[Salals and Wintergreens: The Genus Gaultheria West of the Cascade Mountains of Oregon and Washington]

Salal

Gaultheria shallon

Salal: Gaultheria shallon - Ripe fruits of Salal: Gaultheria shallon

A close-up of the flowers and leathery leaves of salal as seen at left along US Highway 101 to the south of Cannon Beach, OR.........May 22, 2009. The image at right shows clusters of ripe fruits of salal along the Beltz Dike Trail at Sitka Sedge State Natural Area......August 23, 2025.

Salal: Gaultheria shallon

Salal growing on the east end of the north jetty at the mouth of Tillamook Bay, Barview Jetty County Park, Oregon coast........August 26, 2009.

Fruits of Salal: Gaultheria shallon - Salal: Gaultheria shallon

Salal with mature fruits as seen at left at Sitka Sedge State Natural Area, Oregon coast.......August 19, 2018. The photo at right shows the mature fruits of salal as seen at Sitka Sedge State Natural Area, Oregon coast.......August 23, 2023.

Flowers of Salal: Gaultheria shallon - Inflorescence of Salal: Gaultheria shallon

Early blooming salal as seen at left along a forested road along the bay side of Bayocean Spit, northern Oregon coast...........February 8, 2016. The image at right shows the inflorescence of salal as seen at Bayocean Spit.....May 22, 2025.

Berries and leaves of salal (Gaultheria shallon)

Salal berries ripening along a forested road along the bay side of Bayocean Spit, northern Oregon coast...........August 25, 2012.

Salal: Gaultheria shallon - Inflorescence of Salal: Gaultheria shallon

Salal in bloom along the Beltz Dike trail at Sitka Sedge State Natural Area, several miles north of Pacific City, OR......December 23, 2020.

Salal: Gaultheria shallon

Salal as seen blooming along the service road to the beach at Sitka Sedge State Natural Area, Oregon Coast......April 20, 2019.

Salal: Gaultheria shallon - Salal: Gaultheria shallon

Early blooming salal as seen along a forested road (left) along the bay side of Bayocean Spit, northern Oregon coast...........January 21, 2015. Early blooming salal as seen along a forested road (right) along the bay side of Bayocean Spit, northern Oregon coast...........January 8, 2016.

Salal: Gaultheria shallon

Salal still in bloom above the high tide line at Ona Beach State Park to the south of Newport, OR........September 30, 2017.

Paul Slichter