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Large patches of dark green attest to a welcome surprise: Dense stands of red alder are thriving after all.

The most common tree species are red alder, big leaf maple and beaked hazelnut.

The twigs of bigleaf maple and red alder, cast to the ground by winter’s wind, show their thrusting buds, just ready to make this year’s leaves.

Warm-hued leaves offset the various shades of year-round green, in the form of bigleaf maples, vine maples, red alders and black cottonwood.

There are a handful of options, including red alder, which is native to North America's West Coast.