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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?

greater plantain 1
Plantago major
Woodland Skipper 2
Ochlodes sylvanoides
Cackling Goose 3
Branta hutchinsii
Common Water Strider 4
Aquarius remigis
Isabella Tiger Moth 5
Pyrrharctia isabella
Blue Dasher 6
Pachydiplax longipennis
water parsley 7
Oenanthe sarmentosa
creeping thistle 8
Cirsium arvense
Subterranean Clover 9
Trifolium subterraneum
Sea Thrift 10
Armeria maritima
deer mushroom 11
Pluteus cervinus
Virginian Tiger Moth 12
Spilosoma virginica
Marsh Jaumea 13
Jaumea carnosa
coastal burnweed 14
Senecio minimus
Sea Rocket 15
Cakile maritima
slough sedge 16
Carex obnupta
Western Ladyfern 17
Athyrium filix-femina cyclosorum
Yellow Bush Lupine 18
Lupinus arboreus
American dune grass 19
Leymus mollis
pacific silverweed 20
Potentilla anserina pacifica
Sitka willow 21
Salix sitchensis
Galium trifidum columbianum 22
Armenian Blackberry 23
Rubus armeniacus
Cherry laurel 24
Prunus laurocerasus
Hemlock Woolly Adelgid 25
Adelges tsugae
European Earwig 26
Forficula auricularia
common silverweed 1
Potentilla anserina
Pacific Forktail 27
Ischnura cervula
European Wool Carder Bee 28
Anthidium manicatum
Leopard Slug 29
Limax maximus
rose spiraea 30
Spiraea douglasii
ragwort 31
Jacobaea vulgaris
unbranched bur-reed
Sparganium emersum
Pacific Sideband 32
Monadenia fidelis
Hairy Hermit Crab 33
Pagurus hirsutiusculus
deceiver 34
Laccaria laccata
Shield Limpet 35
Lottia pelta
White Coral Fungus 36
Clavulina coralloides
reed canary grass 37
Phalaris arundinacea
broad-leaved dock 38
Rumex obtusifolius
Jelly-antler 39
Calocera viscosa
Lilac Bonnet 34
Mycena pura
Short-stalked Suillus 40
Suillus brevipes
Fat Jack 34
Suillus caerulescens
False Chanterelle 34
Hygrophoropsis aurantiaca
rounded earthstar 41
Geastrum saccatum
Scaphinotus angusticollis 42
grand fir 43
Abies grandis
Dungeness Crab 44
Metacarcinus magister
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
Blackening Slime Spike 53
Gomphidius oregonensis
Redstem Springbeauty 54
Claytonia rubra
Fingered Limpet
Lottia digitalis
Franchet's cotoneaster 55
Cotoneaster franchetii
Crescent gunnel 21
Pholis laeta
Northern Clingfish 56
Gobiesox maeandricus
Sea Lettuce 57
Ulva lactuca
golden ear 58
Tremella aurantia
Tidepool Sculpin 59
Oligocottus maculosus
Spotted Tussock Moth 60
Lophocampa maculata
Paddle-tailed Darner 61
Aeshna palmata
Shadow Darner 4
Aeshna umbrosa
Blue-eyed Darner 6
Rhionaeschna multicolor
Lyell's Bristle-moss
Orthotrichum lyellii
Sericomyia chalcopyga 62
stalked puffball-in-aspic 63
Calostoma cinnabarinum
Garden Tiger 64
Arctia caja
Sea Plantain 65
Plantago maritima
Oregon oak 66
Quercus garryana
Green Falsejingle 67
Pododesmus macrochisma
Zebra Jumping Spider 68
Salticus scenicus
Western Carpenter Ant 69
Camponotus modoc
Rockweed 70
Fucus distichus
Yellow Shore Crab 71
Hemigrapsus oregonensis
Olympia Oyster 72
Ostrea lurida
Western Thatching Ant 73
Formica obscuripes
wavy bittercress 74
Cardamine flexuosa
Nicrophorus defodiens 75
Nuttall's Cockle 32
Clinocardium nuttallii
Channeled Dog Winkle 35
Nucella canaliculata
Spiny Leaf Gall Wasp 76
Diplolepis polita
silver beachweed 77
Ambrosia chamissonis
coastal mugwort 78
Artemisia suksdorfii
Cascade Oregon-grape 79
Berberis nervosa
Nodding Beggarticks 80
Bidens cernua
Henderson's Sedge 74
Carex hendersonii
Alpine Enchanter's-nightshade 81
Circaea alpina
Goldenthread 53
Cuscuta pacifica
Cascara 52
Frangula purshiana
three-petal bedstraw 54
Galium trifidum
large-leaved avens 82
Geum macrophyllum
Tutsan 83
Hypericum androsaemum
small ground-cone 61
Kopsiopsis hookeri

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