Species of the Puget Sound and Salish Sea regions

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Enhydra lutris kenyoni

(Northern Sea Otter)

(Red-throated Loon)

(North Pacific Spiny Dogfish)

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Carex filifolia- (Threadleaf Sedge)
Carex flava- (Yellow Sedge)
Carex fracta- (Fragile-sheath Sedge)
Carex garberi- (Elk Sedge)
Carex geyeri- (Geyer's Sedge)
Carex gynocrates- (Northern Bog Sedge)
Carex halliana- (Hall's Sedge)
Carex hassei- (Salt Sedge)
Carex hendersonii- (Henderson's Sedge)
Carex heteroneura- (Different-nerve Sedge)
Carex heteroneura var. brevisquama- (Erect Blackened Sedge)
Carex heteroneura var. epapillosa- (Different-nerve Sedge)
Carex hoodii- (Hood's Sedge)
Carex hystericina- (Porcupine Sedge)
Carex illota- (Small-head Sedge)
Carex infirminervia- (Weak-nerved Sedge)
Carex inops- (Long-stolon Sedge)
Carex inops ssp. inops- (Long-stolon Sedge)
Carex interior- (Inland Sedge)
Carex interrupta- (Green-fruited Sedge)
Carex jonesii- (Jones' Sedge)
Carex krausei ssp. porsildiana- (Krause's Sedge)
Carex laeviculmis- (Smooth-stem Sedge)
Carex lapponica- (Lapland Sedge)
Carex lasiocarpa- (Slender Sedge)
Carex lasiocarpa var. americana- (Slender Sedge)
Carex lenticularis- (Shore Sedge)
Carex lenticularis var. impressa- (Lenticular Sedge)
Carex lenticularis var. lenticularis- (Shore Sedge)
Carex lenticularis var. limnophila- (Shore Sedge)
Carex lenticularis var. lipocarpa- (Shore Sedge)
Carex leporina- (Oval Sedge)
Carex leporinella- (Sierra Hare Sedge)
Carex leptalea- (Bristly-stalked Sedge)
Carex leptalea ssp. leptalea- (Bristly-stalk Sedge)
Carex leptopoda- (Short-scaled Sedge)
Carex limosa- (Mud Sedge)
Carex livida- (Livid Sedge)
Carex livida var. radicaulis- (Livid Sedge)
Carex luzulina- (Woodrush Sedge)
Carex luzulina var. ablata- (Woodrush Sedge)
Carex lyngbyei- (Lyngbye's Sedge)
Carex macrocephala- (Big-head Sedge)
Carex macrocephala var. macrocephala- (Big-head Sedge)
Carex macrochaeta- (Alaska Large Awn Sedge)
Carex magellanica- (Boreal Bog Sedge)
Carex magellanica ssp. irrigua- (Boreal Bog Sedge)
Carex magellanica ssp. magellanica- (Bog Sedge)
Carex mertensii- (Mertens' Sedge)
Carex microptera- (Small-wing Sedge)