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Ruxton Island Field Guide

Ruxton Island is in the Canadian province of BC, in the warm, sunny Gulf Islands. I'm constantly adding observations. Please enter your photos on iNat's Ruxton Island Biodiversity Project, and I'll add them here. Birds are under 2 headings on the left, due to a glitch in iNat.

Common Raven 1
Corvus corax
American Goldfinch 2
Spinus tristis
Harbor Seal 3
Phoca vitulina
Douglas Squirrel 3
Tamiasciurus douglasii
Tidepool Sculpin 4
Oligocottus maculosus
Lottia strigatella 3
butter clam 3
Saxidomus gigantea
Nuttall's Cockle 3
Clinocardium nuttallii
Pacific Oyster 3
Crassostrea gigas
Blue Mussel 3
Mytilus edulis
Scolopocryptops 5
Spiders 3
Araneae
Funnel Weavers 3
Agelenidae
Ants, Bees, Wasps and Sawflies 6
Hymenoptera
Black-tailed Bumblebee 7
Bombus melanopygus
Butterflies and Moths 3
Lepidoptera
Pale Swallowtail 8
Papilio eurymedon
Lorquin's Admiral 9
Limenitis lorquini
Silver-spotted Tiger Moth 10
Lophocampa argentata
Dyar's Looper Moth 3
Gabriola dyari
Scarabs 3
Scarabaeidae
Ten-lined June Beetle 11
Polyphylla decemlineata
Four-spotted Skimmer 12
Libellula quadrimaculata
Cardinal Meadowhawk 13
Sympetrum illotum
Purple Shore Crab 3
Hemigrapsus nudus
Yellow Shore Crab 3
Hemigrapsus oregonensis
Red Rock Crab 3
Cancer productus
Western Sea Roach 3
Ligia occidentalis
Common Rough Woodlouse 14
Porcellio scaber
Balanoidea 15
Acorn Barnacle 3
Balanus glandula
Little Brown Barnacle 3
Chthamalus dalli
Aggregating Anemone 3
Anthopleura elegantissima
mosses, liverworts, and hornworts 16
Bryophyta
Menzies' Tree Moss 17
Leucolepis acanthoneura
Badge Moss 3
Plagiomnium insigne
Oregon Beaked Moss 18
Eurhynchium oreganum
Glittering Wood-moss 19
Hylocomium splendens
Big Shaggy-moss 20
Rhytidiadelphus triquetrus
lady fern 21
Athyrium filix-femina
Western Sword Fern 22
Polystichum munitum
northern wood fern 23
Dryopteris expansa
Goldback Fern 24
Pentagramma triangularis
Licorice Fern 25
Polypodium glycyrrhiza
common bracken 26
Pteridium aquilinum
Seaside Juniper 27
Juniperus maritima
Shore Pine 28
Pinus contorta contorta
Coast Douglas-fir 9
Pseudotsuga menziesii menziesii
Grand Fir 29
Abies grandis
field horsetail 30
Equisetum arvense
dicots 31
Magnoliopsida
Common Broom 32
Cytisus scoparius
Sierra Nevada Peavine 33
Lathyrus nevadensis
Red Clover 34
Trifolium pratense
white clover 35
Trifolium repens
Black Medick 36
Medicago lupulina
Hairy Tare 37
Vicia hirsuta
plums, cherries, and allies 38
Prunus
Bitter cherry 39
Prunus emarginata
Thimbleberry
Rubus parviflorus
trailing blackberry 40
Rubus ursinus
rose spiraea 41
Spiraea douglasii
Saskatoon 42
Amelanchier alnifolia
Virginia strawberry 43
Fragaria virginiana
common silverweed 44
Potentilla anserina
Ocean spray 45
Holodiscus discolor
Baldhip Rose 46
Rosa gymnocarpa
Nootka rose 46
Rosa nutkana
large-leaved avens 40
Geum macrophyllum
Cascara 23
Frangula purshiana
Canadian buffalo-berry 47
Shepherdia canadensis
Indian pipe 48
Monotropa uniflora
Salal 49
Gaultheria shallon
Labrador Tea
Rhododendron tomentosum tomentosum
Pacific Madrone 50
Arbutus menziesii
Starflower 51
Lysimachia borealis
Northern Starflower
Lysimachia borealis borealis
Western Star Flower 52
Lysimachia latifolia
red osier dogwood 53
Cornus sericea
Three-petal Bedstraw 54
Galium trifidum
curly dock
Rumex crispus
Crisp Starwort 55
Stellaria crispa
field chickweed 56
Cerastium arvense
Rose Campion 57
Silene coronaria
Common catchfly 58
Silene gallica
Largeleaf Sandwort 59
Moehringia macrophylla
Virginia Glasswort 60
Salicornia depressa
Pacific Glasswort 61
Salicornia pacifica
Sea Thrift 62
Armeria maritima
miner's lettuce 63
Claytonia perfoliata
Oregon boxwood 39
Paxistima myrsinites
sunflowers, daisies, asters and allies 64
Asteraceae
sow thistles
Sonchus
dandelions 65
Taraxacum
common dandelion 66
Taraxacum officinale
woodland madia 58
Anisocarpus madioides
pearly everlasting 67
Anaphalis margaritacea
Yarrow 68
Achillea millefolium
ox-eye daisy 69
Leucanthemum vulgare
Nipplewort 69
Lapsana communis

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