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?

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greater plantain ¹
Plantago major

water parsley ²
Oenanthe sarmentosa

creeping thistle ³
Cirsium arvense

Subterranean Clover ⁴
Trifolium subterraneum

Sea Thrift ⁵
Armeria maritima

Marsh Jaumea ⁶
Jaumea carnosa

coastal burnweed ⁷
Senecio minimus

Sea Rocket ⁸
Cakile maritima

Yellow Bush Lupine ⁹
Lupinus arboreus

pacific silverweed ¹⁰
Potentilla anserina pacifica

Sitka willow ¹¹
Salix sitchensis

Galium trifidum columbianum ¹²

Armenian Blackberry ¹³
Rubus armeniacus

Cherry laurel ¹⁴
Prunus laurocerasus

common silverweed ¹
Potentilla anserina

rose spiraea ¹⁵
Spiraea douglasii

ragwort ¹⁶
Jacobaea vulgaris

broad-leaved dock ¹⁷
Rumex obtusifolius

Oregon Ash ¹⁸
Fraxinus latifolia

Oregon white oak ¹⁹
Quercus garryana garryana

woodland buttercup ²⁰
Ranunculus uncinatus

Bitter cherry ²¹
Prunus emarginata

whitebark raspberry ²²
Rubus leucodermis

Redstem Springbeauty ²³
Claytonia rubra

Franchet's cotoneaster ²⁴
Cotoneaster franchetii

Sea Plantain ²⁵
Plantago maritima

Oregon oak ²⁶
Quercus garryana

wavy bittercress ²⁷
Cardamine flexuosa

silver beachweed ²⁸
Ambrosia chamissonis

coastal mugwort ²⁹
Artemisia suksdorfii

Cascade Oregon-grape ³⁰
Berberis nervosa

Nodding Beggarticks ³¹
Bidens cernua

Alpine Enchanter's-nightshade ³²
Circaea alpina

Goldenthread ³³
Cuscuta pacifica

Cascara ³⁴
Frangula purshiana

three-petal bedstraw ²³
Galium trifidum

large-leaved avens ³⁵
Geum macrophyllum

Tutsan ³⁶
Hypericum androsaemum

small ground-cone ³⁷
Kopsiopsis hookeri

seaside pea ³⁸
Lathyrus japonicus

twinflower ³⁹
Linnaea borealis

Barestem Biscuitroot ⁴⁰
Lomatium nudicaule

orange honeysuckle ⁴¹
Lonicera ciliosa

Pacific Crab Apple ⁴²
Malus fusca

bay forget-me-not ⁴³
Myosotis laxa

opium poppy ⁴⁴
Papaver somniferum

black cottonwood ³¹
Populus trichocarpa

common water-crowfoot ⁴⁵
Ranunculus aquatilis

swamp currant ⁴⁶
Ribes lacustre

Nootka rose ⁴⁷
Rosa nutkana

Cutleaf Blackberry ⁴⁸
Rubus laciniatus

Pacific Glasswort ⁶
Salicornia pacifica

coastal willow ⁴⁹
Salix hookeriana

Pacific Willow ⁵⁰
Salix lasiandra

red-seeded dandelion ⁵¹
Taraxacum erythrospermum

field penny-cress ⁵²
Thlaspi arvense

threadleaf buttercup ⁵³
Ranunculus aquatilis diffusus

rugosa rose ⁵⁴
Rosa rugosa

Horse-chestnut ¹
Aesculus hippocastanum

Small Groundcone ⁵⁵
Boschniakia hookeri

gumweed ⁵⁶
Grindelia integrifolia

Oregon grape ³³
Berberis aquifolium

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Fort Flagler State Park Nature Guide

greater plantain 1 Plantago major

water parsley 2 Oenanthe sarmentosa

creeping thistle 3 Cirsium arvense

Subterranean Clover 4 Trifolium subterraneum

Sea Thrift 5 Armeria maritima

Marsh Jaumea 6 Jaumea carnosa

coastal burnweed 7 Senecio minimus

Sea Rocket 8 Cakile maritima

Yellow Bush Lupine 9 Lupinus arboreus

pacific silverweed 10 Potentilla anserina pacifica

Sitka willow 11 Salix sitchensis

Galium trifidum columbianum 12

Armenian Blackberry 13 Rubus armeniacus

Cherry laurel 14 Prunus laurocerasus

common silverweed 1 Potentilla anserina

rose spiraea 15 Spiraea douglasii

ragwort 16 Jacobaea vulgaris

broad-leaved dock 17 Rumex obtusifolius

Oregon Ash 18 Fraxinus latifolia

Oregon white oak 19 Quercus garryana garryana

woodland buttercup 20 Ranunculus uncinatus

Bitter cherry 21 Prunus emarginata

whitebark raspberry 22 Rubus leucodermis

Redstem Springbeauty 23 Claytonia rubra

Franchet's cotoneaster 24 Cotoneaster franchetii

Sea Plantain 25 Plantago maritima

Oregon oak 26 Quercus garryana

wavy bittercress 27 Cardamine flexuosa

silver beachweed 28 Ambrosia chamissonis

coastal mugwort 29 Artemisia suksdorfii

Cascade Oregon-grape 30 Berberis nervosa

Nodding Beggarticks 31 Bidens cernua

Alpine Enchanter's-nightshade 32 Circaea alpina

Goldenthread 33 Cuscuta pacifica

Cascara 34 Frangula purshiana

three-petal bedstraw 23 Galium trifidum

large-leaved avens 35 Geum macrophyllum

Tutsan 36 Hypericum androsaemum

small ground-cone 37 Kopsiopsis hookeri

seaside pea 38 Lathyrus japonicus

twinflower 39 Linnaea borealis

Barestem Biscuitroot 40 Lomatium nudicaule

orange honeysuckle 41 Lonicera ciliosa

Pacific Crab Apple 42 Malus fusca

bay forget-me-not 43 Myosotis laxa

opium poppy 44 Papaver somniferum

black cottonwood 31 Populus trichocarpa

common water-crowfoot 45 Ranunculus aquatilis

swamp currant 46 Ribes lacustre

Nootka rose 47 Rosa nutkana

Cutleaf Blackberry 48 Rubus laciniatus

Pacific Glasswort 6 Salicornia pacifica

coastal willow 49 Salix hookeriana

Pacific Willow 50 Salix lasiandra

red-seeded dandelion 51 Taraxacum erythrospermum

field penny-cress 52 Thlaspi arvense

threadleaf buttercup 53 Ranunculus aquatilis diffusus

rugosa rose 54 Rosa rugosa

Horse-chestnut 1 Aesculus hippocastanum

Small Groundcone 55 Boschniakia hookeri

gumweed 56 Grindelia integrifolia

Oregon grape 33 Berberis aquifolium