From an email by Jocie to the Botany Group on September 4.
As a change-up from the mountain flora…here are a few of the special plants that grow along the sandy shores/dune habitat of Tree Island Provincial Park (also known as Sandy Island).
For a bit of background information, see this page from the BC Parks website.
[Click a photo to enlarge it.]
Yellow sand-verbena (Abronia latifolia) 
Northern wormwood (Artemisia campestris) 
Black hawthorn (Crataegus douglasii) 
Big-headed sedge (Carex macrocephala) 
Menzies’ campion (Silene menziesii) 
Arbutus (Arbutus menziesii) 
Douglas-fir (Pseudotsuga menziesii) 
Beach view
Note how these island Douglas-fir trees have their own unique character!
