There are about 400 plant and tree species on the bay shores, including birch, willow, alder and plants adapted to salty soils, as well as lyme grass, mosses, and lichens.
Both the Gwich’in and Inuit in the Bathurst Inlet area were known to eat parts of the arctic willow, which is high in vitamin C and tastes sweet.
Salix | Sonata Arctica | Salix viminalis | Salix caprea | Salix cinerea | Salix arctica | Salix purpurea | Salix atrocinerea | Salix acutifolia | Salix alba | Salix alaxensis | Salix, Pennsylvania | Salix matsudana | ''Salix fragilis'' in native riparian zone | Salix babylonica | Marsupella arctica |