Benton Soil & Water Conservation District
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| Ordering Details | Species information and photographs by plant types | ||||
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| Conifer Trees | Broadleaf Trees | Large Shrubs / Small Trees | Small Shrubs / Groundcovers | Flowers / Grasses / Groundcovers | |
Small Shrubs and Groundcovers
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Key to codes below... Sun Preferences: A = Prefers full sun, B = Can tolerate sun or some shade, C = Prefers shade Special Uses: 1 = Attracts insects, bees, and butterflies, 2a = Birds, 2b = Hummingbirds, 3 = Wildlife, forage, cover and food, 4 = Bank stabilization, 5 = Ornamental |
| Evergreen Huckleberry (Vaccinium ovatum) | ||
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Mature Height | 2 – 3 feet in sun and 10 – 12 feet in shade |
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| Sun¹ | A - C | |
| Soil Conditions | Moist, well-drained acidic soils | |
| Special Uses² | 2a, 3, 5, | |
| Conditions | Optimal growth in partial shade. Attractive pink bell flowers in spring, shiny dark green foliage. Edible berries. | |
| Photo © Teresa Matteson | ||
| Clustered wild rose (Rosa pisocarpa) | ||
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Mature Height | 3 - 5' |
| Sun¹ | A | |
| Soil Conditions | Moist sites | |
| Special Uses² | 1, 2a, 3 | |
| Conditions | Pale pink rose with sweet fragrance. Can be grown on a variety of sites with sunlight. | |
| Photo © Matt Blakley-Smith, Native Plant Society of Oregon | ||
| Douglas spirea (Spiraea douglasii) | ||
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Mature Height | 3 - 6' |
| Sun¹ | A-B | |
| Soil Conditions | Prefers moist soils | |
| Special Uses² | 1 | |
| Conditions | Fast growing shrub forming beautiful pinkish spires in bloom (July). Attractive ornamental. | |
| Photo © Pat Breen, Department of Horticulture, Oregon State University | ||
| Golden Currant (Ribes aureum) | ||
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Mature Height | 3 - 6' |
| Sun¹ | A-B | |
| Soil Conditions | Moist to dry | |
| Special Uses² | 1, 2a | |
| Conditions | Deciduous shrub. Yellow flowers April to May. Tolerates flooding and drought. Edible berries | |
| Photo © Pat Breen, Department of Horticulture, Oregon State University | ||
| Nootka rose (Rosa nutkana) | ||
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Mature Height | 5 - 7' |
| Sun¹ | A | |
| Soil Conditions | Adaptable to most soils | |
| Special Uses² | 1, 3 | |
| Conditions | A common roadside species in the valley. Nootka rose has attractive pink blossoms (2" across) in summer. | |
| Photo © Pat Breen, Department of Horticulture, Oregon State University | ||
| Red flowering currant (Ribes sanguineum) | ||
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Mature Height | 4 - 8' |
| Sun¹ | A-B | |
| Soil Conditions | Best on well drained soils | |
| Special Uses² | 1, 2a, 2b, 5 | |
| Conditions | Beautiful ornamental shrub with flowers that may be white to deep red. Attracts butterflies and hummingbirds. | |
| Photo © Teresa Matteson, inset © Matt Blakley-Smith, Native Plant Society of Oregon | ||
| Salal (Gaultheria shallon) | ||
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Mature Height | 2 - 3' |
| Sun¹ | B | |
| Soil Conditions | Dry to moist soils | |
| Special Uses² | 1, 3, 5 | |
| Conditions | Forms a dense low groundcover ideal for areas where tall shrubs are not desired but neither are weeds! Foliage used in floral arrangements. | |
| Photo © Pat Breen, Department of Horticulture, Oregon State University | ||
| Salmonberry (Rubus spectabilis) | ||
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Mature Height | 13' |
| Sun¹ | B-C | |
| Soil Conditions | Seasonal flood, sand, clay | |
| Special Uses² | 1, 2a, 3 | |
| Conditions | Thornless deciduous bramble with raspberry-like fruit. Pink to red flower. | |
| Photo © Pat Breen, Department of Horticulture, Oregon State University | ||
| Snowberry (Symphoricarpos albus) | ||
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Mature Height | 2 - 6' |
| Sun¹ | A, B, C | |
| Soil Conditions | Grows on dry to moist sites | |
| Special Uses² | 1, 2a, 2b | |
| Conditions | Adaptable shrubs having attractive foliage and clusters of waxy white berries that persist through winter. | |
| Photo © Pat Breen, Department of Horticulture, Oregon State University | ||
| Sword Fern (Polystichum munitum) | ||
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Mature Height | 3-5' |
| Sun¹ | A, B, C | |
| Soil Conditions | Moist | |
| Special Uses² | 1, 5 | |
| Conditions | Large clumping evergreen fern. | |
| Photo © Pat Breen, Department of Horticulture, Oregon State University | ||
| Tall Oregon Grape (Mahonia aquifolium) | ||
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Mature Height | 4 - 6' |
| Sun¹ | A-C | |
| Soil Conditions | Dry to fairly moist | |
| Special Uses² | 1, 2a, 2b, 3, 5 | |
| Conditions | State flower of Oregon, having holly like leaves and dark blue edible berries. | |
| Photo © Pat Breen, Department of Horticulture, Oregon State University | ||
| Thimbleberry (Rubus parviflorus) | ||
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Mature Height | 3 - 6' |
| Sun¹ | C | |
| Soil Conditions | Moist forest | |
| Special Uses² | 1, 2a | |
| Conditions | Tolerates seasonal flooding, deciduous, white flower. Fragrant flower and fruit. | |
| Photo © Pat Breen, Department of Horticulture, Oregon State University | ||