The EERC Native Plant Guided Tour
The EERC Native Plant Guided Tour is located on a forested island in the north parking lot of the park. Using your smart phone, the QR codes can be scanned linking you with a wealth of information about the plants while standing next to the plant. This project was co-funded by the Washington Native Plant Society, Republic Services, and Mountains to Sound Greenway Trust.
The list of native plants below are represented in the tour. Click on the plant names below to learn much more about each one. Better yet, come to the park and use the Native Plant Tour to learn about the ecology, identification, and indigenous uses of these plants while they are right in front of you! Then go and apply that knowledge to enrich your walks throughout the park and beyond!
Plant Profiles
Conifer Trees
- Douglas-fir – Pseudotsuga menziesii var. menziesii
- Sitka spruce – Picea sitchensis
- Western hemlock – Tsuga heterophylla
- Western redcedar – Thuja plicata
Flowering Trees and Shrubs
- Beaked hazelnut – Corylus cornuta ssp. californica
- Bigleaf maple – Acer macrophyllum
- Dull (low) Oregon grape – Mahonia nervosa
- Goatsbeard – Aruncus dioicus var. acuminatus
- Oceanspray – Holodiscus discolor var. discolor
- Oregon ash – Fraxinus latifolia
- Osoberry – Oemleria cerasiformis
- Pacific madrone – Arbutus menziesii
- Red alder – Alnus rubra
- Red elderberry – Sambucus racemosa
- Red-flowering currant – Ribes sanguineum var. sanguineum
- Red huckleberry – Vaccinium parvifolium
- Nootka rose – Rosa nutkana ssp. nutkana
- Salal – Gaultheria shallon
- Salmonberry – Rubus spectabilis
- Snowberry – Symphoricarpos albus
- Tall Oregon grape – Mahonia aquifolium
- Thimbleberry – Rubus parviflorus
- Trailing blackberry/dewberry – Rubus ursinus
- Twinberry – Lonicera involucrata var. involucrata
- Vine maple – Acer circinatum
Herbaceous (non-woody) Plants