Their main identifying feature is the tall, column-like spout of exhaled air when they surface after a dive. Smaller whales include pothead, minke and occasional killer whales. In sandy areas near beaches there are dwarf irises, beach peas, silverweed, harebells, purple vetch, oysterleaf and a yellow sunflower-like plant called beachside senecio. Less common plants such as purple saxifrage, moss campion and willow herb may be found in some locations. The Labrador Straits is famous for its bakeapples, which grow in abundance in the bogs and wetter areas of the barrens.
Partridgeberries are plentiful on some of the dry barren ground areas.
Information last updated May 12, 2000.