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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

Polygonaceae

Scientific Name

Eriogonum latifolium

EriogonumLatifolium_plant.jpg

Common Name 

coast buckwheat

Close-up 

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Status

N

Occurs

HBNWR, Lanphere, Ma-le'l

Habitat

DM

Other

N/A

Eriogonum_latifolium_habitat.jpg

Scientific Name

Polygonum paronychia

Polygonum_paronychia_plant.jpg

Common Name 

beach knotweed

Close-up 

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Status

N

Occurs

HBNWR, Lanphere, Ma-le'l

Habitat

DM, DS

Other

N/A

Polygonum_paronychia_habitat.jpg

Scientific Name

Rumex acetosella

Rumex_acetosella_plant.jpg

Common Name 

sheep sorrel

Close-up 

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Status

E, I

Occurs

HBNWR, Lanphere, Ma-le'l

Habitat

DM, DS,SW, CDF, RF

Other

N/A

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Scientific Name

Rumex crassus

Rumex_crassus_plant.jpg

Common Name 

willow-leaved dock

Close-up 

Rumex_crassus_flower.jpg

Status

N

Occurs

HBNWR, Lanphere, Ma-le'l

Habitat

SW, BM

Other

N/A

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Scientific Name

Rumex crispus

Rumex_crispus_plant.jpg

Common Name 

curly dock

Close-up 

Rumex_crispus_flower.jpg

Status

E, I

Occurs

HBNWR, Lanphere, Ma-le'l

Habitat

FM, SW, AW, BM

Other

N/A

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Scientific Name

Rumex occidentalis

Rumex_occidentalis_plant.jpg

Common Name 

western dock

Close-up 

Rumex_occidentalis_flower.jpg

Status

N

Occurs

HBNWR, Lanphere, Ma-le'l

Habitat

FM, BM

Other

N/A

Rumex_occidentalis_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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