Species Identification
Riparian Plants
Common Species of the Fraser Valley
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RESULTS
| Type | Common Name | Latin Name | Moisture | Shade | Category |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aquatic | Beaked sedge | Carex rostrata | wet | intolerant | emergent |
| Aquatic | Dense sedge | Carex densa | wet-medium | intolerant | Emergent |
| Aquatic | Marsh cinqufoil | Potentilla palustris | aquatic | intolerant | emergent |
| Aquatic | Narrow leaved bur reed | Sparenguineum emerson | aquatic | intolerant | Emergent |
| Aquatic | Sitka sedge | Carex sitchennsis | wet | intolerant | Emergent |
| Aquatic | Slough sedge | Carex obnupta | wet | intolerant | Emergent |
| Aquatic | Small flowered bullrush | Scirpus microcarpus | aquatic | intolerant | Emergent |
| Aquatic | Soft stemmed bullrush | scirpus lacustris validus | aquatic | intolerant | Emergent |
| Aquatic | Tule | Scirpus acutus | aquatic | intolerant | Emergent |
| Aquatic | Wapato | Sagittaria latifolia | aquatic | medium tolerant | emergent |
| Fern | Bracken fern | Pterydium aquilinum | wet-dry | intolerant | drought tolerant |
| Fern | Deer fern | Blechnum spicant | wet-medium | tolerant | shade tolerant |
| Fern | Lady fern | Athyrium flix-femina | wet-medium | tolerant | pioneer |
| Fern | Oak fern | Gymnocarpium dryopteris | medium | tolerant | understory |
| Fern | Sword fern | Polystichum minitum | medium | tolerant | understory |
| Shrub | Beaked hazelnut | Corylus cornuta | medium | medium tolerant | drought tolerant, pioneer |
| Shrub | Black twinberry | Lonicara involucrata | wet-medium | medium tolerant | floodplain, pioneer |
| Shrub | Dull Oregon grape | Mahonia nervosa | medium-dry | tolerant | drought tolerant |
| Shrub | Hardhack | Spiraea douglasii | wet | intolerant | floodplain, pioneer |
| Shrub | Highbush cranberry | Viburnum edule | wet-medium | medium tolerant | floodplain, pioneer |
| Shrub | Hooker’s willow | Salix hookerianii | wet | intolerant | floodplain, pioneer |
| Shrub | Indian plum | Oemleria cerasiformis | wet-medium | medium tolerant | pioneer, understory |
| Shrub | Mock orange | Philadelphis lewisii | medium-dry | intolerant | pioneer |
| Shrub | Nootka rose | Rosa nutkana | medium-dry | intolerant | drought tolerant, pioneer |
| Shrub | Oceanspray | Holodiscus discolor | medium | intolerant | pioneer |
| Shrub | Oval leafed blueberry | Vaccinnium ovalifolium | medium | medium tolerant | shade tolerant |
| Shrub | Pacific ninebark | Physocarpus capitatus | wet-medium | medium tolerant | floodplain, pioneer |
| Shrub | Pacific willow | Salix lucida lasiandra | wet | intolerant | floodplain |
| Shrub | Red elderberry | Sambucus racemosa | wet-medium | medium tolerant | floodplain, pioneer |
| Shrub | Red flowering currant | Ribes sanguineum | medium-dry | intolerant | drought tolerant |
| Shrub | Red osier dogwood | Cornus stolonifera | wet-medium | tolerant | floodplain, pioneer |
| Shrub | Salal | Gaultheria shalion | medium-dry | tolerant | shade tolerant |
| Shrub | Salmonberry | Rubus spectabilis | medium-dry | medium tolerant | pioneer, shade tolerant |
| Shrub | Sitka mountain ash | Sorbus sitchensis | medium | intolerant | drought tolerant, pioneer |
| Shrub | Sitka willow | Salix sitchensis | wet | intolerant | floodplain |
| Shrub | Snowberry | Symphoricarpos albus | medium | medium tolerant | pioneer, shade tolerant |
| Shrub | Sweet gale | Myrica gale | wet | intolerant | floodplain |
| Shrub | Thimbleberry | Rubus parviflorus | medium-dry | intolerant | drought tolerant, pioneer |
| Tree | Big leaf maple | Acer macrophylum | medium-dry | intolerant | pioneer |
| Tree | Bitter cherry | Prunus emarginata | wet-medium | intolerant | pioneer |
| Tree | Black cottonwood | Populus balsamifera | wet-medium | intolerant | floodplain, pioneer |
| Tree | Black hawthorne | Crataegus douglasii | wet-medium | intolerant | drought tolerant, pioneer |
| Tree | Cascara | Rhamnus purshiana | wet-medium | tolerant | floodplain, shade tolerant |
| Tree | Douglas fir | Pseudotsuga menziesii | medium-dry | intolerant | drought tolerant, pioneer |
| Tree | Douglas maple | Acer glabrum | medium-dry | intolerant | drought tolerant, pioneer |
| Tree | Oregon ash | Fraxinus latifolia | wet | medium tolerant | floodplain |
| Tree | Pacific crabapple | Malus fusca | wet-medium | intolerant | floodplain |
| Tree | Pacific dogwood | Cornus nutalii | medium | medium tolerant | shade tolerant |
| Tree | Paper birch | Betula papyrifera | medium | intolerant | pioneer |
| Tree | Red Alder | Alunus rubra | medium | intolerant | pioneer |
| Tree | Scoulers willow | Salix scouleriana | wet | intolerant | floodplain |
| Tree | Sitka spruce | Picea sitchensis | wet-medium | tolerant | floodplain, pioneer |
| Tree | Trembling aspen | Populus tremuloides | medium | intolerant | drought tolerant, pioneer |
| Tree | Vine maple | Acer circinatum | wet-medium | tolerant | Floodplain, Shade tolerant |
| Tree | Western hemlock | Tsuga heterophyla | wet-medium | tolerant | shade tolerant |
| Tree | Western red cedar | Thuja plicata | wet-medium | medium tolerant | floodplain, shade tolerant |
| Tree | Western Yew | Taxas brevifolia | wet-medium | tolerant | shade tolerant |
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