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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
Orchidaceae
Scientific Name
Calypso bulbosa
Common Name
fairy slipper
Close-up
Status
N
Occurs
HBNWR, Lanphere, Ma-le'l
Habitat
CDF
Other
N/A
Scientific Name
Goodyera oblongifolia
Common Name
rattlesnake plantain
Close-up
Status
N
Occurs
HBNWR, Lanphere, Ma-le'l
Habitat
CDF
Other
N/A
Scientific Name
Piperia elegans
Common Name
coast piperia
Close-up
Status
N
Occurs
HBNWR, Lanphere, Ma-le'l
Habitat
SW, CDF
Other
N/A
Scientific Name
Piperia transversa
Common Name
rein orchid
Close-up
Status
N
Occurs
HBNWR, Lanphere, Ma-le'l
Habitat
CDF
Other
N/A
Scientific Name
Spiranthes romanzoffiana
Common Name
hooded ladies-tresses
Close-up
Status
N
Occurs
HBNWR, Lanphere, Ma-le'l
Habitat
SW, CDF
Other
N/A
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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