KCD’s Wetland Plant Cooperative has been in existence since the spring of 1997. The facility was established with a $55,000 King County Regional Water Quality Block Grant and continues to be funded by KCD and the Puget Sound Water Quality Action Team through the Washington Conservation Commission. The primary purpose of the Cooperative is to provide trees, shrubs and wetland plants to community groups, non-profit organizations and government agencies in King County for estuarine enhancement and stream and wetland restoration. Community groups and non-profit organizations that are limited in financial resources are encouraged to trade volunteer time at the facility for plant material. The nursery also functions as an environmental education site for King County schools.
Fresh Water, Salt Marsh & Beach Dune Plants | |
Alisma plantago-aquatica | Broadleaf water-plantain |
Carex deweyana | Dewey’s sedge |
Carex canescens | Gray sedge |
Carex lenticularis | Unnamed sedge |
Carex leporina | Harefoot sedge |
Carex lyngbyei | Lyngby’s sedge |
Carex obnupta | Slough sedge |
Carex pachystachya | Thick-headed sedge |
Carex stipata | Sawbeak sedge |
Carex unilateralis | One-sided sedge |
Carex utriculata (rostrata) | Beaked sedge |
Carex vesicaria var.major | Inflated sedge |
Carex vulpinoidea | Fox sedge |
Deschampsia cespitosa | Tufted hairgrass |
Distichlis spicata | Salt grass |
Eleocharis ovata | Ovate spike-rush |
Eleocharis palustris | Creeping spike-rush |
Glyceria elata | Tall mannagrass |
Juncus acuminatus | Tapered rush |
Juncus articulatus | Acuminate rush |
Juncus ensifolius | Dagger leaf rush |
Luzula parviflora | Small-flowered woodrush |
Leymus mollis | American dune grass |
Lysichiton americanum | Skunk cabbage |
Mimulus guttatus | Yellow monkey-flower |
Oenanthe sarmentosa | Water parsley |
Plantago maritima | Seaside plantain |
Potentilla anserina | Pacific silverweed |
Scirpus acutus | Hardstem bulrush |
Scirpus americanus | three-square bulrush |
Scirpus cyperinus | Wool grass |
Scirpus maritimus | Seacoast bulrush |
Scirpus microcarpus | Small-fruited bulrush |
Sparganium eurycarpum | Broad-fruited bur-reed |
Triglochin martimum | Seaside arrow-grass |
Trees | |
Abies grandis | Grand fir |
Acer macrophyllum | Big leaf maple |
Alnus rubra | Red alder |
Cornus nuttallii | Flowering dogwood |
Fraxinus latifolia | Oregon ash |
Picea sitchensis | Sitka spruce |
Pinus contorta | Lodgepole pine |
Pinus monticola | Western white pin |
Populus balsamifera ssp.trichocarpa | Black cottonwood |
Prunus emarginata | Bittercherry |
Prunus virginiana | Chokecherry |
Pseudotsuga menziesii | Douglas fir |
Rhamnus purshiana | Cascara |
Thuja plicata | Western red cedar |
Tsuga heterophylla | Western hemlock |
Multi-Stemmed Trees & Shrubs | |
Acer circinatum | Vine maple |
Amelanchier alnifolia | Serviceberry |
Cornus sericea (C.stolonifera) | Red osier dogwood |
Corylus cornuta | Hazelnut |
Crataegus douglasii | Black hawthorn |
Gaultheria shallon | Salal |
Holodiscus discolor | Ocean spray |
Lonicera involucrata | Black twinberry |
Mahonia aquifolium (B. aquifolium) | Tall Oregon grape |
Malus fusca | Pacific crabapple |
Oemelaria carasiformis | Indian plum |
Philadelphus lewisii | Mock orange |
Physocarpus capitatus | Pacific ninebark |
Ribes bracteosum | Stink currant |
Ribes divaricatum | Wax currant |
Ribes lacustre | Black gooseberry |
Ribes sanguineum | Red-flowering currant |
Rosa gymnocarpa | Baldhip rose |
Rosa nutkana | Nootka rose |
Rosa pisocarpa | Pea-fruited rose |
Rubus parviflorus | Thimbleberry |
Rubus spectabilis | Salmonberry |
Salix hookeriana | Hooker’s willow |
Salix lasiandra | Pacific willow |
Salix scouleriana | Scouler’s willow |
Salix sitchensis | Sitka willow |
Sambucus racemosa | Red elderberry |
Symphoricarpos albus | Snowberry |
Viburnum edula | Highbush cranberry |
Ground Covers & Herbs | |
Arctostaphylos uva-ursi | Kinnikinnick |
Frageria vesca | Woodland strawberry |
Frageria virginiana | Broadleaf strawberry |
Geum macrophyllum | Large-leaved avens |
Mahonia nervosa (B. nervosa) | Low Oregon grape |
Polystichum munitum | Sword fern |
Rubus leucodermis | Black raspberry |
Rubus ursinus | Dewberry |
Tellima grandiflora | Fringecup |
Tolmiea menziesii | Youth-On-Age |