Fireweed (Epilobium angustifolium) - Fireweed is a beautiful "pioneer species, being one of the first plants to take hold in disturbed soil, preparing it for other less hardy plants.  It flowers in August and sets hillsides ablaze.  It is quite tall and can easily reach seven feet or more. The seed pods are long and narrow, filled with delicate fuzzy seeds.  The young plant was eaten by Native Americans.

Wild Ginger (Asarum caudatum) - This evergreen creeper has stems and roots
with a strong ginger taste and smell.  Its unusually colored flowers lie low to the ground, inconspicuous amongst the vegetation.  Wild Ginger relies on seed dispersal by ants:  The seeds grow a "useless" appendage that is tasty to the ants so they will haul the seeds back to their nests, thereby relocating them.

                      Tiger Lily (Lilium columbiana) - The Tiger Lily bulbs were highly prized as a spring edible by Northwest Coast Native Americans.  The incredibly beautiful orange flower has a strong, sweet and distinctively lily smell. The plants tend to be loner, one stalk growing multiple flower heads, usually in July.

Red-Spotted Crab Spider (Misumena vatia)/Golden Northern Bumblebee (Bombus fervidus)/Bull Thistle (Cirsium vulgare) - This little crab spider hides inside flower heads of plants such as Thistle, Foxglove, and Clover, waiting for a slow moving bumblebee landing for a pollen fest.  The crab spider grabs the unsuspecting bee and injects its venom, turning the bee into its next meal.