Backyard Habitat - Nuisance Weeds

Portland Audubon and Columbia Land Trust have teamed up to create the Backyard Habitat Certification Program, a unique program that supports urban gardeners in their efforts to create natural backyard habitats. ...more ↓

Yellow Flag Iris 🥈

Iris pseudacorus, the yellow flag, yellow iris, or water flag, is a species of flowering plant in the family Iridaceae. It is native to Europe, western Asia and northwest Africa. Its specific epithet pseudacorus means "false acorus", referring to the similarity of its leaves to those of Acorus calamus (sweet flag), as they have a prominently ...more ↓

False-brome 🥇

Brachypodium sylvaticum, commonly known as false-brome, slender false brome or wood false brome, is a perennial grass native to Europe, Asia and Africa. It has a broad native range stretching from North Africa to Eurasia.

Reed Canarygrass 🏆

Phalaris arundinacea, sometimes known as reed canary grass, is a tall, perennial bunchgrass that commonly forms extensive single-species stands along the margins of lakes and streams and in wet open areas, with a wide distribution in Europe, Asia, northern Africa and North America. Other common names for the plant include gardener's-garters in English, ...more ↓

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