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Lava Beds National Monument Grasses
Grasses and small annual flowers grow in areas of varied soil depth. There are over 250 species of plants in the monument. The grass and sedge species are as follows: Giant ryegrass ( Elymus condensatus ), Cheat grass ( Bromus tectorum ), Idaho fescue ( Festuca idahoensis ), Bluebunch wheatgrass ( Agropyron spectatum ), Western needlegrass ( Stipa occidentalis ), Thurber needlegrass ( Stipa thurberiana ), Sanbberg bluegrass ( Poa sandbergii ), Prairie junegrass ( Koeleria cristata ), Bottlebrush squirreltail ( Sitanion Hystrix ), and Ross sedge ( Carex rosii ).
Maine ocean islands provide the only nesting sites for Atlantic puffins in the United States. Eastern Egg Rock in the midcoast region, Seal Island and Matinicus Rock at the mouth of Penobscot Bay, and Machias Seal Island and Petit Manan Island off the downeast coast provide habitat for more than 4,000 puffins each summer.