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	*Mahonia aquifolium* Tall Oregon Grape 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.
	*Mahonia nervosa* Dull Oregon Grape 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.
	*Maianthemum dilatatum* False Lily-of-the-Valley Quickly spreading ground cover with attractive glossy green leaves. Height: Up to 12 inches (30 cm) tall. Leaves deciduous.
	*Malus fusca* Pacific Crabapple Small tree, slender in form, appears thorny; bushy in the open. Height: 16.5-40 feet (5-12 meters). Leaves deciduous.
	*Mentha arvensis* Field Mint A wild mint with small groups of light purple flowers in the leaf axils. Leaves deciduous.
	*Menyanthes trifoliata* Buckbean White, curly-haired flowers and large trifoliate leaves decorate this patch-forming plant found in shallow water. Leaves deciduous.
	*Mimulus guttatus* Yellow Monkey-flower Large yellow tubular flowers top this deciduous-leaved wetland perennial. Leaves deciduous.
	*Mimulus lewisii* Pink Monkey-flower A clump forming perennial with large pinkish-red flowers. Leaves deciduous.
	*Myrica californica* Pacific Wax Myrtle Tall shrub with small evergreen leaves. Height: Up to 15 feet (5 meters) tall. Leaves evergreen.
	*Myrica gale* Sweet Gale Leaves deciduous.
	*Nothochelone nemorosa* Woodland Penstemon Leaves deciduous.
	*Nuphar luteum ssp. polysepalum* Yellow Pond-Lily An aquatic water lily with large, round, floating leaves and fleshy, yellow flowers held at the water surface. Leaves deciduous.
	*Oemleria cerasiformis* Indian Plum, Osoberry 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.
	*Oenanthe sarmentosa* Pacific Water Parsley Semi-aquatic, often reclining or scrambling herb, with stem tips ascending or curled and small flat-topped clusters of white flowers. Height: Up to 40 inches (1 meter). Leaves deciduous.
	*Olsynium douglasii* Satin Flower, Grass Widow Showy tufted perennial resembling a miniature iris topped with large pink to purple flowers. Height: Up to 12 inches (30 cm). Leaves deciduous.
	*Oplopanax horridus* Devil's Club An erect to sprawling shrub with thick, spiny, crooked stems and very large leaves. Height: Up to 10 feet (3 meters). Leaves deciduous.
	*Oxalis oregana* Wood Sorrel A delicate herb with clover-like leaves and white to pink flowers, forming carpets in forested areas. Leaves deciduous.

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