Hummingbird Island

SE Powell Ct & SE 116th Ave, Portland Oregon
Hummingbird Island began as an idea, loose in the minds of many neighbors in the Powellhurst - Gilbert Heights neighborhood. Spearheaded by Peter Condra, with the support of Portland Parks, Urban Forestry, Earth Ecology, and many supportive and enthusiastic neighbors, the idea coalesced into reality. 

This traffic island was apparently a dumping site in the original 1950’s community housing project. It was a grass lawn roundabout for many recent years, and now with the effort put in with this beautiful collaboration, it is a native plant / habitat / pollinator garden oasis within outer South East Portland. 

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Hummingbird
Island Plant List
Quantity
Latin Name

Common Name
32Achillea millefoliumYarrow
25Allium cernuumNodding onion
27Anaphalis margaritaceaPearly everlasting
21Aquilegia formosaWestern Columbine
3Arctostaphylos pajaroensis "John Dourly"John Dourly Manzanita 
1Arctostaphylos bakeri "Louis Edmonds"Louis Edmunds Manzanita 
1Arctostaphylos hookeri "James Roof"James Roof Manzanita
2Arctostaphylos nevadensisGroundcover Manzanita
1Arctostaphylos rudisManzanita 
3Arctostaphylos uva-ursiKinnikinick
2Arctostaphylos uva-ursi "Emerald Carpet"Kinnickinnick
28Arctostaphylos uva-ursi "Native"Kinnickinnick
1Arctostaphylos x media "Xera pacific"Manzanita 
6Asclepias speciosaShowy milkweed
2Baccharis pilularis "Pistol Pancake"Coyote bush
1Blechnum spicantDeer fern
36Camassia leichtlinii var. suksdorfii Tall Camas
150Carex tumulicolaFoothill sedge
4Ceanothus cuneatusBuckbrush Ceanothus
3Ceanothus velutinusSnowbrush Ceanothus 
3Cercis occidentalisWest Coast Native Redbud
25Erigeron glaucusSeaside daisy
10Eriogonum compositumArrowleaf buckwheat
2Eriogonum fasiculatumCalifornia buckwheat
18Eriophyllum lanatumOregon Sunshine
6Festuca californiaCalifornia Fescue
25Festuca idahoensisIdahoe fescue
18Festuca rubra "Patricks Point"Red Fescue
25Fragaria vescaWoods Strawberry 
4Frangula californica tomentella "Hayfork"Silver Coffeeberry
3Frangula occidentlisSouthern Oregon coffeeberry
1Gaultheria shallonSalal
1Holodiscus discolorOceanspray
25Iris douglasianaDouglas Iris
6Iris douglasiana "Burnt Sugar"Iris selection
6Iris innominata "Purple form"Iris selection
50Iris tenaxPortland Native Iris
11Juncus effususCommon Rush
25Juncus patensSpreading Rush
25Lupinus rivularisStreambank lupine
5Mahonia aquifoliumTall Oregon Grape
15Mahonia repensCreeping Oregon Grape
3Monardella villosa "Russian River"Coyote mint
9Muhlenbergia rigensDeer Grass
3Notholithocarpus densiflorus "Dwarf"Dwarf Tanoak - Buckhorn mtn. 
2Notholithocarpus densiflorus var. echinoidesDwarf Tanoak
10Penstemon OvatusBroad-leaf Penstemon
12Penstemon barrettiaeGorge endemic penstemon
3Polystichum munitumWestern Sword Fern
25Prunella vulgaris var. lanceolataNative Selfheal
12Sedum divergensCascade Stonecrop
12Sedum oreganumNative Stonecrop
12Sedum spathifoliumBroadleaf Stonecrop
12Sedum spathulifolium 'purpuremBroadleaf Stonecrop
8Sidalcea campestrisCheckermallow
5Solidago canadensisGolden rod
1Spheralcea incana "Dark Pink"Globe mallow
5Spirea densifloraSubapline spirea
5Symphoriocarpos mollisSnowberry
5Symphyotrichum subspicatumDouglas Aster
1Vaccinium ovatumEvergreen huckleberry
34Zauschneria "Catalina"California Fuchsia
837Total Number Of Plants

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