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Native plants in Portland

184 plants native to this area with Sow catalog pages.

182 of them need no watering beyond Portland’s own rainfall

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Canopy and structure

Red Maple

Acer rubrum

No watering needed Photo: caymanmatt · CC BY 4.0

Eastern Arborvitae Northern White Cedar

Thuja occidentalis

No watering needed Photo: Michael Naumoff · CC0 1.0

Pink Flowering Dogwood

Cornus florida 'Rubra'

No watering needed

Sugar Maple

Acer saccharum

No watering needed Photo: kedmunds11 · CC0 1.0

Red Oak

Quercus rubra

No watering needed Photo: Peter · CC BY 4.0

Eastern Redcedar

Juniperus virginiana 'Idyllwild'

No watering needed

Black Tupelo

Nyssa sylvatica

No watering needed Photo: Navin Sasikumar · CC BY 4.0

Serviceberry

Amelanchier canadensis

No watering needed Photo: geosesarma · CC BY 4.0

Common Chokecherry

Prunus virginiana

No watering needed Photo: Indio Brown · CC BY 4.0

Prairie Gold Quaking Aspen

Populus tremuloides 'Prairie Gold'

No watering needed

Pagoda Dogwood

Cornus alternifolia

No watering needed Photo: Robert Stegmann · CC BY 4.0

Common Witch Hazel

Hamamelis virginiana

No watering needed Photo: Ian Wolfe · CC0 1.0

Paper Birch

Betula papyrifera

No watering needed Photo: Braden J. Judson · CC0 1.0

Timm Success Serviceberry

Amelanchier arborea 'Timm Success'

No watering needed

Allegheny Serviceberry

Amelanchier laevis

No watering needed Photo: Michael J. Papay · CC BY 4.0

White Spruce

Picea glauca

No watering needed Photo: robinlanark · CC0 1.0

Eastern White Pine

Pinus strobus

No watering needed Photo: TEAMVALOR786 Succulents and cacti, The future of nature is in your hands · CC BY 4.0

Golden Swedish Juniper

Juniperus communis 'Suecica Aurea'

No watering needed

White Oak

Quercus alba

No watering needed Photo: sblumen · CC BY 4.0

Sensation Boxelder

Acer negundo 'Sensation'

No watering needed

Curley Canadian Hemlock

Tsuga canadensis 'Curley'

No watering needed

American Hornbeam

Carpinus caroliniana

No watering needed Photo: Bonnie Isaac · CC0 1.0

American Linden

Tilia americana

No watering needed Photo: Tom Scavo · CC BY 4.0

Balsam Fir

Abies balsamea

No watering needed Photo: Lynn Harper · CC0 1.0

Spicebush

Lindera benzoin

No watering needed Photo: Ryan F. Mandelbaum · CC BY 4.0

Nannyberry

Viburnum lentago

No watering needed Photo: Loïc Mathieu · CC BY 4.0

American Hophornbeam

Ostrya virginiana

No watering needed Photo: Nick Kleinschmidt · CC BY 4.0

American Beech

Fagus grandifolia

No watering needed Photo: John Brown · CC0 1.0

Glauca Pendula Weeping Cedar

Chamaecyparis thyoides 'Glauca Pendula'

No watering needed

Yellow Birch

Betula alleghaniensis

No watering needed Photo: Cassidy Best · CC BY 4.0

Shining Sumac

Rhus copallinum

No watering needed

Silver Maple

Acer saccharinum

No watering needed Photo: Jacob Buchanan · CC0 1.0

Shrubs45

Backbone planting

Skyrocket Juniper

Juniperus horizontalis 'Skyrocket'

No watering needed

Brilliant Black Chokeberry

Aronia melanocarpa 'Brilliantissima'

No watering needed

Summersweet

Clethra alnifolia

No watering needed Photo: Sandy Wolkenberg · CC BY 4.0

Sugar Shack Buttonbush

Cephalanthus occidentalis 'Sugar Shack'

No watering needed

Glitters and Glows Arrowwood Viburnum

Viburnum dentatum 'Glitters Glows Arrowwood'

No watering needed

Winterberry

Ilex verticillata

No watering needed Photo: Adam Kranz · CC0 1.0

American Elderberry

Sambucus canadensis

No watering needed Photo: Melanie Gaddy · CC0 1.0

Serviceberry

Amelanchier canadensis

No watering needed Photo: geosesarma · CC BY 4.0

Common Chokecherry

Prunus virginiana

No watering needed Photo: Indio Brown · CC BY 4.0

Lemony Lace Elderberry

Sambucus racemosa 'Lemony Lace'

No watering needed

Pagoda Dogwood

Cornus alternifolia

No watering needed Photo: Robert Stegmann · CC BY 4.0

Bearberry

Arctostaphylos uva-ursi

No watering needed Photo: Daryl Nolan · CC0 1.0

Cutleaf Coneflower

Rudbeckia laciniata

No watering needed Photo: Ian Wolfe · CC0 1.0

Common Witch Hazel

Hamamelis virginiana

No watering needed Photo: Ian Wolfe · CC0 1.0

Timm Success Serviceberry

Amelanchier arborea 'Timm Success'

No watering needed

Smooth Witherod

Viburnum nudum

No watering needed Photo: Scott Ward · CC BY 4.0

Allegheny Serviceberry

Amelanchier laevis

No watering needed Photo: Michael J. Papay · CC BY 4.0

Red Twig Dogwood

Cornus sericea 'Red Twig'

No watering needed

Golden Swedish Juniper

Juniperus communis 'Suecica Aurea'

No watering needed

Elf Mountain Laurel

Kalmia latifolia 'Elf'

No watering needed

Highbush Blueberry

Vaccinium corymbosum

No watering needed Photo: Daniel Atha · CC0 1.0

Red Chokeberry

Aronia arbutifolia

No watering needed Photo: Jeff Clark · CC BY 4.0

Spicebush

Lindera benzoin

No watering needed Photo: Ryan F. Mandelbaum · CC BY 4.0

American Cranberrybush

Viburnum trilobum

No watering needed Photo: Carol Ann McCormick · CC BY 4.0

Lowbush Blueberry

Vaccinium angustifolium

No watering needed Photo: Carrie Seltzer · CC BY 4.0

Nannyberry

Viburnum lentago

No watering needed Photo: Loïc Mathieu · CC BY 4.0

Wintergreen

Gaultheria procumbens

No watering needed Photo: Brandon Corder · CC BY 4.0

American Hazelnut

Corylus americana

No watering needed Photo: Mark Richman · CC BY 4.0

Smooth Sumac

Rhus glabra

No watering needed Photo: Tony KM · CC BY 4.0

Kodiak Orange Diervilla

Diervilla lonicera 'Kodiak Orange'

No watering needed

Silky Dogwood

Cornus amomum

No watering needed Photo: Elizabeth Axley · CC BY 4.0

Sweet Fern

Comptonia peregrina

No watering needed Photo: rdell · CC0 1.0

Grasses19

Movement and texture

Little Bluestem

Schizachyrium scoparium

No watering needed Photo: Matt Berger · CC BY 4.0

'Rain Dance' Big Bluestem

Andropogon gerardii 'Rain Dance'

No watering needed

Pennsylvania Sedge

Carex pensylvanica

No watering needed Photo: Frog The Kermit · CC BY 4.0

Purple Love Grass

Eragrostis spectabilis

No watering needed Photo: Reuven Martin · CC0 1.0

Switchgrass

Panicum virgatum

No watering needed Photo: Erin Snyder · CC BY 4.0

Blue Arrows Soft Rush

Juncus effusus 'Blue Arrows'

No watering needed

Bottlebrush Grass

Elymus hystrix

No watering needed Photo: Skyler Principe · CC BY 4.0

Path Rush

Juncus tenuis

No watering needed Photo: Stephen James McWilliam · CC0 1.0

Tussock Sedge

Carex stricta

No watering needed Photo: Frog The Kermit · CC BY 4.0

Virginia Wild Rye

Elymus virginicus

No watering needed Photo: Jason Leduc · CC0 1.0

Blue Joint Grass

Calamagrostis canadensis

No watering needed Photo: mullerecology · CC BY 4.0

Fringed Sedge

Carex crinita

No watering needed Photo: Trix Niernberger · CC0 1.0

Rosy Sedge

Carex rosea

No watering needed Photo: Jeremy Atherton · CC BY 4.0

Whitetinge Sedge

Carex albicans

No watering needed Photo: hr_dragonfly · CC BY 4.0

Fox Sedge

Carex vulpinoidea

No watering needed Photo: Brandon Corder · CC BY 4.0

Variegated Reed Canary Grass

Phalaris arundinacea 'Luteo Picta'

No watering needed

Woolgrass

Scirpus cyperinus

No watering needed Photo: Alan Weakley · CC0 1.0

Bottlebrush Sedge

Carex lurida

No watering needed Photo: Steven Lamonde · CC BY 4.0

Woolly Sedge

Carex pellita

No watering needed Photo: Patrice Dupont · CC BY 4.0

Perennials75

Seasonal colour

Cinderella Milkweed

Asclepias incarnata 'Cinderella'

No watering needed

Obedient Plant Miss Manners

Physostegia virginiana 'Miss Manners'

No watering needed

Black-eyed Susan

Rudbeckia hirta

No watering needed Photo: Sam Kieschnick · CC BY 4.0

New England Aster Harringtons Pink

Symphyotrichum novae-angliae 'Harringtons Pink'

No watering needed

Wild Bergamot

Monarda fistulosa

No watering needed Photo: Tom Pollard · CC BY 4.0

Eastern Red Columbine

Aquilegia canadensis

No watering needed Photo: Craig Hensley · CC BY 4.0

Great Blue Lobelia

Lobelia siphilitica

No watering needed Photo: Andrew Conboy · CC BY 4.0

Foamflower

Tiarella cordifolia

No watering needed Photo: Paul Bade · CC BY 4.0

Chives

Allium schoenoprasum

No watering needed Photo: Юлия · CC BY 4.0

Improved Rugen Strawberry

Fragaria vesca 'Improved Rugen'

No watering needed

Blue Flag Iris

Iris versicolor

No watering needed Photo: Hungry-Sarracenia Photo · CC BY 4.0

Cutleaf Coneflower

Rudbeckia laciniata

No watering needed Photo: Ian Wolfe · CC0 1.0

Wild Geranium

Geranium maculatum

No watering needed Photo: sophia_herrmeyer · CC BY 4.0

Common Milkweed

Asclepias syriaca

No watering needed Photo: Dilrukshan Priyantha Wijesinghe · CC BY 4.0

Golden Alexanders

Zizia aurea

No watering needed Photo: Sandy Wolkenberg · CC BY 4.0

Fiesta White Wood Aster

Eurybia divaricata 'Fiesta'

No watering needed

Wrinkleleaf Goldenrod

Solidago rugosa

No watering needed Photo: Becky Dill · CC0 1.0

Smooth Blue Aster

Symphyotrichum laeve

No watering needed Photo: Solomiya · CC BY 4.0

Blue Wood Aster

Symphyotrichum cordifolium

No watering needed Photo: Tom Norton · CC BY 4.0

Great White Trillium

Trillium grandiflorum

No watering needed Photo: Ian Whyte · CC0 1.0

False Solomon's Seal

Maianthemum racemosum

No watering needed Photo: Mason Heberling · CC BY 4.0

Red Dwarf Joe-Pye Weed

Eutrochium maculatum 'Red Dwarf'

No watering needed

Little Joe Pye Weed

Eutrochium dubium 'Little Joe'

No watering needed

Common Yarrow

Achillea millefolium

No watering needed Photo: rappman · CC BY 4.0

Cardinal Flower

Lobelia cardinalis

No watering needed Photo: Etienne Falquet · CC0 1.0

Marsh Marigold

Caltha palustris

No watering needed Photo: Alan Prather · CC BY 4.0

Narrow-leaved Blue-eyed Grass

Sisyrinchium angustifolium

No watering needed Photo: Allen Browne · CC0 1.0

White Turtlehead

Chelone glabra

No watering needed Photo: Brandon Corder · CC BY 4.0

Canadian Wild Ginger

Asarum canadense

No watering needed Photo: Tom Scavo · CC BY 4.0

Boneset

Eupatorium perfoliatum

No watering needed Photo: Stari Plativky · CC0 1.0

Lady in Black Calico Aster

Symphyotrichum lateriflorum 'Lady in Black'

No watering needed

Water Avens

Geum rivale

No watering needed Photo: E. A. · CC BY 4.0

Vines1

Verticals and screens

Clematis Candida

Clematis virginiana 'Candida'

No watering needed

Ferns17

Shade and damp

Ostrich Fern

Matteuccia struthiopteris

No watering needed Photo: tkr421 · CC BY 4.0

Northern Maidenhair Fern

Adiantum pedatum

No watering needed Photo: Jason Hill · CC BY 4.0

Christmas Fern

Polystichum acrostichoides

No watering needed Photo: John Brew · CC BY 4.0

Marginal Wood Fern

Dryopteris marginalis

No watering needed Photo: Lynn Harper · CC0 1.0

Lady Fern

Athyrium filix-femina

No watering needed Photo: Jon Mortin · CC BY 4.0

Cinnamon Fern

Osmundastrum cinnamomeum

No watering needed Photo: Erik · CC BY 4.0

Sensitive Fern

Onoclea sensibilis

No watering needed Photo: laurawies · CC BY 4.0

Maidenhair Spleenwort

Asplenium trichomanes

No watering needed Photo: Piermario Maculan · CC0 1.0

Hay-scented Fern

Dennstaedtia punctilobula

No watering needed Photo: Natalie Waddell-Rutter · CC BY 4.0

Interrupted Fern

Osmunda claytoniana

No watering needed Photo: Richard Littauer · CC BY 4.0

Spinulose Wood Fern

Dryopteris carthusiana

No watering needed Photo: Марина Давлетшина · CC BY 4.0

Brunswick Giant Ebony Spleenwort

Asplenium platyneuron 'Brunswick Giant'

No watering needed

Broad Beech Fern

Phegopteris hexagonoptera

No watering needed Photo: Alan Weakley · CC0 1.0

Clinton's Wood Fern

Dryopteris x clintoniana

No watering needed Photo: Jenn (McPhee) Dyson · CC BY 4.0

Oak Fern

Gymnocarpium dryopteris

No watering needed Photo: Andrew Lewis · CC BY 4.0

New York Fern

Parathelypteris noveboracensis

No watering needed Photo: Carol Ann McCormick · CC BY 4.0

Cinnamon Fern

Osmunda cinnamomea

No watering needed Photo: Alan Weakley · CC0 1.0

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