Species of the Puget Sound and Salish Sea regions
Explore the plants and animals within the Puget Sound and Salish Sea watersheds. You can also query species directly using the search below. Species accounts are provided by Encyclopedia of Life and NatureServe, as well as regional sources where available.
- Urospora wormskioldii
- Ursus americanus- (American Black Bear)
- Ursus arctos- (Brown Bear)
- Urtica dioica- (Stinging Nettle)
- Urtica dioica ssp. gracilis- (Stinging Nettle)
- Urtica dioica ssp. holosericea- (Stinging Nettle)
- Urtica urens- (Burning Nettle)
- Urticina sp
- Urticina sp.
- Urticina spp.- (Striped Anemone)
- Usnea hesperina
- Usnea longissima- (Beard Lichen)
- Usnea pacificana
- Usnea sphacelata- (Beard Lichen)
- Usnea wirthii
- Uta stansburiana- (Side-blotched Lizard)
- Utricularia cornuta- (Horned Bladderwort)
- Utricularia gibba- (Humped Bladderwort)
- Utricularia inflata- (Swollen Bladderwort)
- Utricularia intermedia- (Flatleaf Bladderwort)
- Utricularia macrorhiza- (Greater Bladderwort)
- Utricularia minor- (Lesser Bladderwort)
- Utricularia ochroleuca- (Northern Bladderwort)
- Vaccaria hispanica- (Cowcockle)
- Vaccinium caespitosum- (Dwarf Huckleberry)
- Vaccinium caespitosum var. caespitosum- (Dwarf Huckleberry)
- Vaccinium caespitosum var. paludicola- (Dwarf Huckleberry)
- Vaccinium deliciosum- (Rainier Blueberry)
- Vaccinium macrocarpon- (Large Cranberry)
- Vaccinium membranaceum- (Square-twigged Huckleberry)
- Vaccinium myrtilloides- (Velvetleaf Blueberry)
- Vaccinium myrtillus- (Whortleberry)
- Vaccinium myrtillus var. oreophilum- (Whortleberry)
- Vaccinium ovalifolium- (Oval-leaf Huckleberry)
- Vaccinium ovatum- (Evergreen Blueberry)
- Vaccinium ovatum var. ovatum
- Vaccinium oxycoccos- (Small Cranberry)
- Vaccinium parvifolium- (Red Blueberry)
- Vaccinium scoparium- (Grouseberry)
- Vaccinium uliginosum- (Alpine Blueberry)
- Vahlodea atropurpurea- (Mountain Hairgrass)
- Valeriana acutiloba- (Cordilleran Valerian)
- Valeriana acutiloba var. pubicarpa- (Cordilleran Valerian)
- Valeriana columbiana- (Wenatchee Valerian)
- Valeriana dioica- (Wood Valerian)
- Valeriana dioica var. sylvatica- (Wood Valerian)
- Valeriana edulis- (Hairy Valerian)
- Valeriana edulis var. edulis- (Tobacco-root)
- Valeriana occidentalis- (Small-flower Valerian)
- Valeriana officinalis- (Common Valerian)