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Myosurus minimus
© 2004 Carol W. Witham
Myosurus minimus
© 2003 Yulan Tong
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Myosurus minimus  L.
Common mouse tail, little mouse tail, tiny mousetail
Myosurus minimus, a dicot, is an annual herb that is native to California and is also found elsewhere in North America and beyond.
Communities: Coastal Sage Scrub, Yellow Pine Forest, Red Fir Forest, Lodgepole Forest, Subalpine Forest, Northern Oak Woodland, Foothill Woodland, Chaparral, Freshwater Wetlands, wetland-riparian
Habitat: vernal-pools [Walker]
Wetlands:Occurs almost always under natural conditions in wetlands [U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service.]
Elevation: between 5000 and 10000 feet
Family: RANUNCULACEAE  
Related:See a list of other species in the genus Myosurus found in California.
This is a parent record; distribution data is an aggregate of data for subspecies and varieties:
  Myosurus minimus ssp. apus
Name Status:
Accepted by TJM2 + PLANTS + JM93
Other Names:
PLANTS: Myosurus clavicaulis
PLANTS: Myosurus minimus var. lepturus
PLANTS: Myosurus minimus var. interior
PLANTS: Myosurus minimus var. filiformis
PLANTS: Myosurus minimus var. clavicaulis
PLANTS: Myosurus minimus var. apus
PLANTS: Myosurus minimus ssp. major
PLANTS: Myosurus minimus ssp. apus
PLANTS: Myosurus lepturus
PLANTS: Myosurus minimus var. major




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Distribution by County: See a detailed   Distribution Grid  of this plant in California.
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Records by County, with approximate record counts in the form: TOTAL / CCH.   Click county name to view records.
    CCH: records provided by the participants of the Consortium of California Herbaria.
 Information about  Myosurus minimus  from other sources:
Photos on Picasa / Flickr / Google Images

website references on Google

USDA PLANTS Profile (MYMI2)

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 19, 2013).

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