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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
Solanaceae
Scientific Name
Solanum americanum

Common Name
white nightshade
Close-up

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

Scientific Name
Solanum aviculare

Common Name
New Zealand nightshade
Close-up

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

Scientific Name
Solanum douglasii

Common Name
greenspot nightshade
Close-up

Status
N
Occurs
N/A
Habitat
FS
Other
N/A

Scientific Name
Solanum nigrum

Common Name
black nightshade
Close-up

Status
E, I
Occurs
HBNWR, Lanphere, Ma-le'l
Habitat
CDF, AW, FM
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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