Our nature garden displays a variety of plants found in the Priest Lake area’s convergent ecosystems. Over sixty labeled specimens allow you to identify many of those wildflowers, plants, shrubs, and trees that you encounter in your exploration here. How many of them are familiar to you? How many of them are new to you? Begun in 1999, the garden also includes a memorial plaque in remembrance of museum family and friends.
Generations of the Kalispel Tribe harvested the area’s roots, berries, and plants as part of their seasonal rounds. To honor this rich legacy, we relabeled our Nature Garden plants in Salish and English with the assistance of the Kalispel Language Survival School. Below you can explore our native plants and listen to the Salish names voiced by elder Stanley Bluff.
(Members of Kalispel Language Survival School with museum board member R-L J.R. Bluff, Jack Nisbet, Johnny Arlee, Carlos Landa, Stan Bluff, Jessie Isadore, Glen Nenemah, and Tom Weitz.)
Nature garden plants are labeled with the common name, Salish, and the Latin name. Over 30 plants include the Salish but some other names have been lost over the last century. As the Kalispel Language Survival School recovers more, the museum will add them to our labels.
Western red cedar
astqʷ
Thuja plicata
Western white pine
ƛiyálqʷ
Pinus monticola
Douglas-fir
cqełp
Pseudotsuga menziesii
Quaking aspen
mlmltełp
Populus tremuloides
Creeping Oregon grape
scals
Berberis repens
Black huckleberry
stšałq
Vaccinium membranaceu
Kinnikinnick, Bearberry
skʷlsełp
Arctostaphylos uva-ursi
Wood’s rose
Rosa woodsii
Beargrass
slčéstiyeʔ
Rosa nutkana
Montana ladyslipper,
Moccasin orchid
csqáneʔ qeʔšis
Cypripedium montanun
Hear the Salish word spoken here…
Lodgepole pine
qʷqʷliʔt
Pinus contorta
Western larch,
Tamarack
caqʷlš
Larix occidentalis
Western hemlock
snpnqin
Tsuga heterophylla
Englemann spruce
Picea englemannii
Alder
čičitné
Alnus sp
Ponderosa pine
sʔatqʷłp
Pinus ponderosa
Cottonwood
mulš
Populus tricocarpa
Mountain ash
smxe sʔíłis
Sorbus scopulina
Willow
qwqwpuł
Salix sp.
Rocky Mountain maple
sxʷƛulá
Acer glabrum
Oregon boxleaf,
Mountain lover
skʷlkʷlsełp
Paxistima myrsinites
White bark raspberry,
Blackcap
mcukʷ
Rubus leucoderma
Red-osier dogwood,
Red willow
stetcčxʷ
Cornus stolonifera
Utah honeysuckle
Lonicera utahensis
Black twinberry,
Bearberry honeysuckle
Lonicera involucrata
Orange honeysuckle
čilyaláqʷ
Lonicera ciliosa
Oval-leaved huckleberry,
Blue huckleberry
Vaccinium ovalifoliam
Dwarf huckleberry,
Grouseberry
sipt
Vaccinium scoparium
Mallow ninebark
txeyłp
Physocarpus malvaceus
Fool’s huckleberry
Menziesia ferruginea
Ocean spray, Ironwood
mcmceyłp
Holodiscus discolor
Saskatoon serviceberry,
Juneberry
Słaq
Amelanchier alnifolia
Bald-hipped rose
Rosa gymnocarpa
Snowberry, Waxberry
stmtmniʔáłq
Symphoricarpos albus
Syringa,
Mock orange
Philadelphus lewisii
Flat-top spirea,
Birch-leaf spirea
stštšłqéłp
Spirea lucida
Thimbleberry
polplqn
Rubus parviflorus
Pyramid spirea
Spirea pyramidata
Round-leafed alumroot
cpcúp
Heuchera cylindrica
Spreading dogbane
specn
Apocynum androsaemifolium
Goldthread
Coptis occidentalis
Bedstraw, Cleavers
Galium aparine
Horsetail
tuxʷn
Equisetum arvense
Western meadowrue
pxʷcúxʷeʔ
Thalictrum occidentale
Plantain
sčłmłmqéneʔ
Plantago major
Common mullein
Verbascum thapsus
Rattlesnake plantain
nčeʔéws
Goodyera oblongifolia
American trailplant,
Pathfinder
Adenocaulon bicolor
Fairy slipper,
Calypso orchid
sčtásšn
Calypso bulbosa
Western teaberry
Gaultheria ovatifolia
Wild Sarsaparilla
čeʔčeʔłnéłp
Aralia nudicaulis
Mountain sweet cicely
xʷʔit
Osmorhiza chilensis
Silky wormwood
qpqptełp
Artemesia dracunculus
Canadian dogwood,
Bunchberry, Cat’s eyes
Cornus canadensis
Red clover
čeʔłpícčł
Trifolium pratense
Pearly everlasting,
Strawflower
Anaphalis margaritacea
White clover
Trifolium repens
Fireweed
qʷoqʷołqnéłp
Chamerion angustifolium
Foamflower
Tiarella trifoliata
Common bluebell
stltlam sceʔékʷs
Campanula rotundifolia
Wild ginger
Asarum caudatum
Canada goldenrod
ntexʷsesmlš
Solidago canadensis
Tiger lily
Lilium columbianum
Yellow penstemon
Penstemon confertus
Bracted lousewort
Pedicularis bracteosa
Pipsissewa
sčxlxlpús
Chimaphila umbellate
Blue lupine
nqnaqtéʔ
Lupinus sp.
White pussytoes
Antennaria racemosa
Rosy pussytoes
Antennaria rosea
Selfheal, Heal-all
Prunella vulgaris
Pink wintergreen
Pyrola asarifolia
Western Solomon’s plume
tšiyéłp
Maianthemum racemosum
Queen’s cup
Clintonia uniflora
Starry false lily
of the valley
Maianthemum stellatum
Shootingstar
nccʔlo
Dodecatheon pulchellum
Wild strawberry
qeytqm
Fragaria virginiana
Stonecrop
Sedum sp.
Trillium, Wakerobin
Trillium ovatum
Twinflower
Linnaea borealis
Violet
msmsáwyeʔ
Viola sp.
Yellow violet,
Pioneer violet
Viola glabella
Yarrow
nkʷkʷá
Achillea millefolium
Dark wood violet
Viola orbiculata