Species Gallery

Trees

Bigleaf Maple
(Acer macrophyllum)

Pacific Arbutus
(Arbutus menziesii)

Coastal Douglas-fir (Pseudotsuga menziesii)

Garry Oak
(Quercus Garryana)

Western Red Cedar
(Thuja plicata)

Shrubs

Salal
(Gaultheria shallon)

Oceanspray
(Holodiscus discolor)

Pacific Ninebark
(Physocarpus capitatus)

Nootka Rose
(Rosa nutkana)

Trailing Blackberry (Rubus ursinus)

Hardhack
(Spiraea douglasii)

Herbaceous plants

Canada Thistle
(Cirsium arvense)

Salt Marsh Dodder
(Cuscuta salina)

Entire-leaved
Gumweed
(Grindelia integrifolia)

English Ivy
(Hedera helix)

Sea Asparagus
(Salicornia virginica)

Purple salsify
(Tragopogon porrifolius)

Eelgrass (Zostera marina)

Birds

Great Blue Heron
(Ardea herodias)

Anna’s Hummingbird
(Calypte anna)

Insects

Lorquin’s Admiral
(Limenitis lorquini)

European Paper Wasp
(Polistes dominula)

We will be adding to the gallery over time, as we take photos of more species in the park. If you have photos of species that are not in the gallery, we would love to add them! Please email photos to gorgewaterway@gmail.com.