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Barrigón
This large tree grows 20 to 35 m tall, with a trunk that is swollen at the base. Its smooth grey bark is marked with characteristic broad green bands.
Plant formBroadleaf treeFamilyMalvaceae -
Beach groundsel
This large rhizomatous plant is fleshy and aromatic. Its sturdy, leaf-covered stem grows 15 to 100 cm tall. The oval leaves are 10 to 20 cm long.
Plant formHerbaceous terrestrial plantFamilyAsteraceae (Compositae) -
Beach wormwood, Steller's wormwood
This 50 cm tall plant forms greenish white or greyish clumps or masses. This colouring is caused by the thick coat of white hairs covering the stems, leaves and groups of flowers.
Plant formHerbaceous terrestrial plantFamilyAsteraceae (Compositae) -
Beachhead iris, beachhead flag
This average-sized (30 to 50 cm) rhizomatous plant grows in clumps. It is smaller and has narrower leaves than larger blue flag (see descriptive record).
Plant formHerbaceous shoreline plantFamilyIridaceae -
Beaked hazelnut
This approximately 3 m tall shrub forms bushes. Its alternate, oval leaves are heart-shaped at the base and pointed at the tip.
Plant formBroad-leaved shrubFamilyBetulaceae -
Bedstraws
These plants grow 30 to 200 cm tall. They have square stems. Their leaves appear to be arranged in whorls around the stem, but are actually opposite. They have stipules that resemble leaves.
Plant formHerbaceous terrestrial plantFamilyRubiaceae -
Bigleaf mahogany
This large tree grows 35 to 40 and sometimes even 50 m tall, with a trunk 50 to 80 cm in diameter. Its dark green, shiny, hairless leaves are composed of 8 to 10 leaflets.
Plant formBroadleaf treeFamilyMeliaceae -
Black crowberry
This small 15 cm high shrub forms dense mats. Its small, highly ramified branches are all the same length. The young twigs are green with a red mark at the base of each leaf.
Plant formBroad-leaved shrubFamilyEricaceae -
Black maple
This 20 to 30 m tall tree has blackish-grey bark that is usually more deeply furrowed than that of sugar maple. Its leaves have 3 to 5 short lobes with a 10 to 15 cm long stalk.
Plant formBroadleaf treeFamilySapindaceae -
Black sapote
This large tree can grow 20 to 25 m tall. Its furrowed and irregularly shaped trunk is covered with very dark bark that peels off in thin strips.
Plant formBroadleaf treeFamilyEbenaceae -
Black spruce
This 5 to 20 m tall tree has short, four-sided, blunt-tipped needles, 0.5 to 1.5 cm long. Its dull bluish-green leaves are spirally arranged along the branches, which are covered with rusty hairs.
Plant formConiferFamilyPinaceae -
Bladder campion
This greenish-blue plant grows 30 cm tall. Its stem is swollen near the leaves, which are opposite, toothless and slightly thickened. The flowers are 12 to 20 mm in diameter.
Plant formHerbaceous terrestrial plantFamilyCaryophyllaceae