Native Plants of British Columbia
We raise our hands in gratitude to reside in the traditional and unceded territory of the Quw'utsun Nation. Many of these plants carry great cultural importance to members of the Quw’utsun Nation, and are valued for their uses as medicine, food, fibre and fuel. The names of these plants in the Hul’q’umi’num language, where known, are included here.
Native plants are beneficial to include in our gardens because they increase biodiversity, provide habitat for wildlife, attract birds, butterflies and other pollinators, are adapted to local soil and weather conditions and are hardier and more disease resistant.
This list only contains varieties we regularly carry. For a complete list of plants native to BC, visit the Electronic Atlas of the Flora of British Columbia. Should you have any questions about inventory levels for certain plants, please contact us.
Perennials
Common Name | Hul'q'umi'num' Name | Botanical Name |
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Camas - Great | Speenhw | Camassia leichtlinii |
Camas - Common | Speenhw | Camassia quamash |
Coastal Strawberry | Fragaria chiloensis | |
Deer Fern | Blechnum spicant | |
False Solomon's-seal | Maianthemum racemosa | |
Kinnikinnick | Arctostaphylos uva-ursi | |
Maidenhair Fern | Adiantum pedatum | |
Nodding Onion | Qw'exwiyuts | Allium cernuum |
Pacific Bleeding Heart | Dicentra formosa | |
Red/Sitka Columbine | Aquilegia formosa | |
Satin Flower | Olsynium douglasii | |
Shooting Star | Dodecatheon hendersonii | |
Stonecrop | Sedum spathulifolium | |
Sword Fern | Sthxelum | Polystichum munitum |
Twinflower | Linnaea borealis | |
Wood Sorrel | Oxalis oregana | |
Woolly Sunflower | Eriophyllum lanatum | |
Yarrow | T'uliqw'ulhp | Achillea millefolium |
Shrubs
Common Name | Hul'q'umi'num' Name | Botanical Name |
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Blueberry - Oval leafed | Lhew'qim | Vaccinium ovalifolium |
Bunchberry | Cornus canadensis | |
Cascara | Rhamnus purshiana | |
Flowering Red Currant | sqwuliius | Ribes sanguineum |
Huckleberry - Black | Lhew'qim | Vaccinium membranaceum |
Huckleberry - Evergreen | Yey'xum' | Vaccinium ovatum |
Huckleberry - Red | Sqw'uqwtsus | Vaccinium parviflorum |
June plum | Tth'uxwun' | Oemleria cerasiformis |
Mock Orange | S-tth'ulhp | Philadelphus lewisii |
Nootka Rose | qel'qulhp | Rosa nutkana |
Ocean spray | Qethulhp | Holodiscus discolor |
Oregon Grape - Dull | sunii'ulhp | Mahonia nervosa |
Oregon Grape - Tall | Mahonia aquifolium | |
Pacific Ninebark | Kwunulhp | Physocarpus capitatus |
Red Elderberry | Tth'iwuq' | Sambucus racemosa |
Red osier Dogwood | Cornus stolonifera/sericea | |
Salal | t'eqe' | Gaultheria shallon |
Salmonberry | lila' | Rubus spectabilis |
Saskatoon berry | tshnetsulhp | Amelanchier alnifolia |
Snowberry | p'up'q'iyaas | Symphoricarpus albus |
Thimbleberry | t'uqwum'-ulhp | Rubus parviflorus |
Trees
Common Name | Hul'q'umi'num' Name | Botanical Name |
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Big Leaf Maple | ts'alhulhp | Acer macrophyllum |
Grand Fir | t'a'hw | Abies grandis |
Paper Birch | Betula papyrifera | |
Vine Maple | Acer circinatum | |
Arbutus | Qaanlhp | Arbutus menziesii |
Garry Oak | P'hwulhp | Quercus garryana |
Mountain Ash | Sorbus aucuparia | |
Mountain Hemlock | tsa'luqw thq'iinlhp | Tsuga mertensiana |
Pacific yew | Tuxwa'tsulhp | Taxus brevifolia |
Pussy Willow | Salix discolor | |
Quaking Aspen | Populus tremuloides | |
Shore Pine | Qw'iyul'ushulhp | Pinus contorta |
Western Hemlock | thq'iinlhp | Tsuga heterophylla |
Western Red Cedar | xpey' | Thuja plicata |
Yellow Cedar | Pashuluqw | Chamaecyparis nootkatensis |