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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?

Fuller's teasel 1
Dipsacus fullonum
Red Alder 2
Alnus rubra
oxeye daisy 3
Leucanthemum vulgare
meadow buttercup 4
Ranunculus acris
common St. John's-wort 5
Hypericum perforatum
carpet bugle 6
Ajuga reptans
shepherd's-purse 7
Capsella bursa-pastoris
Soft Rush 8
Juncus effusus
Hairy tare 6
Vicia hirsuta
fringed heartwort 9
Ricciocarpos natans
Purple Sanicle 10
Sanicula bipinnatifida
great horsetail 11
Equisetum telmateia
Giant Horsetail 10
Equisetum telmateia braunii
alfalfa 12
Medicago sativa
tomcat clover 13
Trifolium willdenovii
Greater Quaking Grass 14
Briza maxima
Little quaking-grass 15
Briza minor
American brooklime 16
Veronica americana
Pacific rhododendron 17
Rhododendron macrophyllum
Artichoke Thistle
Cynara cardunculus
shortspur seablush 18
Plectritis congesta
red-berried elder 19
Sambucus racemosa
Garden Grape-hyacinth 20
Muscari armeniacum
western marsh cudweed 21
Gnaphalium palustre
Common Lamb's-quarters 22
Chenopodium album
corn mint 23
Mentha arvensis
Salt Grass 24
Distichlis spicata
greater plantain 25
Plantago major
water parsley 26
Oenanthe sarmentosa
creeping thistle 27
Cirsium arvense
Subterranean Clover 28
Trifolium subterraneum
Sea Thrift 29
Armeria maritima
Marsh Jaumea 30
Jaumea carnosa
coastal burnweed 31
Senecio minimus
Sea Rocket 32
Cakile maritima
slough sedge 33
Carex obnupta
Western Ladyfern 34
Athyrium filix-femina cyclosorum
Yellow Bush Lupine 35
Lupinus arboreus
American dune grass 36
Leymus mollis
pacific silverweed 37
Potentilla anserina pacifica
Sitka willow 38
Salix sitchensis
Galium trifidum columbianum 39
Armenian Blackberry 40
Rubus armeniacus
Cherry laurel 41
Prunus laurocerasus
common silverweed 25
Potentilla anserina
rose spiraea 42
Spiraea douglasii
ragwort 43
Jacobaea vulgaris
unbranched bur-reed
Sparganium emersum
reed canary grass 44
Phalaris arundinacea
broad-leaved dock 45
Rumex obtusifolius
grand fir 46
Abies grandis
Oregon Ash 47
Fraxinus latifolia
Oregon white oak 48
Quercus garryana garryana
woodland buttercup 49
Ranunculus uncinatus
Bitter cherry 50
Prunus emarginata
Western Lily of the Valley 51
Maianthemum dilatatum
whitebark raspberry 52
Rubus leucodermis
Pacific trillium 53
Trillium ovatum ovatum
spreading wood fern 54
Dryopteris expansa
Redstem Springbeauty 55
Claytonia rubra
Franchet's cotoneaster 56
Cotoneaster franchetii
Sea Lettuce 57
Ulva lactuca
Lyell's Bristle-moss
Orthotrichum lyellii
Sea Plantain 6
Plantago maritima
Oregon oak 58
Quercus garryana
wavy bittercress 2
Cardamine flexuosa
silver beachweed 59
Ambrosia chamissonis
coastal mugwort 60
Artemisia suksdorfii
Cascade Oregon-grape 61
Berberis nervosa
Nodding Beggarticks 62
Bidens cernua
Henderson's Sedge 2
Carex hendersonii
Alpine Enchanter's-nightshade 63
Circaea alpina
Goldenthread 64
Cuscuta pacifica
Cascara 54
Frangula purshiana
three-petal bedstraw 55
Galium trifidum
large-leaved avens 65
Geum macrophyllum
Tutsan 66
Hypericum androsaemum
small ground-cone 67
Kopsiopsis hookeri
seaside pea 68
Lathyrus japonicus
twinflower 69
Linnaea borealis
Barestem Biscuitroot 70
Lomatium nudicaule
orange honeysuckle 71
Lonicera ciliosa
Pacific Crab Apple 72
Malus fusca
bay forget-me-not 73
Myosotis laxa
opium poppy 74
Papaver somniferum
black cottonwood 62
Populus trichocarpa
floating-leaved pondweed 75
Potamogeton natans
common water-crowfoot 76
Ranunculus aquatilis
swamp currant 77
Ribes lacustre
Nootka rose 78
Rosa nutkana
Cutleaf Blackberry 16
Rubus laciniatus
Pacific Glasswort 30
Salicornia pacifica
coastal willow 79
Salix hookeriana
Pacific Willow 80
Salix lasiandra
red-seeded dandelion 81
Taraxacum erythrospermum
field penny-cress 82
Thlaspi arvense
threadleaf buttercup 83
Ranunculus aquatilis diffusus
rugosa rose 84
Rosa rugosa
Horse-chestnut 25
Aesculus hippocastanum
Turkish washcloth 85
Mastocarpus papillatus

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