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.
- Cardiliidae
- Cardiomya pectinata
- Cardiomya planetica
- Cardiomya sp
- Cardionema ramosissimum- (Sandmat)
- Carduus acanthoides- (Spiny Plumeless-thistle)
- Carduus nutans- (Musk Thistle)
- Carduus pycnocephalus- (Italian Thistle)
- Carduus tenuiflorus- (Slender-flower Thistle)
- Careproctus melanurus- (Blacktail Snailfish)
- Carex albonigra- (Black-and-white Scale Sedge)
- Carex amplifolia- (Bigleaf Sedge)
- Carex angustata- (Narrow Sedge)
- Carex anthoxanthea- (Yellow-flowered Sedge)
- Carex aperta- (Columbian Sedge)
- Carex aquatilis- (Water Sedge)
- Carex aquatilis var. aquatilis- (Water Sedge)
- Carex aquatilis var. dives- (Sitka Sedge)
- Carex arcta- (Northern Clustered Sedge)
- Carex atherodes- (Awned Sedge)
- Carex athrostachya- (Jointed-spike Sedge)
- Carex atrosquama- (Blackened Sedge)
- Carex aurea- (Golden-fruit Sedge)
- Carex backii- (Rocky Mountain Sedge)
- Carex bebbii- (Bebb's Sedge)
- Carex bipartita- (Arctic Hare's-foot Sedge)
- Carex bolanderi- (Bolander's Sedge)
- Carex brevicaulis- (Short-stem Sedge)
- Carex brevior- (Fescue Sedge)
- Carex breweri- (Brewer's Sedge)
- Carex brunnescens- (Brownish Sedge)
- Carex brunnescens ssp. brunnescens- (Brownish Sedge)
- Carex buxbaumii- (Buxbaum's Sedge)
- Carex californica- (California Sedge)
- Carex canescens- (Hoary Sedge)
- Carex canescens ssp. canescens- (Hoary Sedge)
- Carex capillaris- (Hairlike Sedge)
- Carex capitata- (Capitate Sedge)
- Carex capitata ssp. capitata- (Capitate Sedge)
- Carex chordorrhiza- (Creeping Sedge)
- Carex circinata- (Coiled Sedge)
- Carex comosa- (Bristly Sedge)
- Carex concinnoides- (Northwestern Sedge)
- Carex constanceana- (Constance's Sedge)
- Carex cordillerana
- Carex crawei- (Crawe's Sedge)
- Carex crawfordii- (Crawford's Sedge)
- Carex cusickii- (Cusick's Sedge)
- Carex deflexa- (Short-stemmed Sedge)
- Carex densa- (Dense Sedge)