Plants Profile for Umbellularia californica (California laurel)

General Information
Symbol:	UMCA
Group:	Dicot
Family:	Lauraceae
Duration:	Perennial
Growth Habit:	Shrub Tree
Native Status:	L48 N
Characteristics
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Data Source and Documentation

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	Native		Introduced		Both		Absent/Unreported
	Native, No County Data		Introduced, No County Data		Both, No County Data

Native Status:

L48

NAV

CAN

SPM

Images

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©J.S. Peterson. USDA NRCS National Plant Data Center (NPDC). United States, CA, Davis, University of California Davis Arboretum. February 4, 2002. Usage Requirements.

Steve Hurst. Provided by ARS Systematic Botany and Mycology Laboratory. United States, CA. Usage Requirements.

©Mark W. Skinner. United States, CA, Alameda Co., Huckleberry Preserve. March 25, 1990. Usage Requirements.

John D. Guthrie. Provided by National Agricultural Library. Originally from USDA Forest Service. United States, OR. 1924. Usage Requirements.

E.H. Morton. Provided by National Agricultural Library. Originally from USDA Forest Service. United States, OR. 1927. Usage Requirements.

Provided by National Agricultural Library. Originally from USDA Forest Service. United States, OR. 1966. Usage Requirements.

©Mark W. Skinner. United States, CA, Napa Co., Carneros Creek. June 13, 1996. Usage Requirements.

©Gary A. Monroe. United States, OR, Coos Co. 1975. Usage Requirements.

©R.A. Seelig. Provided by Smithsonian Institution, Department of Botany. Usage Requirements.

Provided by USDA Forest Service. Usage Requirements.

Synonyms

Classification

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Rank	Scientific Name and Common Name
Kingdom	Plantae – Plants
Subkingdom	Tracheobionta – Vascular plants
Superdivision	Spermatophyta – Seed plants
Division	Magnoliophyta – Flowering plants
Class	Magnoliopsida – Dicotyledons
Subclass	Magnoliidae
Order	Laurales
Family	Lauraceae – Laurel family
Genus	Umbellularia (Nees) Nutt. – California laurel
Species	Umbellularia californica (Hook. & Arn.) Nutt. – California laurel

Subordinate Taxa

The Plants Database includes the following 2 subspecies of Umbellularia californica . Click below on a thumbnail map or name for subspecies profiles.

Native

Introduced

Native and Introduced

Distribution of <i>Umbellularia californica</i> (Hook. & Arn.) Nutt. var. <i>californica </i>

Umbellularia californica var. californica
California laurel

Distribution of <i>Umbellularia californica</i> (Hook. & Arn.) Nutt. var. <i>fresnensis</i> Eastw.

Umbellularia californica var. fresnensis
California laurel

Legal Status

Wetland Status

Interpreting Wetland Status

North America
Arid West	FAC
Western Mountains, Valleys, and Coast	FAC

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Wildlife

Food

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Cover

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Description of Values

Value Class	Food	Cover