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.

Oregon Gumplant ¹
Grindelia stricta

English daisy ²
Bellis perennis

Wall Lettuce ³
Mycelis muralis

bull thistle ⁴
Cirsium vulgare

Ragwort ⁵
Jacobaea vulgaris

dove's-foot crane's-bill ⁶
Geranium molle

Herb Robert ⁷
Geranium robertianum

Bigleaf Maple ⁸
Acer macrophyllum

fringed willowherb ⁹
Epilobium ciliatum

Fireweed ¹⁰
Chamerion angustifolium

Oregon Oak ¹¹
Quercus garryana

Red Alder ¹²
Alnus rubra

Paintbrushes ¹³
Castilleja

harsh indian paintbrush ¹⁴
Castilleja hispida

common selfheal ⁹
Prunella vulgaris

yellow archangel ¹⁵
Lamium galeobdolon

Lemon Balm ¹⁶
Melissa officinalis

maiden blue-eyed mary ¹⁷
Collinsia parviflora

Ribwort Plantain ¹⁸
Plantago lanceolata

greater plantain ¹⁹
Plantago major

Sea Plantain ²⁰
Plantago maritima

Brooklime ²⁰
Veronica beccabunga

heath speedwell ²¹
Veronica officinalis

Purple Foxglove ²²
Digitalis purpurea

Common Mare's Tail ²³
Hippuris vulgaris

seep monkeyflower ²⁴
Mimulus guttatus

Western Buttercup ²⁵
Ranunculus occidentalis

Creeping buttercup ²⁶
Ranunculus repens

Oregon grape ²⁷
Berberis aquifolium

Cascade Oregon-grape ²⁸
Berberis nervosa

Symphoricarpus albus

Honeysuckles ²⁹
Lonicera

Pink Honeysuckle ³⁰
Lonicera hispidula

Common Snowberry ²⁷
Symphoricarpos albus

creeping snowberry ³¹
Symphoricarpos mollis

Twinflower ³²
Linnaea borealis americana

shortspur seablush ³³
Plectritis congesta

Pacific Sanicle ³⁴
Sanicula crassicaulis

Pacific Black-snakeroot ³⁵
Sanicula crassicaulis crassicaulis

water parsley ³⁶
Oenanthe sarmentosa

English ivy ³⁷
Hedera helix

Willows ³⁸
Salix

Scouler's willow
Salix scouleriana

Fiddlenecks
Amsinckia

European holly ³⁹
Ilex aquifolium

Virginia pepperweed ⁴⁰
Lepidium virginicum

Crevice Alumroot ⁴¹
Heuchera micrantha

Western Saxifrage ²⁵
Micranthes occidentalis

Broad-leaved Stonecrop ⁴²
Sedum spathulifolium

true sedges ⁴³
Carex

Three-way Sedge ⁴⁴
Dulichium arundinaceum

Russet Cotton-grass ⁴⁵
Eriophorum chamissonis

crested dogtail grass ⁴⁶
Cynosurus cristatus

bristly dogtail grass ⁴⁷
Cynosurus echinatus

Annual Meadow-grass ⁴⁸
Poa annua

Timothy ⁴⁹
Phleum pratense

broad-leaved cattail ⁵⁰
Typha latifolia

Soft Rush ⁷
Juncus effusus

Slender Rush ⁵¹
Juncus tenuis

Whiteflower Rein Orchid
Piperia candida

Elegant Rein Orchid ⁵²
Piperia elegans

spotted coralroot ³⁶
Corallorhiza maculata

western rattlesnake plantain ⁵³
Goodyera oblongifolia

Small Camas ⁵⁴
Camassia quamash

yellow flag iris ⁵⁵
Iris pseudacorus

Hooker's onion ⁵¹
Allium acuminatum

crown brodiaea ⁵⁶
Brodiaea coronaria

giant white fawn lily ³⁵
Erythronium oregonum

checker lily ⁵⁷
Fritillaria affinis

Meadow Deathcamas ⁵⁸
Toxicoscordion venenosum

Eelgrass ³
Zostera marina

Broad-leaved Pondweed ⁵⁹
Potamogeton natans

Sea Lettuce ⁶⁰
Ulva lactuca

Desmarestia aculeata

Japanese Wireweed
Sargassum muticum

Rockweed ⁶¹
Fucus distichus

Bull Kelp ⁶²
Nereocystis luetkeana

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Ruxton Island Field Guide

Oregon Gumplant 1 Grindelia stricta

English daisy 2 Bellis perennis

Wall Lettuce 3 Mycelis muralis

bull thistle 4 Cirsium vulgare

Ragwort 5 Jacobaea vulgaris

dove's-foot crane's-bill 6 Geranium molle

Herb Robert 7 Geranium robertianum

Bigleaf Maple 8 Acer macrophyllum

fringed willowherb 9 Epilobium ciliatum

Fireweed 10 Chamerion angustifolium

Oregon Oak 11 Quercus garryana

Red Alder 12 Alnus rubra

Paintbrushes 13 Castilleja

harsh indian paintbrush 14 Castilleja hispida

common selfheal 9 Prunella vulgaris

yellow archangel 15 Lamium galeobdolon

Lemon Balm 16 Melissa officinalis

maiden blue-eyed mary 17 Collinsia parviflora

Ribwort Plantain 18 Plantago lanceolata

greater plantain 19 Plantago major

Sea Plantain 20 Plantago maritima

Brooklime 20 Veronica beccabunga

heath speedwell 21 Veronica officinalis

Purple Foxglove 22 Digitalis purpurea

Common Mare's Tail 23 Hippuris vulgaris

seep monkeyflower 24 Mimulus guttatus

Western Buttercup 25 Ranunculus occidentalis

Creeping buttercup 26 Ranunculus repens

Oregon grape 27 Berberis aquifolium

Cascade Oregon-grape 28 Berberis nervosa

Symphoricarpus albus

Honeysuckles 29 Lonicera

Pink Honeysuckle 30 Lonicera hispidula

Common Snowberry 27 Symphoricarpos albus

creeping snowberry 31 Symphoricarpos mollis

Twinflower 32 Linnaea borealis americana

shortspur seablush 33 Plectritis congesta

Pacific Sanicle 34 Sanicula crassicaulis

Pacific Black-snakeroot 35 Sanicula crassicaulis crassicaulis

water parsley 36 Oenanthe sarmentosa

English ivy 37 Hedera helix

Willows 38 Salix

Scouler's willow Salix scouleriana

Fiddlenecks Amsinckia

European holly 39 Ilex aquifolium

Virginia pepperweed 40 Lepidium virginicum

Crevice Alumroot 41 Heuchera micrantha

Western Saxifrage 25 Micranthes occidentalis

Broad-leaved Stonecrop 42 Sedum spathulifolium

true sedges 43 Carex

Three-way Sedge 44 Dulichium arundinaceum

Russet Cotton-grass 45 Eriophorum chamissonis

crested dogtail grass 46 Cynosurus cristatus

bristly dogtail grass 47 Cynosurus echinatus

Annual Meadow-grass 48 Poa annua

Timothy 49 Phleum pratense

broad-leaved cattail 50 Typha latifolia

Soft Rush 7 Juncus effusus

Slender Rush 51 Juncus tenuis

Whiteflower Rein Orchid Piperia candida

Elegant Rein Orchid 52 Piperia elegans

spotted coralroot 36 Corallorhiza maculata

western rattlesnake plantain 53 Goodyera oblongifolia

Small Camas 54 Camassia quamash

yellow flag iris 55 Iris pseudacorus

Hooker's onion 51 Allium acuminatum

crown brodiaea 56 Brodiaea coronaria

giant white fawn lily 35 Erythronium oregonum

checker lily 57 Fritillaria affinis

Meadow Deathcamas 58 Toxicoscordion venenosum

Eelgrass 3 Zostera marina

Broad-leaved Pondweed 59 Potamogeton natans

Sea Lettuce 60 Ulva lactuca