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.

Fungi and Lichens ¹
Fungi

Silverskin Lichens ²
Dermatocarpon

Dust Lichens ³
Lepraria

pixie cup lichens ⁴
Cladonia

Reindeer Lichen ⁵
Cladonia portentosa

shield lichens ²
Parmelia

beard lichens ⁶
Usnea

rock shields ⁷
Xanthoparmelia

Oakmoss ⁸
Evernia prunastri

firedots ⁸
Caloplaca

Edited by John D Reynolds, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA)

Photo Credits

1. (c) Harry Harms, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-SA)
2. (c) Amadej Trnkoczy, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-SA)
3. (c) Daniel George, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by Daniel George
4. (c) Ilja Klutman, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-SA)
5. (c) Kevin Moore, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-ND)
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7. (c) Kari Pihlaviita, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
8. (c) Richard Droker, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-ND)

Ruxton Island Field Guide

Fungi and Lichens 1 Fungi

Silverskin Lichens 2 Dermatocarpon

Dust Lichens 3 Lepraria

pixie cup lichens 4 Cladonia

Reindeer Lichen 5 Cladonia portentosa

shield lichens 2 Parmelia

beard lichens 6 Usnea

rock shields 7 Xanthoparmelia

Oakmoss 8 Evernia prunastri

firedots 8 Caloplaca