The Wild Garden: Hansen's Northwest Native Plant Database

Fragaria vesca (Wood's Strawberry, Woodland Strawberry)

Kingdom	:	Plantae – Plants
Subkingdom	:	Tracheobionta – Vascular plants
Superdivision	:	Spermatophyta – Seed plants
Division	:	Magnoliophyta – Flowering plants
Class	:	Magnoliopsida – Dicotyledons
Subclass	:	Rosidae
Order	:	Rosales
Family	:	Rosaceae – Rose family
Genus	:	Fragaria L. – strawberry
Species	:	Fragaria vesca L. – woodland strawberry

This fine, deciduous strawberry has small, delicious fruit.

Light green, sharply toothed, clover-like leaves distinguish this plant.

With long runners, it spreads easily to make a nice ground cover.

Found in the wild in shaded sites from southern BC to California (USDA 5-9), it is more common on the west side of the Cascades than the east side.

For a short comparison of northwest native strawberries, click here.

The botanical painting above center source Prof. Dr. Otto Wilhelm Thome Flora von Deutschland, Osterreich und der Schweiz 1885, Gera, Germany. Permission granted to use by Kurt Stueber under GFDL

Photo above, left by Foolip. Photo above, right taken at Elwha River Trail in Olympic National Park by Walter Siegmund

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