Plants on the coast

[Webfoot]

Please identify these plants I found on the Oregon coast.

[retired jerry]

first one looks like evergreen huckleberry, I eat them

[Waffle Stomper]

Second plant is a Rhododendron.

[retired jerry]

oh... yeah... duh...

[adamschneider]

I don't think that's a rhododendron; rhodies don't have toothy leaves. Maybe a wax myrtle?

[Webfoot]

first one looks like evergreen huckleberry, I eat them

There were many of those around, some with tons of fruit on them. I'll have to try some next time.

I don't think that's a rhododendron; rhodies don't have toothy leaves. Maybe a wax myrtle?

I've seen quite a few rhododendrons, including exotic ones, and I thought this was different too. Wax myrtle seems more likely I think; thank you. Here's a wider angle of the same plant.

Any ID for the mossy stuff in the last photo of the first post?

[adamschneider]

Any ID for the mossy stuff in the last photo of the first post?

Well, it's definitely a lichen. Try browsing around on WildflowerSearch: http://wildflowersearch.org/search?olds ... %3Bcat%3AL

[Thuja]

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[bobcat]

Cladonia rangiferina - reindeer lichen. A common circumpolar species.

[Webfoot]

Thanks bobcat. I saw something quite similar in the gorge the other day and had to laugh that this seemed exotic when I was at the coast. However in the dunes there was quite a carpet of it which seems different than the clumps or mounds I saw in the gorge. Are the dark tips in the middle of my photo spores?