PLANTS Profile for Camassia leichtlinii (large camas)

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PLANTS Profile

Camassia leichtlinii (Baker) S. Watson
large camas

Symbol:

CALE5

Group:

Monocot

Family:

Liliaceae

Duration:

Perennial

Growth Habit:

Forb/herb

Native Status:

L48		N
CAN		N

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Camassia leichtlinii (Baker) S. Watson

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Distribution:
Camassia leichtlinii (Baker) S. Watson


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USA (CA, NV, OR, WA), CAN (BC)

Related Taxa:
Camassia leichtlinii (Baker) S. Watson

View 108 genera in Liliaceae, 6 species in Camassia or click below on a thumbnail map or name for species profiles.

Distribution of Camassia leichtlinii (Baker) S. Watson ssp. leichtlinii. .

Camassia leichtlinii ssp. leichtlinii
large camas

Distribution of Camassia leichtlinii (Baker) S. Watson ssp. suksdorfii (Greenm.) Gould. .

Camassia leichtlinii ssp. suksdorfii
Suksdorf's large camas

Native

Introduced

Classification:
Camassia leichtlinii (Baker) S. Watson

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Kingdom	Plantae – Plants
Subkingdom	Tracheobionta – Vascular plants
Superdivision	Spermatophyta – Seed plants
Division	Magnoliophyta – Flowering plants
Class	Liliopsida – Monocotyledons
Subclass	Liliidae
Order	Liliales
Family	Liliaceae – Lily family
Genus	Camassia Lindl. – camas
Species	Camassia leichtlinii (Baker) S. Watson – large camas

Wetland Indicator Status:

NOTE: On June 1, 2012, the 2012 National Wetland Plant List superseded the information below (see Federal Register, May 9, 2012, 77(90): 27210-27214[https://federalregister.gov/a/2012-11176]). For updated wetland information about this species, see the latest wetland list.

Camassia leichtlinii (Baker) S. Watson

Nat. Ind.

Reg. 1

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Reg. 9

Reg. 0

Reg. A

Reg. C

Reg. H

FACW-,FACW

FACW

FACW-

FACW

Interpreting Wetland Indicator Status

More Accounts and Images:
Camassia leichtlinii (Baker) S. Watson

View photographs from CalPhotos.

View species account and distribution map from Flora of North America (FNA).

View species account from ARS Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN).

View taxonomic account from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) for ITIS Taxonomic Serial Number 42880.

View species account and distribution map from Jepson Interchange (University of California - Berkeley).

View species account from Kemper Center for Home Gardening.

View species account from Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center Native Plant Information Network (NPIN).

View species account from Native American Ethnobotany (University of Michigan - Dearborn).

View photographs and distribution from University of Washington Burke Museum.

Time Generated: 01/03/2013 04:56 PM CST