A Photographic Guide to Plants of
Humboldt Bay Dunes and Wetlands

Compiled by Gordon Leppig and Andrea Pickart

Release 2.0

April 2018

Araceae

Scientific Name

Lemna minuta

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Common Name 

least duckweed

Close-up 

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Status

N

Habitat

OW, FM

Occurs

HBNWR, Lanphere, Ma-le'l

Other

N/A

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Scientific Name

Lysichiton americanus

Lysichiton_americanus_plant.jpg

Common Name 

yellow skunk cabbage

Close-up 

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Status

N

Habitat

RF, FS

Occurs

HBNWR, Lanphere, Ma-le'l

Other

N/A

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Scientific Name

Zantedeschia aethiopica

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Common Name 

callalily

Close-up 

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Status

E, I

Habitat

FM, DM, DS

Occurs

N/A

Other

N/A

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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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