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	Vanilla Leaf *Achlys triphylla* Grows low to the ground, spreading by rhizomes to form dense ground cover in shady areas. Height: To 12 inches (30 cm) tall. Leaves deciduous.
	Vine Maple *Acer circinatum* Tall, erect, multi-trunked shrub or small tree with sprawling branches. Height: 13-26 feet (4-8 meters) Leaves deciduous.
	Wapato, Arrowhead *Sagittaria latifolia* Tall semi-aquatic perennial of marshes or lake margins, with large arrowhead shaped leaves and small white flowers. Height: 3 feet (90 cm). Leaves deciduous.
	Water-parsnip *Sium suave* Leaves deciduous.
	Watson's Willowherb *Epilobium watsonii* Erect herbaceous perennial with opposite leaves. Height: Up to 5 feet (150 cm). Leaves evergreen.
	Western Buttercup *Ranunculus occidentalis* Slender perennial herb with fibrous roots and yellow flowers. Height: Up to 2 feet (60 cm). Leaves deciduous.
	Western Flowering Dogwood *Cornus nuttallii* Multi-branched, irregular trees with attractive large white "flowers". Height: Up to 65 feet (20 meters) tall. Leaves deciduous.
	Western hemlock *Tsuga heterophylla* Leaves evergreen.
	Western Larch *Larix occidentalis* Leaves deciduous.
	Western Red Cedar *Thuja plicata* Large conifer with branches that droop and then turn back up (J-shaped), broad crowns. Height: 100-230 feet (30-70 meters). Leaves evergreen.
	Western Trillium *Trillium ovatum* Short stout stems topped with a whorl of three leaves and a single large white flower. Height: 12-18 inches (30-45 cm). Leaves deciduous.
	Western Yew *Taxus brevifolia* Low-growing conifer with deep red-brown bark, flattened sprays of needles, and red berry-like cones. Leaves evergreen.
	White Fawn Lily *Erythronium oregonum* Showy white lily from segmented corm. Height: Flower stem up to 1 feet (30 cm) tall. Leaves deciduous.
	White Rein-Orchid, Bog Candle *Platanthera dilatata* Perennial orchid with spikes of white flowers from tuber-like roots. Height: Up to 28 inches (70 cm). Leaves deciduous.
	Wild Ginger *Asarum caudatum* Low-growing evergreen perennial that smells strongly of lemon-ginger when crushed. Height: Can grow up to 8 inches (20 cm) tall. Leaves deciduous.
	Wild strawberry *Fragaria virginiana* Low growing wild strawberry with runners, white flowers, and small red strawberries. Height: Up to 10 inches (25 cm). Leaves deciduous.
	Wood Sorrel *Oxalis oregana* A delicate herb with clover-like leaves and white to pink flowers, forming carpets in forested areas. Leaves deciduous.
	Woodland Penstemon *Nothochelone nemorosa* Leaves deciduous.
	Woodland strawberry *Fragaria vesca* A wild strawberry with thin leaves, low, short runners, white flowers, and small red strawberries. Height: Up to 10 inches (25 cm). Leaves deciduous.
	Woolly Sunflower *Eriophyllum lanatum* Wooly leafy perennial with yellow daisy-like flowers. Height: Up to 2 feet (60 cm). Leaves deciduous.
	Yarrow *Achillea millefolium* Aromatic herb with delicate fern-like leaves and flat-topped clusters of white flowers. Height: 4 inches to 3 feet (10-100 cm). Leaves deciduous.
	yellow marsh marigold *Caltha palustris* Large yellow flowers top this creeping, perennial, semi-aquatic herb. Height: Up to 16 inches (40 cm). Leaves deciduous.
	Yellow Monkey-flower *Mimulus guttatus* Large yellow tubular flowers top this deciduous-leaved wetland perennial. Leaves deciduous.
	Yellow Pond-Lily *Nuphar luteum ssp. polysepalum* An aquatic water lily with large, round, floating leaves and fleshy, yellow flowers held at the water surface. Leaves deciduous.
	Yellow Wood Violet *Viola glabella* An attractive yellow-flowered violet of moist open woodlands. Leaves deciduous.

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