Texada Island is home to most of the plant species that are native to the coastal area of British Columbia. However its forest differs from neighbouring costal areas for containing large amount of the inland variant of lodgepole pine (rather than the coast variant); the species can be found in record breaking sizes with trunks over half a meter in diameter and trees 60 meters tall or more. Douglas fir and red alder are also a dominant trees in the island's forests. red cedar, Western white pine, Sitka spruce, Western hemlock, grand fir and bigleaf maple exist in smaller proportions. Arbutus is common along the ocean, but not seen in the interior. The underbrush is formed by a hundreds of shrub species with Sword Fern and Deer Fern being the most common.