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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.

dicots 1
Magnoliopsida
Common Broom 2
Cytisus scoparius
Sierra Nevada Peavine 3
Lathyrus nevadensis
Red Clover 4
Trifolium pratense
white clover 5
Trifolium repens
Black Medick 6
Medicago lupulina
Hairy Tare 7
Vicia hirsuta
plums, cherries, and allies 8
Prunus
Bitter cherry 9
Prunus emarginata
Thimbleberry
Rubus parviflorus
trailing blackberry 10
Rubus ursinus
rose spiraea 11
Spiraea douglasii
Saskatoon 12
Amelanchier alnifolia
Virginia strawberry 13
Fragaria virginiana
common silverweed 14
Potentilla anserina
Ocean spray 15
Holodiscus discolor
Baldhip Rose 16
Rosa gymnocarpa
Nootka rose 16
Rosa nutkana
large-leaved avens 10
Geum macrophyllum
Cascara 17
Frangula purshiana
Canadian buffalo-berry 18
Shepherdia canadensis
Indian pipe 19
Monotropa uniflora
Salal 20
Gaultheria shallon
Labrador Tea
Rhododendron tomentosum tomentosum
Pacific Madrone 21
Arbutus menziesii
Starflower 22
Lysimachia borealis
Northern Starflower
Lysimachia borealis borealis
Western Star Flower 23
Lysimachia latifolia
red osier dogwood 24
Cornus sericea
Three-petal Bedstraw 25
Galium trifidum
curly dock
Rumex crispus
Crisp Starwort 26
Stellaria crispa
field chickweed 27
Cerastium arvense
Rose Campion 28
Silene coronaria
Common catchfly 29
Silene gallica
Largeleaf Sandwort 30
Moehringia macrophylla
Virginia Glasswort 31
Salicornia depressa
Pacific Glasswort 32
Salicornia pacifica
Sea Thrift 33
Armeria maritima
miner's lettuce 34
Claytonia perfoliata
Oregon boxwood 9
Paxistima myrsinites
sunflowers, daisies, asters and allies 35
Asteraceae
sow thistles
Sonchus
dandelions 36
Taraxacum
common dandelion 37
Taraxacum officinale
woodland madia 29
Anisocarpus madioides
pearly everlasting 38
Anaphalis margaritacea
Yarrow 39
Achillea millefolium
ox-eye daisy 40
Leucanthemum vulgare
Nipplewort 40
Lapsana communis
Oregon Gumplant 41
Grindelia stricta
English daisy 42
Bellis perennis
Wall Lettuce 27
Mycelis muralis
bull thistle 4
Cirsium vulgare
Ragwort 43
Jacobaea vulgaris
dove's-foot crane's-bill 44
Geranium molle
Herb Robert 6
Geranium robertianum
Bigleaf Maple 45
Acer macrophyllum
fringed willowherb 46
Epilobium ciliatum
Fireweed 47
Chamerion angustifolium
Oregon Oak 48
Quercus garryana
Red Alder 9
Alnus rubra
Paintbrushes 49
Castilleja
harsh indian paintbrush 50
Castilleja hispida
common selfheal 46
Prunella vulgaris
yellow archangel 51
Lamium galeobdolon
Lemon Balm 52
Melissa officinalis
maiden blue-eyed mary 53
Collinsia parviflora
Ribwort Plantain 54
Plantago lanceolata
greater plantain 14
Plantago major
Sea Plantain 7
Plantago maritima
Brooklime 7
Veronica beccabunga
heath speedwell 55
Veronica officinalis
Purple Foxglove 56
Digitalis purpurea
Common Mare's Tail 57
Hippuris vulgaris
seep monkeyflower 58
Mimulus guttatus
Western Buttercup 10
Ranunculus occidentalis
Creeping buttercup 40
Ranunculus repens
Oregon grape 59
Berberis aquifolium
Cascade Oregon-grape 60
Berberis nervosa
Symphoricarpus albus
Honeysuckles 61
Lonicera
Pink Honeysuckle 29
Lonicera hispidula
Common Snowberry 59
Symphoricarpos albus
creeping snowberry 3
Symphoricarpos mollis
Twinflower 62
Linnaea borealis americana
shortspur seablush 30
Plectritis congesta
Pacific Sanicle 63
Sanicula crassicaulis
Pacific Black-snakeroot 64
Sanicula crassicaulis crassicaulis
water parsley 65
Oenanthe sarmentosa
English ivy 66
Hedera helix
Willows 67
Salix
Scouler's willow
Salix scouleriana
Fiddlenecks
Amsinckia
European holly 68
Ilex aquifolium
Virginia pepperweed 69
Lepidium virginicum
Crevice Alumroot 70
Heuchera micrantha
Western Saxifrage 10
Micranthes occidentalis
Broad-leaved Stonecrop 71
Sedum spathulifolium
true sedges 72
Carex

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