Tsuga heterophylla
There are three distinct types of vegetation on this coast: the forests of the coastal plain dominated by western hemlock ("Tsuga heterophylla"), western red cedar ("Thuja plicata") and amabilis fir ("Abies amabilis"); mountain forest of mountain hemlock ("Tsuga mertensiana"), amabilis fir and yellow cedar ("Chamaecyparis nootkatensis"); and alpine tundra with sedge ("Carex") meadows and lichen-covered rocks.