Plant List for Cape Roger Curtis
Posted By admin on April 1, 2005
April 2, 2005 – From Cape Roger Curtis to 11⁄2 kilometres east, plants and trees were observed and recorded on May 19th, 1991 and May 24th, 1993. Names given within parentheses are alternatives. The “*” indicates plants of special significance, rare in this zone or any zone, and rare so close to the mainland.
by Terry Taylor as published in Discovery Magazine, Spring 2005
CONIFIRS
* Abies grandis grand fir
* Juniperus communis common juniper
* Juniperus scopulorum * Rocky Mountain juniper
* Pinus contorta var. contorta shore pine
* Pseudotsuga menziesii Douglas-fir
* Thuja plicata western redcedar
DICOTYLEDONS
Trees
* Alnus rubra red alder
* Arbutus menziesii arbutus
Shrubs
* Amelanchier alnifolia saskatoon
* Arctostaphylos ura-ursi kinnikinnick
* Cotoneaster horizontalis rock cotoneaster
* Gaultheria shallon salal
* Holodiscus discolor ocean spray
* Lonicera ciliosa orange (western trumpet) honeysuckle
* Lonicera hispidula hairy (purple) honeysuckle
* Mahonia aquifolium * tall Oregon-grape
* Mahonia nervosa dull Oregon-grape
* Philadelphus lewisii * mock-orange
* Physocarpus capitatus Pacific ninebark
* Rosa nutkana Nootka rose
* Rubus ursinus ssp. macropetalus trailing blackberry
* Spiraea douglasii hardhack
* Symphoricarpos albus common snowberry (waxberry)
Herbs
* Achillea millefolium yarrow
* Aphanes arvensis (A. occidentalis) field (western) parsley-piert
* Barbarea orthoceras winter cress
* Callitriche sp. water starwort
* Campanula rotundifolia common harebell
* Cerastium arvense field chickweed
* Collinsia parviflora small-flowered blue-eyed Mary
* Delphinium menziesii * Menzies’ larkspur
* Eriophyllum lanatum woolly sunflower
* Fragaria virginiana wild (blueleaf) strawberry
* Galium aparine bedstraw (cleavers)
* Geranium molle dovefoot geranium
* Gnaphalium sp. cudweed
* Grindelia integrifolia Puget Sound (entire-leaved) gumweed
* Hieracium albiflorum white-flowered hawkweed
* Linaria canadensis var. texana * blue toadflax
* Lotus micranthus small-flowered lotus (deervetch)
* Mimulus alsinoides chickweed (annual) monkey-flower
* Mimulus guttatus yellow monkey-flower
* Minuartia tenella (Arenaria stricta) * slender sandwort
* Montia parvifolia small-leaved montia (miner’s lettuce)
* Myosotis discolor common (yellow and blue) forget-me-not
* Orthocarpus pusillus (Triphysaria pusilla) dwarf owl-clover
* Plantago elongata * slender plantain
* Plectritis congesta sea blush
* Polygonum douglasii (P. spergulariiforme) Spurry knotweed
* Prunella vulgaris self-heal
* Satureja douglasii * yerba buena
* Saxifraga ferruginea Alaska (rusty) saxifrage
* Sedum oreganum Oregon stonecrop
* Sedum spathulifolium broad-leaved stonecrop
* Trientalis latifolia (T. boreaelis ssp.latifolia) broad-leaved starflower
* Trifolium variegatum * white-tipped clover
* Trifolium willdenowii (T. tridentatum) tomcat clover
* Veronica arvensis wall speedwell
* Veronica peregrina var. xalapensis purslane Speedwell
* Vicia sp. vetch
MONOCOTYLEDONS
Grasses and Sedges
* Aira caryophyllea silver hairgrass
* Aira praecox early hairgrass
* Bromus tectorum cheatgrass
* Danthonia spicata poverty oatgrass
* Festuca idahoensis Idaho fescue
* Festuca (Vulpia) myuros rattail fescue
* Panicum occidentale (Dianthelium acuminatum) western witchgrass (panic grass)
Other Monocots
* Allium cernuum nodding onion
* Camassia leichtlinii * great camas
* Carex lyngbyei Lyngbye’s sedge
* Carex obnupta * slough (basket) sedge
* Goodyera oblongifolia large-leaved rattlesnake (plantain) orchid
* Luzula parviflora small-lowered wood-rush
* Platanthera sp. rein orchid
* Zygadenus venenosus death camas
FERNS AND FERN ALLIES
* Aspidotis densa * Indian’s-dream fern
* Asplenium trichomanes maidenhair spleenwort
* Polypodium glycyrrhiza licorice fern
* Pteridium aquilinum bracken fern
* Selaginella wallacei Wallace’s spikemoss
MOSSES AND LIVERWORTS
* Aulacomnium palustre *
* Bryum miniatum
* Dicranoweisia cirrata
* Dicranum scoparium birdbeak (broom) moss
* Kindbergia oregana (Eurhynchium oreganum)
* Hylocomium splendens step moss
* Isopterygium (Pseudotaxiphyllum) elegans
* Isothecium stoloniferum
* Plagiothecium sp.
* Polytrichum commune common haircap moss
* Polytrichum juniperinum haircap moss
* Polytrichum piliferum haircap moss
* Rhacomitrium canescens
* Rhacomitrium occidentale
* Rhizomnium glabrescens
* Calypogeia sp. liverwort
LICHENS
* Cladina portentosa
* Cladina rangiferina reindeer lichen
* Cladonia chlorophaea
* Cladonia gracilis
* Cladonia macilenta
* Coelocaulon aculeatum
* Hypogymnia physodes
* Parmelia saxatilis
* Parmelia sulcata
* Peltigera aphthosa
* Peltigera membranacea dog lichen
* Umbilicaria sp.
* Verrucaria maura marine lichen
* Xanthoparmelia cumberlandia
* Xanthoria sp.
FUNGI
* Entoloma sp. mushroom
* Inocybe sp. mushroom
* Laccaria laccata waxy laccaria mushroom
* Omphalina ericetorum mushroom
The Society was approached by John Beltz in 1990 to record the flora of the Cape, and Terry’s 1991 survey was the result of that request. Two years later, with his wife Rosemary and two friends, he returned to the Cape for pleasure, and added plants seen that second visit to the unpublished list from 1991.