In Mid-April, native species provide a colourful display on Tower Point next to the ocean.
Camas on the shore of Tower Point
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- Erythronium sp.are almost finsished blooming
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- Sanicle
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- Camas and Sanicle under the Garry Oak canopy
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- Camas
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- Mimulus sp. in the rock seeps
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- Claytonia sp or Miner’s lettuce
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- Larkspur
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- chocolate lily
I was also impressed with the display of a high biodiversity of Bryophytes ( mosses) on the rocky shore just above the spray zone:
In this rocky exposed area on the East side of Tower Point was also located an interesting small tuft grass with rather large heads which I had not seen before:
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- Unidentified grass