This habitat area represents the unique camas prairies that occur in the South Puget Sound region. Since the Evergreen campus is predominantly forested, we can only approximate these special prairies, which tell a story that weaves glacial history and climate change with Indigenous land stewardship, and results in some of the most important food species, particularly camas (Camassia spp.).

In addition to common camas (Camassia quamash), you will find Oregon white oak (Quercus garryana), Saskatoon serviceberry (Amelanchier alnifolia), snowberry (Symphoricarpos  albus), kinnikinnik (Arctostaphylos uva-ursi), Idaho fescue (Festuca idahoensis), and, in the spring, beautiful blooms including Henderson’s shooting star (Dodecatheon hendersonii), bi-color lupine (Lupinus bicolor), chocolate  lily (Fritillaria camschatcensis), and spring gold (Lomatium utriculatum).