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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?

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

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