Red Huckleberry – Vaccinium parvifolium
– S a l a l –
Common Name(s):
Salal
Scientific Name(s):
Sword Fern
(Polystichum munitum)
Figure 1. Fully mature sword fern in the forest (Hansen, 2012)
Common Names
Sword Fern, Shield Fern, Christmas Fern, Sword Holly Fern
(Garden Works, n.d.; Hansen, 2012)
Bracken Fern
Pteridium aquilinum
Source: Vancouver Island Grows
Common Names
bracken, brake, common bracken, eagle fern
Yellow Skunk Cabbage
Figure 1: Skunk Cabbage (weblinks noted under references)
OREGON GRAPE
Scientific Names
Mahonia Aquifolium (Tall), Mahonia Nervosa (Low)
Common Names
Tall Oregon Grape, Low Oregon Grape, Oregon hollygrape, Oregon grapeholly, and Holly-leaved barberry
Common Names
Bull kelp, bull whip kelp, ribbon kelp
First Nation Names
Q’am (Hul’qumi’num) or Husmin (Nuu-chah-nulth)
Family
Laminariaceae
Identification
Common name(s): cattails, bulrush, reedmace [1]
Scientific Name(s): Typha latifolia
