A Photographic Guide to Plants of
Humboldt Bay Dunes and Wetlands

Compiled by Gordon Leppig and Andrea Pickart

Release 2.0

April 2018

Geraniaceae

Scientific Name

Erodium botrys

Erodium_botrys_plant.jpg

Common Name 

long-beaked filaree

Close-up 

Erodium_botrys_flower.jpg

Status

E

Occurs

N/A

Habitat

DS, DM

Other

N/A

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Scientific Name

Erodium cicutarium

Erodium_cicutarium_plan.jpg

Common Name 

red-stemmed filaree

Close-up 

Erodium_cicutarium_flower.jpg

Status

E

Occurs

N/A

Habitat

AW, DM

Other

N/A

1. No image

Scientific Name

Geranium molle

1. No image

Common Name 

dove's-foot geranium

Close-up 

1. No image

Status

E

Occurs

N/A

Habitat

AW, DM, DS

Other

N/A

1. No image

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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