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Fort Flagler State Park Nature Guide

Included in this guide are some of the species you might see at Fort Flagler State Park, Wa.
The plants and animals in this list are drawn from historical records specific to the Olympic Peninsula, the Salish Sea and its surrounding uplands. How many can you find?

Red Alder 1
Alnus rubra
oxeye daisy 2
Leucanthemum vulgare
meadow buttercup 3
Ranunculus acris
common St. John's-wort 4
Hypericum perforatum
carpet bugle 5
Ajuga reptans
shepherd's-purse 6
Capsella bursa-pastoris
Soft Rush 7
Juncus effusus
Hairy tare 5
Vicia hirsuta
Purple Sanicle 8
Sanicula bipinnatifida
great horsetail 9
Equisetum telmateia
Giant Horsetail 8
Equisetum telmateia braunii
alfalfa 10
Medicago sativa
tomcat clover 11
Trifolium willdenovii
Greater Quaking Grass 12
Briza maxima
Little quaking-grass 13
Briza minor
American brooklime 14
Veronica americana
Pacific rhododendron 15
Rhododendron macrophyllum
Artichoke Thistle
Cynara cardunculus
shortspur seablush 16
Plectritis congesta
red-berried elder 17
Sambucus racemosa
Garden Grape-hyacinth 18
Muscari armeniacum
western marsh cudweed 19
Gnaphalium palustre
Common Lamb's-quarters 20
Chenopodium album
corn mint 21
Mentha arvensis
Salt Grass 22
Distichlis spicata
greater plantain 23
Plantago major
water parsley 24
Oenanthe sarmentosa
creeping thistle 25
Cirsium arvense
Subterranean Clover 26
Trifolium subterraneum
Sea Thrift 27
Armeria maritima
Marsh Jaumea 28
Jaumea carnosa
coastal burnweed 29
Senecio minimus
Sea Rocket 30
Cakile maritima
slough sedge 31
Carex obnupta
Western Ladyfern 32
Athyrium filix-femina cyclosorum
Yellow Bush Lupine 33
Lupinus arboreus
American dune grass 34
Leymus mollis
pacific silverweed 35
Potentilla anserina pacifica
Sitka willow 36
Salix sitchensis
Galium trifidum columbianum 37
Armenian Blackberry 38
Rubus armeniacus
Cherry laurel 39
Prunus laurocerasus
common silverweed 23
Potentilla anserina
rose spiraea 40
Spiraea douglasii
ragwort 41
Jacobaea vulgaris
unbranched bur-reed
Sparganium emersum
reed canary grass 42
Phalaris arundinacea
broad-leaved dock 43
Rumex obtusifolius
grand fir 44
Abies grandis
Oregon Ash 45
Fraxinus latifolia
Oregon white oak 46
Quercus garryana garryana
woodland buttercup 47
Ranunculus uncinatus
Bitter cherry 48
Prunus emarginata
Western Lily of the Valley 49
Maianthemum dilatatum
whitebark raspberry 50
Rubus leucodermis
Pacific trillium 51
Trillium ovatum ovatum
spreading wood fern 52
Dryopteris expansa
Redstem Springbeauty 53
Claytonia rubra
Franchet's cotoneaster 54
Cotoneaster franchetii
Sea Plantain 5
Plantago maritima
Oregon oak 55
Quercus garryana
wavy bittercress 1
Cardamine flexuosa
silver beachweed 56
Ambrosia chamissonis
coastal mugwort 57
Artemisia suksdorfii
Cascade Oregon-grape 58
Berberis nervosa
Nodding Beggarticks 59
Bidens cernua
Henderson's Sedge 1
Carex hendersonii
Alpine Enchanter's-nightshade 60
Circaea alpina
Goldenthread 61
Cuscuta pacifica
Cascara 52
Frangula purshiana
three-petal bedstraw 53
Galium trifidum
large-leaved avens 62
Geum macrophyllum
Tutsan 63
Hypericum androsaemum
small ground-cone 64
Kopsiopsis hookeri
seaside pea 65
Lathyrus japonicus
twinflower 66
Linnaea borealis
Barestem Biscuitroot 67
Lomatium nudicaule
orange honeysuckle 68
Lonicera ciliosa
Pacific Crab Apple 69
Malus fusca
bay forget-me-not 70
Myosotis laxa
opium poppy 71
Papaver somniferum
black cottonwood 59
Populus trichocarpa
floating-leaved pondweed 72
Potamogeton natans
common water-crowfoot 73
Ranunculus aquatilis
swamp currant 74
Ribes lacustre
Nootka rose 75
Rosa nutkana
Cutleaf Blackberry 14
Rubus laciniatus
Pacific Glasswort 28
Salicornia pacifica
coastal willow 76
Salix hookeriana
Pacific Willow 77
Salix lasiandra
red-seeded dandelion 78
Taraxacum erythrospermum
field penny-cress 79
Thlaspi arvense
threadleaf buttercup 80
Ranunculus aquatilis diffusus
rugosa rose 81
Rosa rugosa
Horse-chestnut 23
Aesculus hippocastanum
Small Groundcone 82
Boschniakia hookeri
gumweed 83
Grindelia integrifolia
Oregon grape 61
Berberis aquifolium

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