Starflower Habitat Education Activities and Resources
Quick & Easy Habitat Education Activities
Educating Washington citizens about native plant habitats is important to WNPS. The materials that follow include hands-on activities for teachers and students, native plant identification cards useful for all, weed identification cards especially handy for individuals engaged in restoring habitats, and informational posters to alert others to the joys of native plants, as well as a helpful guide for those interested in establishing a native plant garden.
All the materials listed were developed by the Starflower Foundation whose mission was to assist with the creation, rehabilitation and stewardship of Pacific Northwest native plant communities.
Starflower Educational Materials
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Starflower Image Herbarium and Landscaping Pages
Over 200 species reports have been valuable and loved for over a decade by WNPS members and the PNW plant community. Untouched since 2007, these pages have been archived for your reference. They contain valuable identifiable traits, landscaping information, and ethnobotanical uses. The content has been compiled into several booklets, listed below.
Starflower Image Herbarium
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| pdf Coniferous Trees | Abies amabilis, Pacific Silver Fir, Abies grandis, Grand Fir, Larix occidentalis, Western Larch, Picea sitchensis, Sitka spruce, Pinus contorta, Shore Pine, Pseudotsuga menziesii, Douglas fir, Taxus brevifolia, Western Yew, Thuja plicata, Western Red Cedar, Tsuga heterophylla, Western hemlock, Tsuga mertensiana, Mountain Hemlock |
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| pdf Flowering Trees | Acer macrophyllum, Big-leaf Maple, Alnus rubra, Red Alder, Arbutus menziesii, Madrone, Betula papyrifera, Paper Birch, Cornus nuttallii, Western Flowering Dogwood, Fraxinus latifolia, Oregon Ash, Malus fusca, Pacific Crabapple, Populus balsamifera, Black Cottonwood, Populus tremuloides, Quaking Aspen, Prunus emarginata, Bitter Cherry, Quercus garryana, Garry Oak, Rhamnus purshiana, Cascara, Salix lucida, Pacific Willow |
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| pdf Evergreen Shrubs | Arctostaphylos uva-ursi, Kinnikinnick, Bearberry, Ceanothus velutinus, Snowbrush, Gaultheria shallon, Salal, Mahonia aquifolium, Tall Oregon Grape, Mahonia nervosa, Dull Oregon Grape, Myrica californica, Pacific Wax Myrtle, Penstemon davidsonii, Davidson's Penstemon, Penstemon fruticosus, Lowbush Penstemon, Rhododendron macrophyllum, Pacific Rhododendron, Vaccinium ovatum, Evergreen huckleberry |
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| pdf Deciduous Flowering Shrubs A-L | Acer circinatum, Vine Maple, Amelanchier alnifolia, Serviceberry, Saskatoon, Betula glandulosa, Bog Birch, Cornus stolonifera, Red-osier Dogwood, Corylus cornuta, Beaked Hazelnut, Crataegus douglasii, Black hawthorn, Holodiscus discolor, Oceanspray, Kalmia microphylla ssp. occidentalis, Bog Laurel, Ledum groenlandicum, Labrador Tea, Lonicera involucrata, Twinberry |
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| pdf Deciduous Flowering Shrubs M-Z | Nothochelone nemorosa, Woodland Penstemon, Oemleria cerasiformis, Indian Plum, Osoberry, Oplopanax horridus, Devil's Club, Penstemon fruticosus, Lowbush Penstemon, Philadelphus lewisii, Mock Orange, Physocarpus capitatus, Pacific Ninebark, Ribes lacustre, Black Gooseberry, Ribes sanguineum, Red Flowering Currant, Rosa gymnocarpa, Baldhip Rose, Rosa nutkana, Nootka Rose, Rosa pisocarpa, Swamp Rose, Rubus parviflorus, Thimbleberry, Rubus spectabilis, Salmonberry, Salix sitchensis, Sitka Willow, Salix piperi, Piper's Willow, Sambucus racemosa, Red Elderberry, Sorbus sitchensis, Sitka-Mountain Ash, Spiraea densiflora, Subalpine Spirea, Spiraea douglasii, Douglas' Spirea, Symphoricarpos albus, Snowberry, Vaccinium parvifolium, Red Huckleberry, Viburnum edule, High Bush Cranberry |
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| pdf Emergent Flowering Plants A-C | Achillea millefolium, Yarrow, Achlys triphylla, Vanilla Leaf, Alisma plantago-aquatica, Broadleaf Water-Plantain, Allium acuminatum, Taper-Tip Onion, Allium cernuum, Nodding Onion, Anaphalis margaritacea, Pearly Everlasting, Aquilegia formosa, Red Columbine, Armeria maritima, Sea-thrift, Aruncus dioicus, Goat's Beard, Asarum caudatum, Wild Ginger, Aster chilensis, Common California Aster, Aster modestus, Great Northern Aster, Aster subspicatus, Douglas Aster, Boykinia occidentalis, Slender Boykinia, Brodiaea congesta, Harvest Lily, Brodiaea hyacinthina, Fool's Onion, White Brodiaea, Caltha biflora, Marsh Marigold, Caltha palustris, Yellow Marsh Marigold, Camassia leitchlinii, Great Camas, Camassia quamash, Common Camas, Campanula rotundifolia, Harebell, Castilleja miniata, Red Paintbrush, Cerastium arvense, Field Chickweed, Chamerion angustifolium, Fireweed, Clarkia amoena, Farewell to Spring, Claytonia perfoliata, Miner's Lettuce, Claytonia sibirica, Siberian Spring Beauty, Cornus unalaschkensis, Bunchberry |
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| pdf Emergent Flowering Plants D-I | Dicentra formosa, Bleeding Heart, Disporum hookeri, Hooker's Fairybells, Dodecatheon hendersonii, Henderson's Shooting Star, Epilobium brachycarpum, Tall Annual Willowherb, Epilobium watsonii, Watson's Willowherb, Erigeron philadelphicus, Philadelphia Fleabane, Eriophyllum lanatum, Woolly Sunflower, Erythronium oregonum, White Fawn Lily, Erythronium revolutum, Pink Fawn Lily, Fragaria chiloensis, Coastal Strawberry, Fragaria vesca, Woodland Strawberry, Fritillaria lanceolata, Chocolate Lily, Rice Root, Galium aparine, Cleavers, Bedstraw, Galium trifidum, Small Bedstraw, Geum macrophyllum, Large-leaved Avens, Gilia capitata, Globe Gilia, Goodyera oblongifolia, Rattlesnake Plantain, Grindelia integrifolia, Entire-leaved Gumweed, Helenium autumnale, Mountain Sneezeweed, Heuchera micrantha, Small-flowered Alumroot, Hydrophyllum fendleri, Fendler's Waterleaf, Hydrophyllum tenuipes, Pacific Waterleaf, Iris tenax, Oregon Iris |
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| pdf Emergent Flowering Plants J-O | Lilium columbianum, Tiger Lily, Linnaea borealis, Twinflower, Lithophragma parviflorum, Small-flowered Woodland Star, Lomatium utriculatum, Spring Gold, Luetkea pectinata, Partridgefoot, Lupinus polyphyllus, Large-leaved Lupine, Lysichiton americanum, Skunk Cabbage, Maianthemum dilatatum, False Lily-of-the-Valley, Maianthemum racemosum, False Solomon's Seal, Maianthemum stellatum, Starflowered False Solomon's Seal, Mentha arvensis, Field Mint, Menyanthes trifoliata, Buckbean, Mimulus guttatus, Yellow Monkey-flower, Mimulus lewisii, Pink Monkey-flower, Nuphar luteum ssp. polysepalum, Yellow Pond-Lily, Oenanthe sarmentosa, Pacific Water Parsley, Olsynium douglasii, Satin Flower, Grass Widow, Oxalis oregana, Wood Sorrel |
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| pdf Emergent Flowering Plants P-R | Penstemon serrulatus, Coast Penstemon, Petasites palmatus, Palmate Coltsfoot, Phlox diffusa, Spreading Phlox, Platanthera dilatata, White Rein-Orchid, Bog Candle, Plectritis congesta, Sea Blush, Polemonium pulcherrimum, Showy Jacob's-ladder, Potentilla anserina ssp. pacifica, Silverweed, Potentilla gracilis, Graceful Cinquefoil, Potentilla palustris, Marsh Cinquefoil, Prunella vulgaris ssp. lanceolata, Self Heal, Pyrola asarifolia, Pink Wintergreen, Ranunculus occidentalis, Western Buttercup, Ranunculus sceleratus, Cursed Buttercup, Rorippa curvisiliqua, Curvepod Yellowcress, Rorippa palustris, Bog Yellowcress |
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| pdf Emergent Flowering Plants S-Z | Sagittaria latifolia, Wapato, Arrowhead, Sedum lanceolatum, Lance-leaved Stonecrop, Sedum oreganum, Oregon Stonecrop, Sedum spathulifolium, Broad-leaved Stonecrop, Sisyrinchium californicum, Golden-eyed Grass, Sisyrinchium idahoense, Blue-eyed Grass, Sium suave, Water-parsnip, Solidago canadensis, Canada Goldenrod, Stachys cooleyae, Cooley's Hedge Nettle, Streptopus amplexifolius, Clasping Twisted Stalk, Tellima grandiflora, Fringecup, Tiarella trifoliata, Foamflower, Tolmiea menziesii, Piggy-back Plant, Trientalis latifolia, Broad-leaved Starflower, Trillium ovatum, Western Trillium, Typha latifolia, Broad-leaved Cattail, Urtica dioica, Stinging Nettle, Vaccinium oxycoccus, Bog Cranberry, Vancouveria hexandra, Inside-out Flower, Viola adunca, Early-blue Violet, Viola glabella, Yellow Wood Violet, Viola sempervirens, Evergreen Violet, Xerophyllum tenax, Beargrass |
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| pdf Flowering Vines | Lonicera ciliosa, Orange Honeysuckle, Lonicera hispidula, Hairy Honeysuckle, Rubus ursinus, Trailing Blackberry |
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| pdf Ferns and Horsetails | Adiantum aleuticum, Maidenhair Fern, western maidenhair, Athyrium filix-femina, Lady Fern, Blechnum spicant, Deer Fern, Dryopteris expansa, Spiny Wood Fern, Equisetum arvense, Field Horsetail, Equisetum telmatiea, Giant Horsetail, Gymnocarpium dryopteris, Oak Fern, Polystichum munitum, Sword Fern, Pteridium aquilinum, Bracken Fern |
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| pdf Grasses, Sedges, Rushes | Carex amplifolia, Bigleaf Sedge, Carex canescens, Grey Sedge, Carex cusickii, Cusick's Sedge, Carex obnupta, Slough Sedge, Carex pachystachya, Thick-head Sedge, Carex stipata, Sawbeak Sedge, Carex vulpinoidea, Fox Sedge, Deschampsia cespitosa, Tufted Hairgrass, Eleocharis palustris, Creeping Spikerush, Elymus glaucus, Blue Wild-rye, Eriophorum chamissonis, Chamisso's Cotton-grass, Festuca rubra, Red Fescue, Glyceria elata, Tall Mannagrass, Fowl Mannagrass, Glyceria grandis, Reed Mannagrass, Hordeum brachyantherum, Meadow Barley, Juncus acuminatus, Tapertip Rush, Juncus ensifolius, Daggerleaf Rush, Juncus tenuis, Slender Rush, Schoenoplectus tabernaemontani, Softstem Bulrush, Scirpus maritimus, Seacoast Bulrush, Scirpus microcarpus, Small-flowered Bulrush, Sparganium angustifolium, Narrowleaf Bur-reed, Sparganium eurycarpum, Broadfruit Bur-reed |
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Other Favorite Starflower Resources
Member favorites including the Native Plant ID Cards, Invasive Species Cards, and A how-to-do workbook for schools helps you create a thriving native plant garden.
There are ID card template (made with Publisher) so you can make your own resources.
Again, these tools were created between 1996-2007, and will not be updated. While some names may be outdated, the information within is valuable.
Starflower Plant Resources
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| pdf Habitat Garden Manual | A how-to-do workbook for schools helps you create a thriving native plant garden. |
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| pdf Native Plant ID Cards (a-i) | 111 cards provide a quick reference for novice botanists. Each features helpful images and text designed to assist with long-term stewardship of native plant landscapes. |
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| pdf Native Plant ID Cards (j-z) | 111 cards provide a quick reference for novice botanists. Each features helpful images and text designed to assist with long-term stewardship of native plant landscapes. |
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| pub Native Plant ID Template | Make your own Native Plant ID Cards with Publisher template. | Download |
| pdf Weeds ID Cards | 51 cards assist in identifying plants to be removed during weeding management stewardship activities on native plant habitat restoration sites, especially in the Seattle urban area. |
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| pub Weed ID Template | Make your own Weed ID Cards with Publisher template. | Download |
| pdf Plants of the Month | 53 posters serve as a handy tool to engage neighbors and visitors in on-going native plant restoration projects. |
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| pub Plants of the Month Template | Create your own Native Plant of the Month Poster card using this Publisher template. | Download |
In Memory of Ann Lennartz
Founded in 1996 by Ann Lennartz, Starflower Foundation assisted with the creation, rehabilitation, and stewardship of Pacific Northwest native plant communities in Seattle, Washington, by supporting citizen-driven restoration and education projects. Having met the founder’s expectations, Starflower Foundation ceased operations in December 2007.
Resources developed by Starflower Foundation include an array of educational materials, project case studies, and an image herbarium. All contain Western Washington native plant information and images for use in education, restoration and landscaping projects. As mutually agreed upon with Starflower Foundation, Washington Native Plant Society has made Starflower's learning and education materials available on our website.