Oregon Grape ( Mahonia repens ) is a widely distributed understory plant that you may have spotted and thought to yourself, what’s that holly doing growing on the ground? Its distinct holly-like leaves with their wide toothed margins and points sprawl across the forest floor.   You can find Oregon Grape from western Canada south through California and east through Minnesota, and every state in between.  This low growing, shade-tolerant plant produces bright yellow flowers fro

Photo provided by Great Bear Native Plants The Black-Eyed Susans (Rudbeckia hirta) are in full bloom here at Great Bear Native Plants,...

Photo provided by Great Bear Native Plants It is blooming time for Campanula rotundifolia which goes by many names: Harebell, Blue...

The chilly spring wind blows on the delicate Pasque Flower, Pulsatilla patens , a member of the Buttercup family. The Latin word,...

Meet one of our newest additions here at Great Bear: Scouler's Willow (Salix scouleriana) also known as Western Pussy Willow! You may...

You know what they say, "A pennyroyal earned, is a pennyroyal saved!" (Photos provided by Great Bear Native Plants, Map provided by...

All photos taken by GBNP, map provided by USDA NRCS Also known as Leadplant, Amorpha canescens is a low growing, deciduous shrub in the...

Nomenclature and History Carl Linnaeus named this genus "Acer" from the ancient Latin word for maples in 1753. This species was first...