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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
Typhaceae
Scientific Name
Sparganium eurycarpum var. eurycarpum
Common Name
bur-reed
Close-up
Status
N
Occurs
HBNWR, Lanphere, Ma-le'l
Habitat
BM
Other
N/A
Scientific Name
Typha latifolia
Common Name
cattail
Close-up
Status
N
Occurs
HBNWR, Lanphere, Ma-le'l
Habitat
SW, BM, 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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