Salal
Gaultheria shallon
A close-up of the flowers and leathery leaves of salal as seen along US Highway 101 to the south of Cannon Beach, OR.........May 22, 2009.
Salal growing on the east end of the north jetty at the mouth of Tillamook Bay, Barview Jetty County Park, Oregon coast........August 26, 2009.
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Salal with mature fruits as seen at left at Sitka Sedge State Natural Area, Oregon coast.......August 19, 2018. The photo at right shows the mature fruits of salal as seen at Sitka Sedge State Natural Area, Oregon coast.......August 23, 2023.
Early blooming salal as seen along a forested road along the bay side of Bayocean Spit, northern Oregon coast...........February 8, 2016.
Salal berries ripening along a forested road along the bay side of Bayocean Spit, northern Oregon coast...........August 25, 2012.
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Salal in bloom along the Beltz Dike trail at Sitka Sedge State Natural Area, several miles north of Pacific City, OR......December 23, 2020.
Salal as seen blooming along the service road to the beach at Sitka Sedge State Natural Area, Oregon Coast......April 20, 2019.
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Early blooming salal as seen along a forested road (left) along the bay side of Bayocean Spit, northern Oregon coast...........January 21, 2015. Early blooming salal as seen along a forested road (right) along the bay side of Bayocean Spit, northern Oregon coast...........January 8, 2016.
Salal still in bloom above the high tide line at Ona Beach State Park to the south of Newport, OR........September 30, 2017.
Paul Slichter