Beach Findings Abound after the Storms!

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

Scientific classification

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!