Field Guide
This field guide is an ongoing work in progress and by no means an exhaustive list. You can also visit our inaturalist page for more observations.
We encourage students, residents, and visitors to share any observations and identifications they make on the property.
Trees
Beaked Hazelnut - Corylus cornuta
Big Leaf Maple - Acer macrophyllum
Black Cottonwood -Populus balsamifera ssp.
Common Hawthorn - Crataegus
Douglas Fir - Pseudotsuga menziesii
Oregon Ash - Fraxinus latifolia
Western Hemlock - Tsuga heterophylla
Western Red Cedar - Thuja plicata
Weeping Willow - Salix babylonica
Plants/Shrubs
Ornamental, Native, and Non-Native (invasive)
Beaked Hazelnut - Corylus cornuta
Birds-foot Trefoil - Lotus corniculatus
Bittersweet Nightshade - Solanum dulcamara
Blueberry - Vaccinium corymbosum
California Hedgenettle - Stachys bullata
Candy Flower - Claytonia Sibirica
Cherry Laurel - Prunus laurocerasus
Coastal Manroot - Marah oreganus
Common Jewelweed - Impatiens capensis
Common Foxglove - Digitalis purpurea
Common Hawthorn - Crataegus monogyna
Cow Parsnip - Heracleum sphondylium
Creeping Buttercup - Ranunclus repens
Devils Beggartricks - Bidens frondosa
Douglas Spirea - Spirea douglasii
Fringecups - Tellima grandiflora
Giant Horsetails - Equisetum
Hellebore
Hemp Agrimony - Eupatorium cannabinum
Himalayan Blackberry - Rubus armeniacus
Hops - Willamette - Humulus lupulus
Japanese Fatsia - Fatsia japonica
Lady’s Thumb - Periscaria maculosa
Large-leaved Avens - Geum macrophyllum
Maidenhair Fern - Adiantum
Oregon Grape - Mahonia aquifolium
Osoberry - Oemleria cerasiformis
Pacific Bleeding Heart - Dicentra formosa
Pacific Waterleaf - Hydrophyllum tenuipes
Pacific Willow - Salix lucida
Purple Foxglove - Digitalis purpurea,
Queen Anne's Lace - Daucus carota
Ragwort - Jacobaea vulgaris
Red Elderberry - Sambucus racemosa
Red Flowering Currant - Ribes sanguineum
Red Hot Poker - Kniphofia uvaria
Red Osier Dogwood - Cornus sericea
Rhododendron - Rhododendron ferrugineum
Rosemary - Salvia rosmarinus
Salmonberry - Rubus spectabilis
Siberian Spring Beauty - Claytonia sibirica
Spring Heath - Erica carnea
Snowberry - Symphoricarpos albus
Spotted Lady’s Thumb - Persicaria maculosa
Star-flowered Lily of the valley - Maianthemum stellatum
Stinging Nettle - Urtica dioica
Stream Violet - Viola glabella
Sword Fern - Polystichum munitum
Sweet Violet - Viola odorata
Vine Maple - Acer circinatum
Insects
Boxelder bug - Boisea trivittata
Cinnabar moth - Tyria jacobaeae
Common Loopwing Aphideater - Lapposyrphus lapponicus
Narrow snail-eating beetle - scaphinotus angusticollis
Bald-faces Hornet - Dolichovespula maculata
Brown marmorated stink bug - Halyomorpha halys|
Dobsonflies - Corydalus cornutus
Gray Hairstreak - Strymon melinus
Horn-faced Mason Bee - Osmia cornifrons
Isabella tiger moth - Pyrrharctia isabella
Morning-glory Plum Moth - Emmelina monodactyla
Red-legged Grasshopper - Melanoplus femurrubrum
Tissue Moth - Triphosa dubitata
Western Boxelder - Boisera rubrolineata
Western Carpenter Ant - Campontus modoc
White Dotted Prominent Moth - Nadata gibbosa
Zebra Jumping Spider - Salticus scenicus
Wildlife
Douglas Squirrel
Bat
Deer
Fish
Northwestern Garter Snake
Townsend’s Chipmunk
Brush Rabbit
Raccoon
Bull Frog
Northern Red-legged Frog - Rana Aurora
Birds
American Robin
Chickadee
Dark-eyed Junco
Great Blue Heron
Hummingbird
Pileated Woodpecker
Red-breasted Sapsucker - Sphyrapicus ruber
Steller’s Jay