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FRIENDS OF THE DUNES
A Photographic Guide to Plants of
Humboldt Bay Dunes and Wetlands
Compiled by Gordon Leppig and Andrea Pickart
Release 2.0
April 2018
Lamiaceae
Scientific Name
Clinopodium douglasii

Common Name
yerba buena
Close-up

Status
N
Occurs
HBNWR, Lanphere, Ma-le'l
Habitat
CDF
Other
N/A

Scientific Name
Lamium purpureum

Common Name
purple dead-nettle
Close-up

Status
E
Occurs
HBNWR, Lanphere, Ma-le'l
Habitat
FM, DM, DS
Other
N/A

Scientific Name
Mentha pulegium

Common Name
pennyroyal
Close-up

Status
E, I
Occurs
HBNWR, Lanphere, Ma-le'l
Habitat
SW, AW, FM
Other
N/A

Scientific Name
Prunella vulgaris var. vulgaris

Common Name
self-heal
Close-up

Status
E
Occurs
N/A
Habitat
AW
Other
N/A

Scientific Name
Stachys ajugoides

Common Name
rigid hedge-nettle
Close-up

Status
N
Occurs
HBNWR
Habitat
FM, BM, RF, SW, AW
Other
N/A

Scientific Name
Stachys chamissonis

Common Name
coast hedge-nettle
Close-up

Status
N
Occurs
HBNWR, Lanphere, Ma-le'l
Habitat
RF, FS
Other
N/A

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