We’ve had winds over 40 mph and waves over 23 feet – the perfect combo for beach combing! Here are our Cool Finds – waiting discovery of identification on the beach in Lincoln City, Oregon.
(at low tide in safe areas with one eye on the water at all times)
More Japanese Floats
A plant we’ve never seen. HUGE thorns, NOT scotch Bloom.
Update – Found it!
Gorse – rhymes with Curse – for good cause – read more, planted by a man in Bandon Oregon – highly flammable!
Thousands of these on the beach on Monday at SW11th, this was a tiny one – they were all sizes – not sure what they are, I remember them from my youth, not sure where to start on identification.
Update – Found it!
Velella velella
| Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Cnidariaj Subphylum: Medusozoab Class: Hydrozoa |
Order: Anthomedusae Family: Porpitidae Genus: Velella Species: V. velella Binomial name |
Velella velella
(Linnaeus, 1758)
We were asked to identify this for a friend, Found it in the Handbook of Nature Study – Field Horse Tails.
Beautiful walk on the beach this evening!
+Angie Wright
Pebblekeeper 