Photographs of plants taken February and March, 2002 by John Malpas |
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A windswept hedge of coast silk tassle (Garrya elliptica)
grows right down to the beach.
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Pacific wax-myrtle (Myrica californica)
sticks up through the hedge.
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There is a knoll overlooking the beach covered with Bishop Pine (Pinus muricata), Grand Fir (Abies grandis), and Sitka Spruce (Picea sitchensis). |
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The understory contains
pink-flowering currants (Ribes sanguineum)
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Blueblossom (Ceanothus thyrsiflorus) | and twinberry (Lonicera involucrata). |
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| Red alders (Alnus rubra) grow on a tiny beach on the north side of the creek. |
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