Plants

The Port of Klickitat uses the following (primarily native) plants in its own landscaping, as a requirement for new construction on Port properties, and in its work to restore and enhance Bingen Lake. To find out more about these plants, please visit the links below. Location codes: A-All locations; B-Bingen; D-Dallesport. Use codes: A-All uses; L-Landscaping; W-Wetlands/Bioswales.

Trees — Deciduous
LocUseCommon NameScientific Name
Alder – Red Alnus rubra
Ash – Oregon Fraxinus latifolia
Aspen – Quaking Populus tremuloides
B L Crabapple – Oregon Malus fusca
B L Dogwood – Pacific Cornus nuttallii
Elderberry – Blue Sambucus nigra
Elderberry – Red Sambucus racemosa
Hawthorn – Black Crataegus douglasii
Maple – Bigleaf Acer macrophyllum
Maple – Vine Acer circinatum
Ninebark – Pacific Physocarpus capitatus
White Oak – Oregon Quercus garryana
Plum – Indian Oemleria cerasiformis
Salmonberry Rubus spectabilis
Willow – Dune Salix hookeriana
Willow – Narrowleaf Salix exigua
Willow – Pacific Salix lucida ssp. lasiandra
Willow – Pussy Salix discolor
Willow – Scouler's Salix scouleriana
Trees — Coniferous
LocUseCommon NameScientific Name
Douglas-Fir Pseudotsuga menziesii
Pine – Ponderosa Pinus ponderosa
White Pine – Western Pinus monticola
Shrubs — Deciduous
LocUseCommon NameScientific Name
Currant – Redflower Ribes sanguineum
Dogwood – Redosier Cornus sericea
Mock Orange – Lewis' Philadelphus lewisii
Oceanspray Holodiscus discolor
Rose – Nootka Rosa nutkana
Rose – Woods' Rosa woodsii
Serviceberry – Saskatoon Amelanchier alnifolia
Snowberry – Common Symphoricarpos albus
Shrubs — Evergreen
LocUseCommon NameScientific Name
B L Barberry – Creeping Mahonia repens
Barberry – Hollyleaved Mahonia aquifolium
Currant – Golden Ribes aureum
Deerbrush Ceanothus integerrimus
B L Salal Gaultheria shallon
Spirea – Rose Spiraea douglasii
Ground Cover — Evergreen
LocUseCommon NameScientific Name
Aster – White Heath Symphyotrichum ericoides
Kinickinick Arctostaphylos uva-ursi
Ferns
LocUseCommon NameScientific Name
B W Fern – Deer Blechnum spicant
B W Swordfern – Narrowleaf Polystichum imbricans
B W Swordfern – Western Polystichum munitum
Perennials
LocUseCommon NameScientific Name
Beardtongue – Barrett's Penstemon barrettiae
Beardtongue – Cutleaf Penstemon richardsonii
Buckwheat – Arrowleaf Eriogonum compositum
Buckwheat – Blue Mountain Eriogonum strictum
Buckwheat – Douglas' Eriogonum douglasii
Buckwheat – Tall Woolly Eriogonum elatum
D L Buckwheat – Thymeleaf Eriogonum thymoides
Lupine – Broadleaf Lupinus latifolius
Leptotaenia – Purple Lomatium columbianum
Biscuitroot – Gray's Lomatium grayi
Indian Paintbrush – Giant Red Castilleja miniata
Woolly Sunflower – Common Eriophyllum lanatum
Grasses
LocUseCommon NameScientific Name
Brome – Columbia Bromus vulgaris
Fescue – Idaho Festuca idahoensis
Fescue – Sheep Festuca ovina
Fescue – Western Festuca occidentalis
Hairgrass – Slender Deschampsia elongata
Junegrass – Prairie Koeleria macrantha
Wheatgrass – Bluebunch Pseudoroegneria spicata
Emergent Plants — 0-2" Water Depth
LocUseCommon NameScientific Name
B W Bulrush – Hardstem Schoenoplectus acutus
B W Bulrush – Panicled Scirpus microcarpus
B W Parsely – Water Oenanthe sarmentosa
B W Rush – Common Juncus effusus
B W Sedge – Awlfruit Carex stipata
B W Sedge – Fragile Sheath Carex fracta
B W Sedge – Greensheath Carex feta
B W Sedge – Knotsheath Carex retrorsa
B W Sedge – Lyngbye's Carex lyngbyei
B W Sedge – Slough Carex obnupta
B W Spikerush – Common Eleocharis palustris
B W Violet – Marsh Viola palustris
Emergent Plants — 2-12" Water Depth
LocUseCommon NameScientific Name
B W Arrowhead – Broadleaf Sagittaria latifolia
B W Bur-reed – European Sparganium emersum
Emergent Plants — 12-24" Water Depth
LocUseCommon NameScientific Name
B W Bulrush – Softstem Schoenoplectus tabernaemontani
B W Cattail – Broadleaf Typha latifolia

Special thanks to the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Plants Database.