Flora & Fauna of the North Olympic Peninsula

Animals: Click any of the below titles to get more information about the animals.

Birds of the North Olympic Peninsula : The North Olympic Peninsula offers exceptional birdwatching year-round. Our mild winters support large numbers of sea birds, including waterfowl. Spring and Fall migration times offer great species diversity. Due to diverse habitat , from rainforest to tidelands, many species remain as summer residents.

Amphibians and Reptiles : Six Species of salamanders and newts and five species of toads and frogs may be found in the Dungeness watershed. Some salamanders live their lives in the water and their adulthood on land; others, such as some lungless salamaders, are entirely terrestrial.

Anadromous Fish of the Dungeness : The Dungeness River is home to 9 salmodid species.

Freshwater Macroinvertbrates:Water quality studies in the Dungeness River at Railroad Bridge Park have turned up many interesting organisms.    Of greatest interest are the insect larvae such as stoneflies, mayflies, and caddisflies, all of which are associated with relatively clean, highly oxygenated water suitable for salmonid fish. 

Insects and Their Relatives: Insects alone make up over 60% of the 1.85+ million described species of organisms on earth.   Our very existence is dependent upon them.  Each insect has its own ecology, with impacts upon many other species.  They are thought to have evolved more that 400 million years ago, long before land plants and dinosaurs!

Butterflies of Clallam County: A list of the butterflies that are common in Clallam County.

Plants of RRBP

Taking Care of the Dungeness (PDF) - Our river is central to the culture and life of our area, please take time to read this helpful brochure on how to care for it!

Riparian Forests: The Dungeness River is extremely dynamic.   With each flood the river cuts new channels, removing old vegetation and creating new river bottomlands.   As trees fall to floods new succession opportunities develop, adding diversity in the riparian zone. 

Values of Riparian Habitat to Wildlife: All wild animals need food, water, and protection from predators and unfavorable weather.  Riparian zones provide all of these.

Native Plants of Railroad Bridge Park

• 1991 Plant Survey

• 1998 Plant Survey

• 2006 Plant Survey

Noxious Weeds

• Washington State NWCB

Habitats of the Dungeness watershed