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	Salal *Gaultheria shallon* Creeping to erect shrub with hairy branching stems and dark leathery leaves. Height: Up to 16 feet (5 meters) in exceptional cases but typically 3-7 feet (1-2 m) tall. Leaves evergreen.
	Salmonberry *Rubus spectabilis* Erect and branching shrub with early spring pink flowers and reddish-orange raspberry-like fruits. Height: Up to 13 feet (4 meters). Leaves deciduous.
	Satin Flower, Grass Widow *Olsynium douglasii* Showy tufted perennial resembling a miniature iris topped with large pink to purple flowers. Height: Up to 12 inches (30 cm). Leaves deciduous.
	Sawbeak Sedge *Carex stipata* Leaves deciduous.
	Sea Blush *Plectritis congesta* Delicate annual herb with large dense clusters of small pink flowers. Height: Up to 2 feet (60 cm). Leaves deciduous.
	Sea-thrift. *Armeria maritima* Round balls of pink flowers held on slender leafless stems above a cluster of grass-like leaves. Height: Up to 18 inches (45 cm). Leaves deciduous.
	Seacoast Bulrush *Scirpus maritimus* Leaves deciduous.
	Self Heal *Prunella vulgaris ssp. lanceolata* Fibrous-rooted perennial from short rhizome or stem-base with small purple flowers. Height: Up to 20 inches (50 cm). Leaves deciduous.
	Serviceberry, Saskatoon *Amelanchier alnifolia* Medium-sized shrub producing fragrant white flowers in late spring. Height: Up to 15 feet (4.5 meters). Leaves deciduous.
	Shore Pine *Pinus contorta* Short pine tree, often with crooked trunk and bushy habit. Height: Up to 100 feet (30 meters). Leaves evergreen.
	Showy Jacob's-ladder *Polemonium pulcherrimum* Taprooted perennial with mostly basal leaves and blue bell-shaped flowers. Height: Up to 14 inches (35 cm). Leaves deciduous.
	Siberian Spring Beauty *Claytonia sibirica* Low-growing delicate herb. Height: Up to 16 inches (40 cm). Leaves deciduous.
	Silverweed *Potentilla anserina ssp. pacifica* Low growing hairy herb with runners and solitary yellow flowers. Height: Up to 16 inches (40 cm). Leaves deciduous.
	Sitka spruce *Picea sitchensis* Large tree with horizontal branches and drooping branchlets Height: Up to 200 feet (60 meters) tall. Leaves evergreen.
	Sitka Willow *Salix sitchensis* Leaves deciduous.
	Sitka-Mountain Ash *Sorbus sitchensis* Leaves deciduous.
	Skunk Cabbage *Lysichiton americanum* A wetland plant with very large waxy erect leaves and yellow flower spikes enclosed in a large yellow sheath. Height: 1-5 feet (30-150 cm). Leaves deciduous.
	Slender Boykinia *Boykinia occidentalis* A slender herb with open panicles of small white flowers. Height: Up to 24 inches (60 cm). Leaves deciduous.
	Slender Rush *Juncus tenuis* Leaves deciduous.
	Slough Sedge *Carex obnupta* Large grass-like plant creating thick patches in coastal wetlands. Height: 1-5 feet (30-150 cm). Leaves deciduous.
	Small Bedstraw *Galium trifidum* Sprawling perennial with numerous stems from slender rhizomes. Height: up to 28 inches (70 cm). Leaves evergreen.
	Small-flowered Alumroot *Heuchera micrantha* Grows from rhizomes with one to many flower stems that are reddish and covered with fine hairs and topped with delicate panicles of tiny white flowers. Height: Up to 2 feet (60 cm). Leaves deciduous.
	Small-flowered Bulrush *Scirpus microcarpus* Leaves deciduous.
	Small-flowered Woodland Star *Lithophragma parviflorum* Delicate herb from slender rhizomes with numerous small bulblets; white star-shaped flowers. Height: 2-16 inches (10-40 cm). Leaves deciduous.
	Snowberry *Symphoricarpos albus* Erect shrub with attractive white berries that persist through the winter. Height: Up to 6.5 feet (2 meters). Leaves deciduous.
	Snowbrush *Ceanothus velutinus* A tall shrub with glossy leaves and clusters of white flowers. Height: Up to 10 feet (3 meters). Leaves evergreen.
	Softstem Bulrush *Schoenoplectus tabernaemontani* Leaves deciduous.
	Spanish-clover *Lotus purshiana* Leaves deciduous.
	Spiny Wood Fern *Dryopteris expansa* A semi-evergreen fern of woodland areas with triangular fronds from a stout rhizome. Height: To 3 feet (1 meter) tall. Leaves deciduous.
	Spreading Phlox *Phlox diffusa* Mat forming perennial with showy white to pink flowers. Height: Up to 4 inches (10 cm). Leaves deciduous.
	Spring Gold *Lomatium utriculatum* Perennial herb with finely lacey foliage and flat-topped umbels of bright yellow flowers. Leaves deciduous.
	Starflowered False Solomon's Seal *Smilacina stellata* Leaves deciduous.
	Stinging Nettle *Urtica dioica* Tall perennial herb with deciduous leaves covered in stinging hairs. Leaves deciduous.
	Subalpine Spirea *Spiraea densiflora* Low mound-forming shrub with rounded clusters of intense pink tiny flowers. Height: Up to 3 feet (1 meter) tall. Leaves deciduous.
	Swamp Rose *Rosa pisocarpa* Thicket forming shrub with spiny stems and clusters of pink rose flowers. Leaves deciduous.
	Sweet Gale *Myrica gale* Leaves deciduous.
	Sword Fern *Polystichum munitum* A large attractive fern with erect evergreen fronds forming a circular crown. Height: 3-5 feet (1-1.5 meters). Leaves evergreen.
	Tall Annual Willowherb *Epilobium brachycarpum* Taprooted annual of dry, gravelly or disturbed sites. Height: 1-4 feet (30-120 cm) tall. Leaves deciduous.
	Tall Mannagrass, Fowl Mannagrass *Glyceria elata* Tall wetland grass. Height: Up to 5 feet (1.5 meters). Leaves deciduous.
	Tall Oregon Grape *Mahonia aquifolium* Erect, stiff-branched shrub with holly-like leaves and clusters of yellow flowers. Height: 2.5 - 6.5 feet (0.8 meters - 2 meters). Leaves evergreen.
	Taper-Tip Onion *Allium acuminatum* This native wild onion has grass-like basal leaves overtopped by umbels of purple flowers, and egg-shaped bulbs containing a fibrous network on the surface. Height: Up to 12 inches (30 cm). Leaves deciduous.
	Tapertip Rush *Juncus acuminatus* Tufted perennial grass-like plant. Height: Up to 32 inches (80 cm). Leaves deciduous.
	Thick-head Sedge *Carex pachystachya* Leaves evergreen.
	Thimbleberry *Rubus parviflorus* Unarmed spreading shrub with large white flowers. Usually forms dense thickets. Height: Up to 10 feet (3 meters). Leaves deciduous.
	Tiger Lily *Lilium columbianum* Leaves deciduous.
	Trailing Blackberry *Rubus ursinus* Trailing prickly vine producing small blackberries in late summer. Height: 20 inches (50 cm). Leaves deciduous.
	Tufted Hairgrass *Deschampsia cespitosa* Densely tufted perennial grass. Height: Up to 4 feet (120 cm) tall. Leaves deciduous.
	Twinberry *Lonicera involucrata* Tall shrub with opposite leaves and pairs of small yellow flowers in leaf axils. Height: Up to 10 feet (3 meters tall). Leaves deciduous.
	Twinflower *Linnaea borealis* Trailing, slender, semi-woody, with short erect leafy stems and dainty bell-shaped flowers. Height: 4 inches (10 cm). Leaves evergreen.

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