Species Gallery

Trees

Bigleaf Maple
(Acer macrophyllum)

Pacific Arbutus
(Arbutus menziesii)

Coastal Douglas-fir (Pseudotsuga menziesii)

Garry Oak
(Quercus Garryana)

Pacific Willow
(Salix lucida)

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)

Common Snowberry
(Symphoricarpos albus)

Herbaceous plants

Bracken Fern
(Pteridium aquilinum)

Canada Thistle
(Cirsium arvense)

Salt Marsh Dodder
(Cuscuta salina)

Sweet-Scented Bedstraw
(Galium triflorum)

Entire-leaved
Gumweed
(Grindelia integrifolia)

English Ivy
(Hedera helix)

Sea Asparagus
(Salicornia virginica)

Purple salsify
(Tragopogon porrifolius)

Eelgrass (Zostera marina)

White Stonecrop (Sedum album)

Sword Fern (Polystichum munitum).

Birds

Great Blue Heron
(Ardea herodias)

Anna’s Hummingbird
(Calypte anna)

Golden-crowned Kinglet (Regulus satrapa)

Bushtit (Psaltriparus minimus)

Brown Creeper (Certhia americana)

Spotted Towhee (Pipilo maculatus)

Northern Flicker (Colaptes auratus)

Terrestrial Invertebrates

Lorquin’s Admiral
(Limenitis lorquini)

European Paper Wasp
(Polistes dominula)

Crane Fly (Family Tipulidae)

Hoverfly (Family Syrphidae)

Common Striped Woodlouse (Philoscia muscorum)

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.