Hi, a bit late to comment, but I am looking into incorporating a small portion of my yard to a "food forest" type system. Most of my garden area will be native flora, but I am also adding in native shrubs that have berries as we have many local to the area. I am only using a few Dwarf non-native fruit trees because they provide food, and aren't so big that they will break my house in our high winds or consume an immense amount of water. We have a lot of native grasses and ground covers that natives have histprically used, and I am now looking into local fungi to incorporate. Having trouble pinpointing which puff balls are native to the shrub stepp of Washington if anyone can chime in and help me out. 👋
