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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?

ribwort plantain 1
Plantago lanceolata
Sheep's sorrel 2
Rumex acetosella
curled dock 3
Rumex crispus
Pacific Sanicle 4
Sanicula crassicaulis
yerba buena 5
Clinopodium douglasii
common groundsel 6
Senecio vulgaris
Urocerus albicornis 7
Wild Mustard 8
Sinapis arvensis
prickly sowthistle 9
Sonchus asper
field mustard 10
Brassica rapa
Questionable Stropharia 11
Stropharia ambigua
common chickweed 12
Stellaria media
Lesser hop trefoil 13
Trifolium dubium
Common Vetch 14
Vicia sativa
beaked hazelnut 15
Corylus cornuta
Ocean spray 16
Holodiscus discolor
Pink Honeysuckle 2
Lonicera hispidula
Osoberry 17
Oemleria cerasiformis
straggly gooseberry
Ribes divaricatum pubiflorum
Red-flowering Currant 18
Ribes sanguineum
Baldhip Rose 19
Rosa gymnocarpa
trailing blackberry 20
Rubus ursinus
Wild gooseberry 21
Ribes divaricatum
Hygrocybe flavescens 5
Purple-veiled Slippery Jack 22
Suillus luteus
Coho Salmon 23
Oncorhynchus kisutch
Banded Sexton Beetle 24
Nicrophorus investigator
European holly 25
Ilex aquifolium
Fairy Fingers 26
Clavaria fragilis
Clavaria fragilis vermicularis 26
purple foxglove 27
Digitalis purpurea
Smooth hawksbeard 28
Crepis capillaris
turkey-tail 29
Trametes versicolor
Toothed Jelly Fungus 30
Pseudohydnum gelatinosum
common poppy 31
Papaver rhoeas
Giant Rock Scallop 32
Crassadoma gigantea
shield lichen 33
Parmelia sulcata
Farinose Cartilage Lichen 34
Ramalina farinacea
Western Amethyst Laccaria 35
Laccaria amethysteo-occidentalis
licorice fern 36
Polypodium glycyrrhiza
Tree Ruffle Liverwort 37
Porella navicularis
Candlesnuff Fungus 38
Xylaria hypoxylon
Red Pinwheel
Marasmius plicatulus
yellow fieldcap 39
Bolbitius titubans
Pale Swallowtail 40
Papilio eurymedon
common daisy 41
Bellis perennis
bittersweet nightshade 42
Solanum dulcamara
Cabbage White 8
Pieris rapae
European Drone Fly 43
Eristalis tenax
Ivy-leaved toadflax 44
Cymbalaria muralis
white clover 45
Trifolium repens
Goldenrod Crab Spider 46
Misumena vatia
corn speedwell 47
Veronica arvensis
common cornsalad 48
Valerianella locusta
Candy Flower 17
Claytonia sibirica
Western Sweet Coltsfoot
Petasites frigidus palmatus
Arctic Butterbur 17
Petasites frigidus
hairy bittercress 13
Cardamine hirsuta
ground-ivy 49
Glechoma hederacea
lesser periwinkle 50
Vinca minor
red deadnettle 12
Lamium purpureum
common ivy 51
Hedera helix
herb Robert 52
Geranium robertianum
Honey Mushroom 53
Armillaria mellea
tansy 54
Tanacetum vulgare
Fuller's teasel 55
Dipsacus fullonum
Red Alder 23
Alnus rubra
oxeye daisy 56
Leucanthemum vulgare
meadow buttercup 57
Ranunculus acris
common St. John's-wort 58
Hypericum perforatum
carpet bugle 12
Ajuga reptans
shepherd's-purse 31
Capsella bursa-pastoris
Soft Rush 52
Juncus effusus
Hairy tare 12
Vicia hirsuta
insect-egg slime 59
Leocarpus fragilis
fringed heartwort 60
Ricciocarpos natans
Shaggy Parasol 61
Chlorophyllum rhacodes
Bronze Ground Beetle 62
Carabus nemoralis
Purple Sanicle 2
Sanicula bipinnatifida
great horsetail 8
Equisetum telmateia
Giant Horsetail 2
Equisetum telmateia braunii
alfalfa 63
Medicago sativa
tomcat clover 64
Trifolium willdenovii
Greater Quaking Grass 65
Briza maxima
Little quaking-grass 66
Briza minor
American brooklime 5
Veronica americana
Pacific rhododendron 67
Rhododendron macrophyllum
Artichoke Thistle
Cynara cardunculus
Yellow-faced Bumble Bee 68
Bombus vosnesenskii
shortspur seablush 50
Plectritis congesta
red-berried elder 69
Sambucus racemosa
Garden Grape-hyacinth 70
Muscari armeniacum
western marsh cudweed 71
Gnaphalium palustre
Common Lamb's-quarters 72
Chenopodium album
corn mint 73
Mentha arvensis
Salt Grass 74
Distichlis spicata
Red-backed Jumping Spider 75
Phidippus johnsoni
Jewelled Amanita 76
Amanita gemmata
Shaggy Parasol 77
Chlorophyllum brunneum
Western Calligrapher 78
Toxomerus occidentalis

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