5 feet (50 cm). Leaves deciduous.
	High Bush Cranberry *Viburnum edule* Shrub with bright red berries and brilliant fall foliage. Height: 3-9 feet (1-3 meters) tall. Leaves deciduous.
	Hooker's Fairybells *Disporum hookeri* Rhizomatous perennial with sparsely branched stems and irregularly curled leaves with hanging white flowers beneath the upper leaves. Height: Up to 3 feet (1 meters). Leaves deciduous.
	Indian Plum, Osoberry *Oemleria cerasiformis* Deciduous shrub producing clusters of white flowers in very early spring. One of the earliest plants to bloom. Height: 16.5 feet (5 meters). Leaves deciduous.
	Inside-out Flower *Vancouveria hexandra* Rhizomatous perennial with small white flowers and delicate leaves. Height: 16 inches (40 cm). Leaves deciduous.

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