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Woody Shrub Species
Evergreen Huckleberry
Salal
Douglas spirea
Pacific Ninebark
Red Flowering Currant
Red Osier Dogwood
Mock Orange
Oceanspray
Black Twinberry
Low Oregon Grape
Nootka Rose
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Evergreen Huckleberry
Vaccinium ovatum
Height: 2 -5 ft
Light Required: Sun-shade
Bloom Time: Feb-March
Bloom color: Pink/white
Fruits: September
Uses: Edible -bees and hummers, hedgerows
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Salal
Gaultheria shallon
Height: 2- 5 feet
Light Required: Sun-shade
Bloom Time: March
Bloom Color: Pink/white
Uses: Bees and hummers, erosion control
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Hardhack
Douglas spirea
Height: 2-8 feet
Light required: Sun - part sun
Bloom time: July-August
Bloom color: Bright pink
Uses: Pollinator, riparian restoration, wildlife browse, hedgerows
Ninebark
Physocarpus capitata
Height: 3-9 feet
Light required: Part sun-part shade
Bloom time: April-May
Bloom color: White
Uses: Pollinator, beneficial insects, bird habitat, hedgerows
Red Flowering Currant
Ribes sanguineum
Height: 4-10 feet
Light required: Sun-part shade
Bloom time: March-April
Bloom color: Pink
Uses: Hummingbirds, pollinators, beneficial insects, birds, hedgerows
Red Osier Dogwood
Cornus sericea
Mock Orange
Philadelphus lewisii
Oceanspray
Holodiscus discolor
Height: Full sun- part shade
Light required: Full sun- part shade
Bloom time: May- June
Bloom color: White
Uses: Pollinators, hummers, beneficial insects, riparian, hedgerows
Height: 4-8 feet
Light required: Full sun - part sun
Bloom time: May- June
Bloom color: White, yellow centers
Uses: Pollinators, beneficial insects, hedgerows, bird habitat
Height: 8-14 feet
Light required: Full sun- part shade
Bloom time: May- June
Bloom color: White or cream color
Uses: Bees, beneficial insects, hedgerows
Black Twinberry
Lonicera involucrata
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Height: 5-10 ft
Light required: Sun/ shade
Bloom time: May
Bloom color: pink, yellow
Uses: pollinator, birds eat berries, hedgerows
Low Oregon Grape
Mahonia nervosa
Height: 1-2 ft
Light required: Part sun- shade
Bloom time: March- April
Bloom color: Yellow
Berries are blue in August- September
Uses: Hummers, bees, birds, small mammals, browsed by deer
Excellent plant for dry shade
Nootka Rose Rosa nutkana
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Height: 5-10 feet
Light required: Sun - part shade
Bloom time: May -June
Bloom color: Pink
Uses: Pollinators, beneficial insects, songbird habitat, hedgerows
