Rattlesnake Plantain, also called Green-Leaf Rattlesnake-Plantain, is most likely found in dry and open meadows. A herb and a member of the Orchidaceae Family, it grows by Kiosk 05.  Please know that most native NW plants make humans sick, many can kill.  ~1 in 10, with proper preparation, are consumable; even then perhaps only a part of the plant (root, stalk, leaf, or fruit) is edible.  Pilchuck Learning Center’s sponsored Western Washington State University SAM Project extinction possibility is slight; unlikely to be extinct soon as it is found in other areas of North America.

http://naeb.brit.org/uses/search/?string=Goodyera+oblongifolia
https://burkeherbarium.org/imagecollection/taxon.php?Taxon=Goodyera oblongifolia
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Goodyera_oblongifolia
https://plants.usda.gov/core/profile?symbol=GOOB2

This orchid is so named because its appearance resembles a:

snakeskin
corkscrew
plaid

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