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.
- Polystichum lonchitis- (Northern Holly Fern)
- Polystichum munitum- (Western Swordfern)
- Polystichum scopulinum- (Mountain Holly Fern)
- Polytrichum sphaerothecium
- Polytrichum strictum- (Bog Haircap Moss)
- Pomoxis annularis- (White Crappie)
- Pomoxis nigromaculatus- (Black Crappie)
- Pontia beckerii- (Becker's White)
- Pontia occidentalis- (Western White)
- Pontia sisymbrii- (Spring White)
- Pontogeneia inermis
- Pontogeneia intermedia
- Pontogeneia ivanovi
- Pontogeneia rostrata
- Pontoporeia femorata
- Pooecetes gramineus- (Vesper Sparrow)
- Pooecetes gramineus affinis- (Oregon Vesper Sparrow)
- Populus balsamifera- (Balsam Poplar)
- Populus balsamifera ssp. trichocarpa- (Black Cottonwood)
- Populus tremuloides- (Quaking Aspen)
- Poraniopsis inflata- (Spiny Star)
- Porcellanidae
- Porcellidium sp
- Porella concinna
- Porichthys notatus- (Plainfin Midshipman)
- Porifera
- Poroclinus rothrocki- (Whitebarred Prickleback)
- Poromya sp
- Porphyra mumfordii
- Porphyra purpurea
- Porphyropsis coccinea
- Porphyrostromium boryanum
- Porphyrostromium pulvinatum
- Portulaca oleracea- (Common Purslane)
- Portulaca oleracea ssp. granulatostellulata- (Common Purslane)
- Portulaca oleracea ssp. nitida- (Common Purslane)
- Porzana carolina- (Sora)
- Postasterope barnesi
- Postasterope sp
- Postelsia palmaeformis
- Potamethus sp
- Potamilla neglecta
- Potamilla sp
- Potamilla sp.
- Potamogeton alpinus- (Northern Pondweed)
- Potamogeton amplifolius- (Largeleaf Pondweed)
- Potamogeton crispus- (Curly Pondweed)
- Potamogeton epihydrus- (Nuttall's Pondweed)
- Potamogeton filiformis- (Slender Pondweed)
- Potamogeton filiformis var. occidentalis- (Slender Pondweed)
