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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 Snowberry 1
Symphoricarpos albus
creeping snowberry 2
Symphoricarpos mollis
Twinflower 3
Linnaea borealis americana
shortspur seablush 4
Plectritis congesta
Pacific Sanicle 5
Sanicula crassicaulis
Pacific Black-snakeroot 6
Sanicula crassicaulis crassicaulis
water parsley 7
Oenanthe sarmentosa
English ivy 8
Hedera helix
Willows 9
Salix
Scouler's willow
Salix scouleriana
Fiddlenecks
Amsinckia
European holly 10
Ilex aquifolium
Virginia pepperweed 11
Lepidium virginicum
Crevice Alumroot 12
Heuchera micrantha
Western Saxifrage 13
Micranthes occidentalis
Broad-leaved Stonecrop 14
Sedum spathulifolium
true sedges 15
Carex
Three-way Sedge 16
Dulichium arundinaceum
Russet Cotton-grass 17
Eriophorum chamissonis
crested dogtail grass 18
Cynosurus cristatus
bristly dogtail grass 19
Cynosurus echinatus
Annual Meadow-grass 20
Poa annua
Timothy 21
Phleum pratense
broad-leaved cattail 22
Typha latifolia
Soft Rush 23
Juncus effusus
Slender Rush 24
Juncus tenuis
Whiteflower Rein Orchid
Piperia candida
Elegant Rein Orchid 25
Piperia elegans
spotted coralroot 7
Corallorhiza maculata
western rattlesnake plantain 26
Goodyera oblongifolia
Small Camas 27
Camassia quamash
yellow flag iris 28
Iris pseudacorus
Hooker's onion 24
Allium acuminatum
crown brodiaea 29
Brodiaea coronaria
giant white fawn lily 6
Erythronium oregonum
checker lily 30
Fritillaria affinis
Meadow Deathcamas 31
Toxicoscordion venenosum
Eelgrass 32
Zostera marina
Broad-leaved Pondweed 33
Potamogeton natans
Sea Lettuce 34
Ulva lactuca

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