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A Photographic Guide to Plants of
Humboldt Bay Dunes and Wetlands

Compiled by Gordon Leppig and Andrea Pickart

Release 2.0

April 2018

Scientific Name

Angelica lucida

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Common Name 

seacoast angelica

Close-up 

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Status

N, C

Habitat

BM

Occurs

HBNWR, Lanphere, Ma-le'l

Other

N/A

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Scientific Name

Cicuta douglasii

Cicuta_douglasii_plant.jpg

Common Name 

western water hemlock

Close-up 

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Status

N

Habitat

FM

Occurs

N/A

Other

N/A

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Scientific Name

Daucus carota

Daucus_carota_flower.jpg

Common Name 

Queen Anne's lace

Close-up 

Cicuta_douglasii_flower.jpg

Status

I

Habitat

AW, DM

Occurs

HBNWR

Other

N/A

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Scientific Name

Daucus pusillis

Daucus_pusillus_plant.jpg

Common Name 

American wild carrot

Close-up 

Daucus_pusillus_flower.jpg

Status

N

Habitat

FM

Occurs

HBNWR, Lanphere, Ma-le'l

Other

N/A

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Scientific Name

Glehnia littoralis ssp. leiocarpa

Glehnia_littoralis_plant.jpg

Common Name 

American glehnia

Close-up 

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Status

N, C

Habitat

FM

Occurs

HBNWR, Lanphere, Ma-le'l

Other

N/A

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Scientific Name

Hydrocotyle ranunculoides

Hydrocotyle_ranunculoides_plant.jpg

Common Name 

marsh-pennywort

Close-up 

Hydrocotyle_ranunculoides_flower_.jpg

Status

N

Habitat

FM

Occurs

HBNWR, Lanphere, Ma-le'l

Other

N/A

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Scientific Name

Oenanthe sarmentosa

Oenanthe_sarmentosa_plant.jpg

Common Name 

water-parsley

Close-up 

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Status

N

Habitat

FM

Occurs

HBNWR, Lanphere, Ma-le'l

Other

N/A

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Scientific Name

Sanicula arctopoides

Sanicula_arctopoides_plant.jpg

Common Name 

footsteps of spring

Close-up 

Sanicula_arctopoides_flower.jpg

Status

N

Habitat

FM

Occurs

N/A

Other

N/A

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Scientific Name

Sanicula crassicaulis

Sanicula_crassicaulis_plant.jpg

Common Name 

sanicle

Close-up 

Sanicula_crassicaulis_flower.jpg

Status

N

Habitat

CDF

Occurs

HBNWR, Lanphere, Ma-le'l

Other

N/A

Sanicula_crassicaulis_habitat.jpg

Status: Conservation concern (C); Exotic (E); Invasive (I); California Native (N) 

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Habitat: Dune mat (DM), Dune scrub (DS), Dune swale (SW), Coniferous dune forest (CDF), Riparian forest (RF), Freshwater marsh (FM), Freshwater swamp (FS), Freshwater marsh (FM), Open water (OW), Brackish marsh (BM), Salt marsh (SM), Mudflat (MF) Agricultural wetland (AW).

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* This vascular plant list for Humboldt Bay dunes and wetlands is based on collections made by the authors primarily between 2001 and 2008.

 

Please email comments, corrections, or proposed additions to andrea_pickart@fws.gov.

 

Nomenclature follows the Jepson Manual, Higher Plants of California, Second edition (U.C. Press 2012).  

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