PLANTS Profile for Camassia quamash (small camas)

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Camassia quamash (Pursh) Greene
small camas

Symbol:

CAQU2

Group:

Monocot

Family:

Liliaceae

Duration:

Perennial

Growth Habit:

Forb/herb

Native Status:

L48		N
CAN		N

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Photo of Camassia quamash (Pursh) Greene

William & Wilma Follette. USDA NRCS. 1992. Western wetland flora: Field office guide to plant species. West Region, Sacramento. Courtesy of USDA NRCS Wetland Science Institute. Usage Requirements.

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Camassia quamash (Pursh) Greene

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Distribution:
Camassia quamash (Pursh) Greene


View Native Status

See U.S. county distributions (when available) by clicking on the map or the linked states below:
USA (CA, ID, MT, NV, OR, UT, WA, WY), CAN (AB, BC)

Related Taxa:
Camassia quamash (Pursh) Greene

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

Camassia quamash ssp. azurea
small camas

Camassia quamash ssp. breviflora
small camas

Camassia quamash ssp. intermedia
small camas

Camassia quamash ssp. linearis
small camas

Camassia quamash ssp. maxima
small camas

Camassia quamash ssp. quamash
small camas

Camassia quamash ssp. utahensis
Utah small camas

Camassia quamash ssp. walpolei
Walpole's small camas

Native

Introduced

Classification:
Camassia quamash (Pursh) Greene

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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 quamash (Pursh) Greene – small camas

Wetland Indicator Status:
Camassia quamash (Pursh) Greene

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

FACW

FACW*

FACW

Interpreting Wetland Indicator Status

More Accounts and Images:
Camassia quamash (Pursh) Greene

View photographs from CalPhotos.

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 42883.

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).

View 3 propagation protocols from Native Plants Network.

View photographs and distribution from University of Washington Burke Museum.

Time Generated: 09/25/2008 06:38 AM MDT