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Salal

 

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Salal plant

Common Name(s):

Salal

Scientific Name(s):

Sword Fern

Sword Fern

(Polystichum munitum)

picture of sword fern in the forest

Figure 1. Fully mature sword fern in the forest (Hansen, 2012)

Common Names

Sword Fern, Shield Fern, Christmas Fern, Sword Holly Fern

(Garden Works, n.d.; Hansen, 2012)

Bracken Fern

Bracken Fern

Pteridium aquilinum

 

Picture of bracken fern

Source: Vancouver Island Grows

 

Common Names

bracken, brake, common bracken, eagle fern

Bull Kelp

Common Names

Bull kelp, bull whip kelp, ribbon kelp

First Nation Names

Q’am (Hul’qumi’num) or Husmin (Nuu-chah-nulth)

Family

Laminariaceae

Bull Kelp

Identification

Cattails

Common name(s): cattails, bulrush, reedmace                                                                                         [1]

Scientific Name(s): Typha latifolia

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