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Kalmia polifolia
Gerald and Buff Corsi© 2001 California Academy of Sciences
Kalmia polifolia
© 2008 Louis-M. Landry
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Kalmia polifolia  Wangenh.
mountain laurel
Kalmia polifolia, a dicot, is a shrub that is native to California and is also found elsewhere in North America and beyond.
Communities: Red Fir Forest, Lodgepole Forest, Subalpine Forest, Alpine Fell-fields, wetland-riparian
Habitat: meadows [Walker]
Wetlands:Occurs almost always under natural conditions in wetlands [U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service.]
Elevation: between 3281 and 12000 feet
Family: ERICACEAE  
Related:See a list of other species in the genus Kalmia found in California.
Name Status:
Accepted by TJM2 + PLANTS + JM93
Other Names:
PLANTS: Chamaedaphne glauca
PLANTS: Kalmia polifolia var. rosmarinifolia
TJM2: Kalmia microphylla
TJM2: Kalmia polifolia ssp. microphylla
TJM2 + PLANTS: Kalmia polifolia ssp. polifolia




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Distribution by County: See a detailed   Distribution Grid  of this plant in California.
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    CCH: records provided by the participants of the Consortium of California Herbaria.
 Information about  Kalmia polifolia  from other sources:
Photos on Picasa / Flickr / Google Images

website references on Google

USDA PLANTS Profile (KAPO)

Nursery availability and horticultural info (what grows with this plant?) on CNPLX

2012 Jepson Manual Treament from the Jepson Herbarium,
University of California, Berkeley

Original Publication citation. on the International Plants Names Index

Search efloras.org (Flora of North America)

Search the Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center Native Plant Database

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    Calflora: Information on California plants for education, research and conservation, based on data contributed by dozens of public and private institutions and individuals, including the Consortium of Calif. Herbaria. [web application]. 2013. Berkeley, California: The Calflora Database [a non-profit organization]. Available: http://www.calflora.org/   (Accessed: May 21, 2013).

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