Wiyot Cultural Plants
Plants were used for medicine, food, and basket making.

Iris douglasiana grows on the open ridges.


Achillea millefolium, yarrow patch on Table Bluff

Angelica hendersonii

Allium unifolium with pollinator

Woodwardia fern and nettle (Urtica dioica) rhizome

Arctostaphylos uva-ursi, often called kinnikinnick or bearberry, usually found growing with reindeer lichen.

nettle patch

Xerophyllum tenax

Helenium bolanderi

Helenium puberulum

Trifolium wormskioldii

Sidalcea malviflora subsp. patula

And many plants are enjoyed for their beauty! At the Azalea Reserve.