Native plants · Oregon
Native plants of Tillamook County
255 plant species are recorded as native to Oregon in Kew’s World Checklist of Vascular Plants and USDA PLANTS, and recorded in Tillamook County by USDA PLANTS. 179 of them have growing records you can filter by light, moisture, height and estimated cold hardiness. 5 more species are listed as both native and introduced and kept in a separate section.
County summary · USDA PLANTS and Kew WCVP
Tillamook County, Oregon
- Native species
- 255 Typical Oregon county: 432 (median of 36 counties)
- Garden-ready natives
- 179 Typical Oregon county: 311
- Share by type (all 255 native species)
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Percent of the 255 native species in each growth type
Wildflowers make up the largest share of the native list (51%), followed by grasses and grass-like plants (20%).
The native plant list
Garden-ready natives 179
Native species with PLANTS growing records (height, light, moisture, minimum temperature). “—” means PLANTS has no value.
| Plant | Type | Height | Light | Water use | Hardy to |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alaska brome Bromus sitchensis | Grass or grass-like | 5 ft | Shade-tolerant | Low | Zone 5b |
| Alaska oniongrass Melica subulata | Grass or grass-like | 3.3 ft | Shade-tolerant | Medium | Zone 4a |
| alkali buttercup Ranunculus cymbalaria | Wildflower (forb) | 1 ft | Shade-tolerant | High | Zone 3b |
| alpine timothy Phleum alpinum | Grass or grass-like | 1.4 ft | Sun–part shade | Medium | Zone 3a |
| American dunegrass Leymus mollis | Grass or grass-like | 4 ft | Sun | Medium | Zone 8a |
| American speedwell Veronica americana | Wildflower (forb) | 10 in | Shade-tolerant | High | Zone 3b |
| American vetch Vicia americana | Vine | 1.3 ft | Sun | Low | Zone 3b |
| arctic pearlwort Sagina saginoides | Wildflower (forb) | 4 in | Sun–part shade | High | Zone 4a |
| arctic sweet coltsfoot Petasites frigidus | Wildflower (forb) | 10 in | Sun–part shade | High | Zone 3b |
| arrowleaf ragwort Senecio triangularis | Wildflower (forb) | 4 ft | Sun–part shade | High | Zone 4a |
| beach pea Lathyrus japonicus | Vine | 1.5 ft | Sun–part shade | Medium | Zone 4a |
| beaked hazelnut Corylus cornuta | Tree | 15 ft | Shade-tolerant | Medium | Zone 2b |
| big deervetch Lotus crassifolius | Wildflower (forb) | 3.5 ft | Sun | Medium | Zone 7a |
| bigflower agoseris Agoseris grandiflora | Wildflower (forb) | 1.8 ft | Sun | Medium | Zone 6a |
| bigleaf maple Acer macrophyllum | Tree | 60 ft | Sun–part shade | Medium | Zone 6a |
| bitter cherry Prunus emarginata | Tree | 80 ft | Sun | Medium | Zone 5a |
| black hawthorn Crataegus douglasii | Tree | 15 ft | Sun–part shade | High | Zone 2b |
| blue wildrye Elymus glaucus | Grass or grass-like | 3.3 ft | Shade-tolerant | Low | Zone 3b |
| broadfruit bur-reed Sparganium eurycarpum | Wildflower (forb) | 4.9 ft | Sun–part shade | High | Zone 4a |
| broadleaf arnica Arnica latifolia | Wildflower (forb) | 2 ft | Sun–part shade | High | Zone 4a |
| broadleaf lupine Lupinus latifolius | Wildflower (forb) | 25 ft | Shade-tolerant | High | Zone 5b |
| buckbean Menyanthes trifoliata | Wildflower (forb) | 10 in | Sun–part shade | High | Zone 4a |
| California blackberry Rubus ursinus | Shrub | 2 ft | Sun | Medium | Zone 8a |
| California huckleberry Vaccinium ovatum | Shrub | 8 ft | Shade-tolerant | Low | Zone 8a |
| California wax myrtle Morella californica | Tree | 33 ft | Sun | Medium | Zone 9b |
| Canadian horseweed Conyza canadensis | Wildflower (forb) | 5 ft | Sun | Medium | Zone 12b |
| Canadian waterweed Elodea canadensis | Wildflower (forb) | — | Sun | High | Zone 4a |
| Cascade barberry Mahonia nervosa | Shrub | 2 ft | Shade-tolerant | Low | Zone 5b |
| Cascara buckthorn Frangula purshiana | Tree | 35 ft | Shade-tolerant | Medium | Zone 7a |
| clasping arnica Arnica amplexicaulis | Wildflower (forb) | 2.5 ft | Shade-tolerant | High | Zone 5a |
| cliff dwarf-primrose Douglasia laevigata | Wildflower (forb) | 2 in | Sun–part shade | Medium | Zone 6a |
| coastal monkeyflower Mimulus dentatus | Wildflower (forb) | 1.5 ft | Shade-tolerant | Medium | Zone 7b |
| Columbia brome Bromus vulgaris | Grass or grass-like | 1 ft | Shade-tolerant | Low | Zone 5a |
| common beargrass Xerophyllum tenax | Wildflower (forb) | 5 ft | Sun–part shade | Low | Zone 8a |
| common cowparsnip Heracleum maximum | Wildflower (forb) | 8 ft | Sun | High | Zone 3b |
| common evening primrose Oenothera biennis | Wildflower (forb) | 5 ft | Sun | Medium | Zone 4b |
| common mare's-tail Hippuris vulgaris | Wildflower (forb) | 2.8 ft | Sun | High | Zone 3b |
| common rush Juncus effusus | Grass or grass-like | 6.6 ft | Sun | Medium | Zone 3b |
| common selfheal Prunella vulgaris | Wildflower (forb) | 1.5 ft | Sun–part shade | Medium | Zone 3b |
| common snowberry Symphoricarpos albus | Shrub | 3 ft | Sun | Medium | Zone 3b |
| common spikerush Eleocharis palustris | Grass or grass-like | 1.3 ft | Sun | High | Zone 3b |
| common threesquare Schoenoplectus pungens | Grass or grass-like | 4.9 ft | Sun | High | Zone 3b |
| copperbush Elliottia pyroliflora | Shrub | 5 ft | — | — | Zone 5a |
| cosmopolitan bulrush Bolboschoenus maritimus | Grass or grass-like | 3.2 ft | Sun | Medium | Zone 5a |
| cows clover Trifolium wormskioldii | Wildflower (forb) | 3.5 ft | Sun–part shade | Medium | Zone 4b |
| coyotebrush Baccharis pilularis | Shrub | 10 ft | Sun | Low | Zone 9b |
| deer fern Blechnum spicant | Fern | 3.5 ft | Sun–part shade | High | Zone 6b |
| dotted smartweed Polygonum punctatum | Wildflower (forb) | 3.2 ft | Sun | Medium | Zone 10b |
| Douglas aster Symphyotrichum subspicatum | Wildflower (forb) | 4 in | Sun–part shade | High | Zone 6b |
| Douglas-fir Pseudotsuga menziesii | Tree | 200 ft | Sun–part shade | Medium | Zone 4a |
| drooping woodreed Cinna latifolia | Grass or grass-like | 4.5 ft | Sun–part shade | High | Zone 3b |
| dwarf rose Rosa gymnocarpa | Shrub | 3 ft | Shade-tolerant | Medium | Zone 5b |
| dwarf spikerush Eleocharis parvula | Grass or grass-like | 1.2 ft | Sun | Medium | Zone 3b |
| field horsetail Equisetum arvense | Fern | 11 in | Sun–part shade | High | Zone 3a |
| fireweed Chamerion angustifolium | Wildflower (forb) | 5.5 ft | Sun–part shade | High | Zone 3b |
| fowl bluegrass Poa palustris | Grass or grass-like | 4 ft | Sun–part shade | Medium | Zone 3b |
| Gardner's yampah Perideridia gairdneri | Wildflower (forb) | 4 ft | Shade-tolerant | High | Zone 5b |
| giant mountain aster Canadanthus modestus | Wildflower (forb) | 3 ft | Sun | Medium | Zone 3b |
| green alder Alnus viridis | Tree | 10 ft | Sun–part shade | High | Zone 1a |
| Greene's mountain ash Sorbus scopulina | Tree | 12 ft | Sun–part shade | Medium | Zone 7a |
| hairy manzanita Arctostaphylos columbiana | Tree | 6 ft | Sun–part shade | Low | Zone 8a |
| hardstem bulrush Schoenoplectus acutus | Grass or grass-like | 9.8 ft | Sun | High | Zone 3b |
| harsh Indian paintbrush Castilleja hispida | Wildflower (forb) | 1.5 ft | Sun | Low | Zone 5a |
| Henderson's sedge Carex hendersonii | Grass or grass-like | 3 ft | Shade-tolerant | Medium | Zone 6b |
| hollyleaved barberry Mahonia aquifolium | Shrub | 8 ft | Shade-tolerant | Low | Zone 3a |
| hooded lady's tresses Spiranthes romanzoffiana | Wildflower (forb) | 2.5 ft | Sun–part shade | High | Zone 3b |
| Idaho blue-eyed grass Sisyrinchium idahoense | Wildflower (forb) | 1.7 ft | Shade-tolerant | High | Zone 3b |
| Indian plum Oemleria cerasiformis | Tree | 5 ft | Sun–part shade | — | Zone 10a |
| kinnikinnick Arctostaphylos uva-ursi | Shrub | 6 in | Sun–part shade | Low | Zone 4a |
| largeleaf avens Geum macrophyllum | Wildflower (forb) | 2 ft | Shade-tolerant | Medium | Zone 4a |
| Lewis' mock orange Philadelphus lewisii | Shrub | 12 ft | Sun | Low | Zone 8a |
| little green sedge Carex viridula | Grass or grass-like | 1.5 ft | Sun | High | Zone 3b |
| little western bittercress Cardamine oligosperma | Wildflower (forb) | 1.7 ft | Shade-tolerant | Medium | Zone 5a |
| lodgepole pine Pinus contorta | Tree | 99 ft | Sun | Medium | Zone 1a |
| Lyngbye's sedge Carex lyngbyei | Grass or grass-like | 1 ft | Sun | — | Zone 2a |
| maiden blue eyed Mary Collinsia parviflora | Wildflower (forb) | 1 ft | Shade-tolerant | Medium | Zone 4a |
| meadow barley Hordeum brachyantherum | Grass or grass-like | 2 ft | Sun | Medium | Zone 3a |
| Mertens' sedge Carex mertensii | Grass or grass-like | 3.5 ft | Shade-tolerant | Medium | Zone 4b |
| mountain brome Bromus marginatus | Grass or grass-like | 4 ft | Sun | High | Zone 4b |
| noble fir Abies procera | Tree | 230 ft | Sun–part shade | Low | Zone 5a |
| nodding beggartick Bidens cernua | Wildflower (forb) | 3.2 ft | Sun–part shade | High | Zone 12a |
| nodding waternymph Najas flexilis | Wildflower (forb) | 2.5 ft | Sun–part shade | High | Zone 12a |
| Nootka rose Rosa nutkana | Shrub | 10 ft | Shade-tolerant | High | Zone 8a |
| northern bedstraw Galium boreale | Wildflower (forb) | 3 ft | Sun–part shade | Medium | Zone 4a |
| Northwest Territory sedge Carex utriculata | Grass or grass-like | 3.5 ft | Sun | High | Zone 3a |
| Nuttall's povertyweed Monolepis nuttalliana | Wildflower (forb) | 10 in | Sun | Medium | Zone 12a |
| oceanspray Holodiscus discolor | Shrub | 12 ft | Sun | High | Zone 8a |
| old man's whiskers Geum triflorum | Wildflower (forb) | 1.5 ft | Sun–part shade | Medium | Zone 3b |
| Oregon bedstraw Galium oreganum | Wildflower (forb) | 1 ft | Shade-tolerant | Low | Zone 6a |
| Oregon crab apple Malus fusca | Tree | 15 ft | Sun–part shade | — | Zone 10a |
| oval-leaf blueberry Vaccinium ovalifolium | Shrub | 8 ft | Sun–part shade | Medium | Zone 4a |
| Pacific aster Symphyotrichum chilense | Wildflower (forb) | 3.5 ft | Sun–part shade | Medium | Zone 4b |
| Pacific bleeding heart Dicentra formosa | Wildflower (forb) | 1.5 ft | Shade-tolerant | Low | Zone 5a |
| Pacific ninebark Physocarpus capitatus | Shrub | 8 ft | Sun | Low | Zone 4a |
| Pacific rhododendron Rhododendron macrophyllum | Tree | 15 ft | Sun–part shade | High | Zone 8a |
| Pacific yew Taxus brevifolia | Tree | 40 ft | Shade-tolerant | Low | Zone 5b |
| panicled bulrush Scirpus microcarpus | Grass or grass-like | 5.5 ft | Sun | Medium | Zone 3b |
| pinemat manzanita Arctostaphylos nevadensis | Shrub | 2 ft | Shade-tolerant | Low | Zone 6a |
| pipsissewa Chimaphila umbellata | Shrub | 1.5 ft | Shade-tolerant | Low | Zone 3b |
| Port Orford cedar Chamaecyparis lawsoniana | Tree | 200 ft | Shade-tolerant | Medium | Zone 6a |
| prairie Junegrass Koeleria macrantha | Grass or grass-like | 1.5 ft | Shade-tolerant | High | Zone 3b |
| prickly currant Ribes lacustre | Shrub | 3 ft | Shade-tolerant | — | Zone 1a |
| quaking aspen Populus tremuloides | Tree | 65 ft | Sun | High | Zone 1a |
| Rainier pleated gentian Gentiana calycosa | Wildflower (forb) | 7 in | Shade-tolerant | Medium | Zone 8a |
| red alder Alnus rubra | Tree | 90 ft | Sun | High | Zone 5a |
| red elderberry Sambucus racemosa | Tree | 18 ft | Sun–part shade | High | Zone 4a |
| red huckleberry Vaccinium parvifolium | Shrub | 12 ft | Shade-tolerant | Low | Zone 6a |
| redflower currant Ribes sanguineum | Shrub | 12 ft | Sun–part shade | Medium | Zone 8a |
| redosier dogwood Cornus sericea | Tree | 12 ft | Sun | High | Zone 3b |
| reed canarygrass Phalaris arundinacea | Grass or grass-like | 5 ft | Sun | High | Zone 3b |
| ribbonleaf pondweed Potamogeton epihydrus | Wildflower (forb) | — | Sun | High | Zone 4a |
| rose spirea Spiraea douglasii | Shrub | 7 ft | Sun | Low | Zone 5a |
| rough bentgrass Agrostis scabra | Grass or grass-like | 2.5 ft | Sun | Medium | Zone 3b |
| sago pondweed Stuckenia pectinata | Wildflower (forb) | — | Sun | High | Zone 3b |
| salal Gaultheria shallon | Shrub | 6 ft | Shade-tolerant | High | Zone 8a |
| salmonberry Rubus spectabilis | Vine | 12 ft | Sun–part shade | Medium | Zone 4a |
| saltgrass Distichlis spicata | Grass or grass-like | 1.1 ft | Sun | Medium | Zone 3b |
| saltmarsh bird's-beak Cordylanthus maritimus | Wildflower (forb) | 1.7 ft | Sun | Medium | Zone 8a |
| Sandberg bluegrass Poa secunda | Grass or grass-like | 1.4 ft | Sun–part shade | Low | Zone 3b |
| sanddune wallflower Erysimum capitatum | Wildflower (forb) | 2.5 ft | Sun | Medium | Zone 4b |
| Saskatoon serviceberry Amelanchier alnifolia | Tree | 15 ft | Sun–part shade | Medium | Zone 1a |
| sea milkwort Glaux maritima | Wildflower (forb) | 11 in | Sun | High | Zone 4a |
| seashore bentgrass Agrostis pallens | Grass or grass-like | 2 ft | Sun–part shade | High | Zone 5a |
| seashore bluegrass Poa macrantha | Grass or grass-like | 5 in | Sun | Low | Zone 9b |
| seep monkeyflower Mimulus guttatus | Wildflower (forb) | 2.5 ft | Shade-tolerant | High | Zone 3b |
| Siberian springbeauty Claytonia sibirica | Wildflower (forb) | 1.4 ft | Shade-tolerant | Medium | Zone 3a |
| Sierra rush Juncus nevadensis | Grass or grass-like | 2 ft | Sun–part shade | High | Zone 4a |
| silky beach pea Lathyrus littoralis | Vine | 1.6 ft | Sun–part shade | Medium | Zone 8a |
| silvery sedge Carex canescens | Grass or grass-like | 2 ft | Sun–part shade | High | Zone 4a |
| Sitka spruce Picea sitchensis | Tree | 200 ft | Shade-tolerant | Medium | Zone 4a |
| Sitka willow Salix sitchensis | Tree | 23 ft | Sun | High | Zone 5b |
| slender cinquefoil Potentilla gracilis | Wildflower (forb) | 2.4 ft | Sun | Low | Zone 3a |
| slender hairgrass Deschampsia elongata | Grass or grass-like | 3 ft | Sun | Low | Zone 3b |
| slimstem reedgrass Calamagrostis stricta | Grass or grass-like | 3 ft | Sun–part shade | High | Zone 3a |
| slough sedge Carex obnupta | Grass or grass-like | 3 ft | Sun–part shade | High | Zone 7a |
| small camas Camassia quamash | Wildflower (forb) | 2.3 ft | Shade-tolerant | High | Zone 4b |
| small enchanter's nightshade Circaea alpina | Wildflower (forb) | 11 in | Shade-tolerant | Medium | Zone 3b |
| smallflowered woodrush Luzula parviflora | Grass or grass-like | 2 ft | Shade-tolerant | High | Zone 4a |
| smooth sumac Rhus glabra | Tree | 12 ft | Sun | Low | Zone 4a |
| spearleaf arnica Arnica longifolia | Wildflower (forb) | 2 ft | Shade-tolerant | High | Zone 4a |
| spike bentgrass Agrostis exarata | Grass or grass-like | 3 ft | Sun | Medium | Zone 3b |
| spreading phlox Phlox diffusa | Wildflower (forb) | 6 in | Shade-tolerant | Low | Zone 6a |
| star sedge Carex echinata | Grass or grass-like | 1.5 ft | Sun–part shade | High | Zone 3b |
| sticky cinquefoil Potentilla glandulosa | Wildflower (forb) | 1.5 ft | Sun–part shade | Low | Zone 4a |
| subalpine fleabane Erigeron peregrinus | Wildflower (forb) | 2 ft | Sun–part shade | High | Zone 3b |
| swordleaf rush Juncus ensifolius | Grass or grass-like | 2 ft | Sun–part shade | High | Zone 3b |
| tall trisetum Trisetum canescens | Grass or grass-like | 3.5 ft | Sun–part shade | Medium | Zone 4a |
| tapertip rush Juncus acuminatus | Grass or grass-like | 3 ft | Sun–part shade | High | Zone 4a |
| thimbleberry Rubus parviflorus | Shrub | 4 ft | Sun–part shade | High | Zone 4b |
| thinleaf huckleberry Vaccinium membranaceum | Shrub | 4.5 ft | Sun–part shade | Low | Zone 3b |
| threepetal bedstraw Galium trifidum | Vine | 10 in | Sun–part shade | High | Zone 3b |
| thrift seapink Armeria maritima | Wildflower (forb) | 11 in | Sun | Medium | Zone 4b |
| Tilesius' wormwood Artemisia tilesii | Wildflower (forb) | 36 ft | Shade-tolerant | Medium | Zone 1a |
| tinker's penny Hypericum anagalloides | Wildflower (forb) | 10 in | Sun–part shade | High | Zone 12a |
| tiny mousetail Myosurus minimus | Wildflower (forb) | 5 in | Sun–part shade | Medium | Zone 12b |
| toad rush Juncus bufonius | Grass or grass-like | 1 ft | Sun | Medium | Zone 12a |
| toughleaf iris Iris tenax | Wildflower (forb) | 1.5 ft | Shade-tolerant | Medium | Zone 6a |
| tufted hairgrass Deschampsia cespitosa | Grass or grass-like | 3.4 ft | Sun | Low | Zone 3b |
| twinberry honeysuckle Lonicera involucrata | Shrub | 10 ft | Shade-tolerant | High | Zone 3a |
| twoheaded water-starwort Callitriche heterophylla | Wildflower (forb) | — | Sun | High | Zone 4a |
| upland bentgrass Agrostis perennans | Grass or grass-like | 3.5 ft | Sun–part shade | High | Zone 4a |
| vernal water-starwort Callitriche palustris | Wildflower (forb) | 10 in | Sun | Medium | Zone 4a |
| vine maple Acer circinatum | Tree | 20 ft | Shade-tolerant | Medium | Zone 6a |
| Virginia glasswort Salicornia depressa | Wildflower (forb) | 1 ft | Sun | Medium | Zone 8b |
| water knotweed Polygonum amphibium | Wildflower (forb) | 1 in | Sun | High | Zone 5a |
| water sedge Carex aquatilis | Grass or grass-like | 2.9 ft | Sun | High | Zone 3b |
| western columbine Aquilegia formosa | Wildflower (forb) | 3 ft | Shade-tolerant | Medium | Zone 5a |
| western fescue Festuca occidentalis | Grass or grass-like | 3 ft | Shade-tolerant | Low | Zone 3a |
| western hemlock Tsuga heterophylla | Tree | 170 ft | Shade-tolerant | Medium | Zone 5a |
| western Labrador tea Ledum glandulosum | Shrub | 4.5 ft | Shade-tolerant | Medium | Zone 4b |
| western mountain ash Sorbus sitchensis | Tree | 15 ft | Sun | Medium | Zone 4b |
| western pearly everlasting Anaphalis margaritacea | Wildflower (forb) | 3 ft | Sun–part shade | Medium | Zone 3a |
| western redcedar Thuja plicata | Tree | 150 ft | Shade-tolerant | Medium | Zone 4a |
| western sweetroot Osmorhiza occidentalis | Wildflower (forb) | 4 ft | Shade-tolerant | Medium | Zone 3b |
| western swordfern Polystichum munitum | Fern | 3.5 ft | Shade-tolerant | High | Zone 4a |
| western water hemlock Cicuta douglasii | Wildflower (forb) | 6 ft | Sun | High | Zone 4b |
| white hawkweed Hieracium albiflorum | Wildflower (forb) | 3 ft | Sun–part shade | Low | Zone 4a |
| widgeongrass Ruppia maritima | Wildflower (forb) | 2 in | Sun | High | Zone 7a |
| woolly groundsel Packera cana | Wildflower (forb) | 1.5 ft | Sun | Low | Zone 3a |
No garden-ready natives match these filters. Try clearing one.
Other native species recorded here 76
PLANTS has no growing records for these, so light, moisture, height and zone filters cannot include them. Many are wild species seldom sold by nurseries.
Hidden while “Garden-ready only” is on.
- Aleutian maidenhair Adiantum aleuticum
- American bird's-foot trefoil Lotus unifoliolatus
- American rockbrake Cryptogramma acrostichoides
- American wild carrot Daucus pusillus
- bay forget-me-not Myosotis laxa
- beautiful sandwort Minuartia rubella
- bigleaf lupine Lupinus polyphyllus
- blite goosefoot Chenopodium capitatum
- bog yellowcress Rorippa palustris
- boreal starwort Stellaria borealis
- Carolina geranium Geranium carolinianum
- chairmaker's bulrush Schoenoplectus americanus
- common woodrush Luzula multiflora
- cottonbatting plant Pseudognaphalium stramineum
- Douglas' knotweed Polygonum douglasii
- dune willow Salix hookeriana
- eastern daisy fleabane Erigeron annuus
- European bur-reed Sparganium emersum
- feathery false lily of the valley Maianthemum racemosum
- foxtail barley Hordeum jubatum
- fragrant bedstraw Galium triflorum
- fringed willowherb Epilobium ciliatum
- giant red Indian paintbrush Castilleja miniata
- heartleaf twayblade Listera cordata
- hooded coralroot Corallorhiza striata
- hookedspur violet Viola adunca
- horned pondweed Zannichellia palustris
- Howell's pussytoes Antennaria howellii
- Indianpipe Monotropa uniflora
- inundated clubmoss Lycopodiella inundata
- lanceleaf figwort Scrophularia lanceolata
- largeleaf sandwort Moehringia macrophylla
- leathery grapefern Botrychium multifidum
- long-stolon sedge Carex inops
- mapleleaf goosefoot Chenopodium simplex
- marsh pea Lathyrus palustris
- Menzies' campion Silene menziesii
- Menzies' fiddleneck Amsinckia menziesii
- milkflower willowherb Epilobium lactiflorum
- muskflower Mimulus moschatus
- nodding onion Allium cernuum
- pinesap Monotropa hypopitys
- purple marshlocks Comarum palustre
- Pursh seepweed Suaeda calceoliformis
- red baneberry Actaea rubra
- Richardson's pondweed Potamogeton richardsonii
- roundleaf sundew Drosera rotundifolia
- running clubmoss Lycopodium clavatum
- salt sandspurry Spergularia salina
- scentbottle Platanthera dilatata
- Scouler's popcornflower Plagiobothrys scouleri
- seaside arrowgrass Triglochin maritima
- seaside sandplant Honckenya peploides
- seawrack Zostera marina
- shortspike watermilfoil Myriophyllum sibiricum
- sidebells wintergreen Orthilia secunda
- single delight Moneses uniflora
- slender phlox Microsteris gracilis
- small cranberry Vaccinium oxycoccos
- small pondweed Potamogeton pusillus
- spinulose woodfern Dryopteris carthusiana
- starry false lily of the valley Maianthemum stellatum
- stream orchid Epipactis gigantea
- summer coralroot Corallorhiza maculata
- sweetcicely Osmorhiza berteroi
- tall annual willowherb Epilobium brachycarpum
- tall blue lettuce Lactuca biennis
- tower rockcress Arabis glabra
- twinflower Linnaea borealis
- twistedstalk Streptopus lanceolatus
- Virginia strawberry Fragaria virginiana
- western oakfern Gymnocarpium dryopteris
- western rattlesnake plantain Goodyera oblongifolia
- woodland pinedrops Pterospora andromedea
- woodland strawberry Fragaria vesca
- Wright's cudweed Pseudognaphalium canescens
Also listed as native and introduced here 5
PLANTS labels these species both native and introduced in this state: some forms are native and others were brought in from elsewhere. Most gardeners should choose plants from the main list.
- beach strawberryFragaria chiloensis
- bride's feathersAruncus dioicus
- claspleaf twistedstalkStreptopus amplexifolius
- hedge false bindweedCalystegia sepium
- Kentucky bluegrassPoa pratensis
Compared with Oregon
The typical county is the median of the 36 Oregon counties with PLANTS county records; the statewide figure counts every species native anywhere in the state. More species is not better or worse: counties differ in size, habitat and how thoroughly they have been surveyed.
| Measure | Tillamook County | Typical county | Statewide |
|---|---|---|---|
| Native species | 255 | 432 | 1,058 |
| Garden-ready natives | 179 | 311 | 683 |
| Tree | 30 | — | 87 |
| Shrub | 27 | — | 115 |
| Wildflower (forb) | 131 | — | 567 |
| Grass or grass-like | 50 | — | 232 |
| Vine | 7 | — | 18 |
| Fern | 10 | — | 39 |
Neighboring counties
Counties that share a ZIP code with Tillamook County.
- Clatsop County, OR 212 garden-ready
- Lincoln County, OR 167 garden-ready
- Yamhill County, OR 162 garden-ready
Source & data date
- Source
- USDA NRCS PLANTS Database: county distribution records, native status and plant characteristics. CC0 (public domain dedication, per the data.gov catalog record).
- Kew’s World Checklist of Vascular Plants (WCVP): native or introduced status by state. CC BY 3.0.
- USGS US-RIIS (ver. 2.0): species listed as introduced are excluded. CC0.
- Citation
- USDA, NRCS. 2026. The PLANTS Database (https://plants.usda.gov, 11/04/2026). National Plant Data Team, Greensboro, NC USA.
- Govaerts R. (ed.) (2026). WCVP: World Checklist of Vascular Plants. Facilitated by the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Data file dated 2026-06-04, http://sftp.kew.org/pub/data-repositories/WCVP/ (retrieved 2026-11-04). Paper: Govaerts R. et al. (2021) The World Checklist of Vascular Plants, a continuously updated resource for exploring global plant diversity. Scientific Data 8, 215.
- Data date
- Retrieved from PLANTS on November 4, 2026; WCVP data file dated June 4, 2026.
- Zones
- USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map (2023) ZIP table: PRISM Group, Oregon State University, https://prism.oregonstate.edu, accessed November 3, 2026. Plant zones on this site are our estimate, not the official map.
- Scope
- Tillamook County (county FIPS 41057), Oregon. 255 native species from PLANTS county distribution records; garden-ready = species with a PLANTS characteristics record.
- Method
- A species is listed when it is recorded as native to the state in Kew’s World Checklist of Vascular Plants and USDA PLANTS, and recorded in the county by USDA PLANTS. Species PLANTS labels both native and introduced are listed separately. Full method · All sources