Wildflowers in Bloom at Bay Ocean Spit
West of Tillamook, OR
May 22, 2009
Shore Pine: Pinus conorta var. contorta -
Sough Sedge: Carex obnupta -
Salt Rush: Juncus breweri (Synonym: Juncus lesueurii) -
Pacific Rush: Juncus effusus ssp. pacificus -
Giant Knotweed/ Japanese Knotweed ?: Polygonum sachalinense/ Polygonum cuspidatum -
Little-leaf Montia: Montia parvifolia -
Pale Alyssum: Alyssum allyssoides -
Thimbleberry: Rubus parviflorus -
Scot's Broom: Cytisus scoparius -
Burrowing Clover: Trifolium subterraneum -
Black Vetch: Vicia nigricans ssp. gigantea -
American Silvertop: Glehnia littoralis -
Kinnickinnick: Arctostaphylos uva-ursi -
Evergreen Huckleberry: Vaccinium ovatum -
Paintbrush Owl-clover: Castilleja ambigua var. ambigua - Begining to bloom.
Saltmarsh Plantain: Plantago maritima ssp. juncoides -
Great Blue Herons
Double-crested Cormorants
Brant Geese
Pintails
American Wigeons
Mallards
Scaups
Crows
Cedar Waxwings
Song Sparrows
Black-capped Chickadees
Hummingbird drawn to the Scot's broom