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Umbellularia californica (Hook. & Arn.) Nutt.
California laurel
       
Symbol:   UMCA  
Group:   Dicot  
Family:   Lauraceae  
Duration:   Perennial  
Growth Habit:   Tree
Shrub 		 
Native Status:  
L48    N



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Distribution:
Umbellularia californica (Hook. & Arn.) Nutt.

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Related Taxa:
Umbellularia californica (Hook. & Arn.) Nutt.

View 16 genera in Lauraceae, 1 species in Umbellularia or click below on a thumbnail map or name for species profiles.
Distribution of Umbellularia californica (Hook. & Arn.) Nutt. var. californica. . Image Available.
Umbellularia californica var. californica
California laurel
Distribution of Umbellularia californica (Hook. & Arn.) Nutt. var. fresnensis Eastw.. .
Umbellularia californica var. fresnensis
California laurel
Plant is native (blue) Native   Plant is introduced Introduced
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Classification:
Umbellularia californica (Hook. & Arn.) Nutt.

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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
 

Wetland Indicator Status:
Umbellularia californica (Hook. & Arn.) Nutt.

Nat. Ind. Reg. 1 Reg. 2 Reg. 3 Reg. 4 Reg. 5 Reg. 6 Reg. 7 Reg. 8 Reg. 9 Reg. 0 Reg. A Reg. C Reg. H
FAC-,FAC NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO FAC- FAC NO NO NO
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Umbellularia californica (Hook. & Arn.) Nutt.

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View species account from USDA Forest Service Fire Effects Information System (FEIS).

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 18208.

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

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

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

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Related Web Sites:
Umbellularia californica (Hook. & Arn.) Nutt.

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CA-California Native Plant Link Exchange

CA-Jepson Flora Project

CA-Paleotechnics

CA-UC IPM Online

CA-University of California College of Natural Resources

Henriettes Herbal Homepage

OR-Landscape Plants (OSU Horticulture)

OR-Trees of Reed

Silvics of North America

UK-Plants For A Future

USDA FS-Center for Wood Anatomy Research

USDA FS-Woody Plant Seed Manual

VA-Virginia Tech Dendrology
 
 
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