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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

Onagraceae

Scientific Name

Camissoniopsis cheiranthifolia

Camissoniopsis_cheiranthifolia_plant.jpg

Common Name 

beach-primrose

Close-up 

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Status

N

Occurs

HBNWR, Lanphere, Ma-le'l

Habitat

DM

Other

N/A

Camissoniopsis_cheiranthifolia_habitat.j

Scientific Name

Chamerion angustifolium ssp. circumvagum

Chamerion_angustifolium_plant.jpg

Common Name 

fireweed

Close-up 

Chamerion_angustifolium_flower.jpg

Status

N

Occurs

HBNWR, Lanphere, Ma-le'l

Habitat

FM, RF

Other

N/A

Chamerion_angustifolia_habitat.jpg

Scientific Name

Clarkia davyi

Clarkia_davyi_plant.jpg

Common Name 

Davy's clarkia

Close-up 

Clarkia_davyi_flower.jpg

Status

N

Occurs

HBNWR, Lanphere, Ma-le'l

Habitat

DM, DS

Other

N/A

Clarkia_davyi_habitat.jpg

Scientific Name

Clarkia purpurea ssp. quadrivulnera

Clarkia_purpurea_plant.jpg

Common Name 

purple clarkia

Close-up 

Clarkia_purpurea_flower.jpg

Status

N

Occurs

HBNWR, Lanphere, Ma-le'l

Habitat

SW

Other

N/A

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Scientific Name

Epilobium ciliatum ssp. watsonii

Epilobium_ciliatum_plant.jpg

Common Name 

Watson's willowherb

Close-up 

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Status

N

Occurs

HBNWR, Lanphere, Ma-le'l

Habitat

SW, FM, BM, AW

Other

N/A

Epilobium_ciliatum_habitat.jpg

Scientific Name

Oenothera glazioviana

Oenothera_glazioviana_plant.jpg

Common Name 

red-sepaled evening-primrose

Close-up 

Oenothera_glazioviana_flower.jpg

Status

E, I

Occurs

N/A

Habitat

DM, DS, FM

Other

N/A

Oenothera_glazioviana_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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