Calflora: Camassia quamash

Camassia quamash (Pursh) E. Greene

Camas, common camas

Camassia quamash, a monocot, is a perennial herb that is native to California and is also found outside of California, but is confined to western North America.

Communities:	North Coastal Coniferous Forest, Mixed Evergreen Forest, Yellow Pine Forest, Red Fir Forest, wetland-riparian
Habitat:	meadows [Walker]
Wetlands:	Usually occurs in wetlands, but occasionally found in non wetlands [U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service.]
Elevation:	between 2000 and 8000 feet
Family:	AGAVACEAE (PLANTS: LILIACEAE)
Related:	See a list of other species in the genus Camassia found in California.
	This is a parent record; distribution data is an aggregate of data for subspecies and varieties: Camassia quamash ssp. breviflora

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Accepted by TJM2 + PLANTS + JM93

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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.

Butte: 16 / 14 CCH Calaveras: 1 / 1 CCH Colusa: 3 / 2 CCH Del Norte: 5 / 5 CCH El Dorado: 21 / 17 CCH Fresno: 4 / 4 CCH Humboldt: 31 / 30 CCH Lake: 9 / 9 CCH Lassen: 21 / 16 CCH Madera: 2 / 2 CCH Mendocino: 35 / 28 CCH Modoc: 27 / 26 CCH Mariposa: 14 / 9 CCH Marin: 11 / 8 CCH Napa: 2 / 1 CCH Nevada: 21 / 16 CCH Placer: 9 / 2 CCH Plumas: 24 / 21 CCH Santa Cruz: 1 / 1 CCH Shasta: 6 / 4 CCH Sierra: 20 / 18 CCH Siskiyou: 4 / 4 CCH Sonoma: 10 / 5 CCH Stanislaus: 1 / 1 CCH Tehama: 6 / 6 CCH Trinity: 15 / 15 CCH Tulare: 5 / 5 CCH Tuolumne: 4 / 3 CCH Yuba: 1 / 1 CCH

CCH: records provided by the participants of the Consortium of California Herbaria.

Information about Camassia quamash from other sources:

Photos on Picasa / Flickr / Google Images
website references on Google
USDA PLANTS Profile (CAQU2)
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