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.

water parsley ¹
Oenanthe sarmentosa

English ivy ²
Hedera helix

Willows ³
Salix

Scouler's willow
Salix scouleriana

Fiddlenecks
Amsinckia

European holly ⁴
Ilex aquifolium

Virginia pepperweed ⁵
Lepidium virginicum

Crevice Alumroot ⁶
Heuchera micrantha

Western Saxifrage ⁷
Micranthes occidentalis

Broad-leaved Stonecrop ⁸
Sedum spathulifolium

true sedges ⁹
Carex

Three-way Sedge ¹⁰
Dulichium arundinaceum

Russet Cotton-grass ¹¹
Eriophorum chamissonis

crested dogtail grass ¹²
Cynosurus cristatus

bristly dogtail grass ¹³
Cynosurus echinatus

Annual Meadow-grass ¹⁴
Poa annua

Timothy ¹⁵
Phleum pratense

broad-leaved cattail ¹⁶
Typha latifolia

Soft Rush ¹⁷
Juncus effusus

Slender Rush ¹⁸
Juncus tenuis

Whiteflower Rein Orchid
Piperia candida

Elegant Rein Orchid ¹⁹
Piperia elegans

spotted coralroot ¹
Corallorhiza maculata

western rattlesnake plantain ²⁰
Goodyera oblongifolia

Small Camas ²¹
Camassia quamash

yellow flag iris ²²
Iris pseudacorus

Hooker's onion ¹⁸
Allium acuminatum

crown brodiaea ²³
Brodiaea coronaria

giant white fawn lily ²⁴
Erythronium oregonum

checker lily ²⁵
Fritillaria affinis

Meadow Deathcamas ²⁶
Toxicoscordion venenosum

Eelgrass ²⁷
Zostera marina

Broad-leaved Pondweed ²⁸
Potamogeton natans

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