Shrubs

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Semi-evergreen shrubs, 4 foot shrub for sunny, dry site. Beautiful Grey foliage. Habitat is rocky or gravelly slopes in arid basins.

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Branching tall shrub to 20ft tall.  Fall berries are a favorite of migrating and local birds. Berries have been used for preserves.

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Juniperus communis is a low spreading shrub. Common Juniper has needle-like leaves in whorls of three; the leaves are green.

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Loosely branched shrub with stems fanning out. Reaches 8 feet tall. Can be seen growing on rocky outcrops and on hot, dry slopes. Is very drought hardy. One of the most horticulturally used native plants due to its beautiful flowers. 

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Lower growing than its close relative Basin Sage, Mt. Sage grows to higher elevations and has a low clumpy stature when mature.
Used in smudges for cleansing rituals, or burning over fires.

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Holodiscus discolor is a fast-growing deciduous shrub growing to 5 m tall. Cascading clusters of white flowersdrooping from the branches give the plant its two common names. The flowers have a faint sweet, sugary scent. It bears a small, hairy fruit containing one seed which is light enough to be dispersed by wind.

Holodiscus discolor, is found in a variety of habitats, from wet coastal forests to drier, cooler mountains further inland. It tends to grow in areas dominated by Douglas-fir. The plant is found in areas prone to wildfire, and it is often the first green shoot to spring up in an area recovering from a burn.

Description

It is a deciduous shrub growing to 1-3 m tall. The leaves are pinnate, 7-14 cm long, with three to seven leaflets. The flowers are pink (rarely white), 3.5-5 cm diameter; the hips are red, pear-shaped to ovoid, 10-15 mm diameter.

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In the wild, it commonly grows in wetlands. It is a medium to tall deciduous shrub, growing 1.5–4 m tall and 3–5 m wide, spreading readily to form dense thickets. The branches and twigs are dark red, although wild plants may lack this coloration in shaded areas.

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It is a deciduous shrub or small tree, depending on the environment, usually with multiple stems that reach 2 to 7 m in height in dry, cold, high elevation, and other difficult environments, and 10 to 20 m in favorable sites.

Scouler's Willow is the most common upland willow through most of its range. It invades quickly and abundantly after fires and logging. Mineral soil seedbeds are required for seedling establishment (Forest Practices Branch 1997).  At lower latitudes, the species grows in former clearcuts, burned areas, thinned forests, and areas of natural disturbance such as avalanche areas and river flood zones. These are all moist, well-drained to poorly drained sites. Although this willow tolerates drier conditions than most other willows, it does not tolerate xeric conditions.

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One of the easiest shrubs to identify throughout the year  smooth sumac has a spreading, open-growing nature, growing up to 3 m tall. The leaves turn scarlet in the fall. 

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The plant is a deciduous shrub found in open forests and thickets all over North America. Its northern limit is around the Arctic Circle. The shrub reaches a height of 1–4 m (3–13 feet).

The common name of the plant in British Columbia is soopolallie, a word deriving from the historic Chinook Jargon trading language used in the North American Pacific Northwest in the 19th and early 20th centuries. The name is a composite of the Chinook words for soap (soop) and berry (olallie).

Description

Ribes cereum is a species of currant known by the common names wax currant and squaw currant. It is native to western North America, including British Columbia and much of the western United States, where it grows in several types of habitat, including mountain forests in alpine climates, sagebrush, and woodlands. It can grow in many types of soils, including sandy and clay substrates. This is a spreading or erect shrub growing 20 centimeters to 2 meters tall.