Species of the Puget Sound and Salish Sea regions
Explore the plants and animals within the Puget Sound and Salish Sea watersheds using the species lists available on this page (in the left margin of a desktop browser or toward the bottom of a smartphone browser). You can also query species directly using the search box below, although results will not be available for every species in the region. The search box only searches our available species lists, which we will continue to update. In some cases, species accounts are provided by the Encyclopedia of Life and NatureServe, as well as regional sources where available.
- Melinna oculata
- Melinna sp
- Melissa officinalis- (Garden Balm)
- Melita nitida
- Melita oregonensis
- Melita sp
- Melita sulca
- Melitidae
- Melobesia marginata
- Melobesia mediocris
- Melospiza georgiana- (Swamp Sparrow)
- Melospiza lincolnii- (Lincoln's Sparrow)
- Melospiza melodia- (Song Sparrow)
- Melphidippa amorita
- Melphidippa borealis
- Melphidippa sp
- Melphisana bola
- Membranipora membranacea
- Membranoptera dimorpha
- Membranoptera multiramosa
- Membranoptera platyphylla
- Membranoptera spinulosa
- Membranoptera tenuis
- Membranoptera weeksiae
- Menegazzia terebrata- (Port-hole Lichen)
- Menetus opercularis- (Button Sprite)
- Mentha aquatica- (Water Mint)
- Mentha arvensis- (Wild Mint)
- Mentha canadensis- (Canadian Mint)
- Mentha pulegium- (Penny-royal)
- Mentha spicata- (Spearmint)
- Mentha x piperita- (Peppermint)
- Mentha x villosa- (Foxtail Mint)
- Mentzelia albicaulis- (White-stem Stickleaf)
- Mentzelia dispersa- (Mada Stickleaf)
- Mentzelia dispersa var. compacta- (Mada Stickleaf)
- Mentzelia dispersa var. dispersa- (Mada Stickleaf)
- Mentzelia dispersa var. latifolia- (Mada Stickleaf)
- Mentzelia laevicaulis- (Giant Blazingstar)
- Mentzelia laevicaulis var. laevicaulis- (Giant Blazingstar)
- Mentzelia laevicaulis var. parviflora- (Giant Blazingstar)
- Menyanthes trifoliata- (Bog Buckbean)
- Menziesia ferruginea- (Mock Azalea)
- Mephitis mephitis- (Striped Skunk)
- Mercenaria mercenaria- (Littleneck Clam)
- Mergus merganser- (Common Merganser)
- Mergus serrator- (Red-breasted Merganser)
- Merluccius productus- (Pacific Hake)
- Mertensia longiflora- (Long-flower Bluebells)
- Mertensia oblongifolia- (Sagebrush Bluebells)
