To help you with your project, here is a list of some of the most common plants found in our campus forest:
trees and shrubs:
Red Alder (Alnus rubra)
Big leaf Maple (Acer macrophyllum)
Douglas Fir (Pseudotsuga menziesii)
Western Red Cedar (Thuja plicata)
Vine Maple (Acer circinatum)
Pacific Flowering Dogwood (Cornus nuttallii)
Hazelnut (Corylus cornuta)
Black hawthorn (Crataegus douglasii)
understory plants:
Oregon Grape (Berberis aquifolium)
Sword Fern (Polystichum munitum)
Salal (Gaultheria shallone)
Salmonberry (Rubus spectabilis)
Wild Rose (Rosa spp.)
Thimbleberry (Rubus parviflorus)
Snowberry (Symphoricarpos albus)
Stinky Bob (Geranium robertianum)
Trillium (Trillium ovatum)
Duck's Foot or Inside-out Flower (Vancouveria hexandra)