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PLANTS
OF THE SALMON CREEK WATERSHED HOME PAGE
Compiled by Darlene LaMont -Photographs by Darlene LaMont
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CATEGORIES OF PLANTS (plants
are indexed alphabetically by scientific name) |
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TREES,
SHRUBS AND WOODY VINES
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Currant, Pink Flowering
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FERNS
& FERN ALLIES (Non-Flowering)
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Indian's Dream Fern
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FLOWERING
PLANTS
(Herbaceous - no woody stems)
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Iris (Iris douglasiana)
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REEDS,
GRASSES, SEDGES
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Pacific Bog Rush
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MUSHROOMS,
FUNGI, LICHEN
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Crustose-and-Fruticose Lichens
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PLANTS
THAT MAY OCCUR IN THE
SALMON CREEK WATERSHED
( but are not yet recorded)
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Johnnytuck
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IN DEVELOPMENT - AQUATIC PLANTS ON CHANSLOR RANCH |
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GENERAL
DESCRIPTION OF THE SALMON CREEK WATERSHED
The upland area
of Salmon Creek Watershed is dominated by Redwood Forest which persists
even though logging has occurred here since 1837 (Freestone). By
1922 most of the sawmills had run out of redwoods. Early residents were
scattered along Joy Road, Marra, Bittner (on a different route than
today), Coleman Valley, Fitzpatrick, and Taylor Lane. Many early residents
planted apple orchards. Much of the land was divided into woodlots. By
1950 residential and agricultural development had begun and logging
intensified greatly.
Additional roads such as Westwood, Burl, Owl, Joy Ridge,
Lauri and Jennifer Lanes were built. By the 1970s vineyards were being
installed, many replaced forested plots. By 2000 most of the headwaters
had been logged, leaving 2nd and 3rd growth with a few pockets of old
growth and a few scattered ancient trees. Clearcutting left many open
areas on Taylor, Fitzpatrick and Joy roads. The altitude in the uplands varies from 600' to
1,000'; is very steep in places and prone to landslides. The Grove of Old
Trees on Fitzpatrick was protected by a conservation easement in the
1990's, as have several properties along Westwood lane. The heavy
pressure of development has reduced the availability of water in the
uplands area because the Wilson Grove aquifer is isolated and only filled
by rainfall. The lowland areas are
dotted by towns and villages that often were founded as stagecoach, train
stops or fishing villages: Bodega, Bodega Bay, Freestone, Occidental and
Salmon Creek.
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KEYS
TO SYMBOLS
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Abundance/Status Key
& Comments |
Listed: Rare,
Threatened, Endangered |
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A |
Abundant |
L |
Listed |
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C |
Common |
CA |
CA Native Plant Society Listing |
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FC |
Fairly Common |
S |
State Listing |
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U |
Uncommon or
Occasional |
F |
Federal Listing |
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FP |
Formerly Present |
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HABITAT BY PLANT COMMUNITY
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RF |
Coastal Redwood Forest (Coniferous & broad-leaved evergreen treed
areas in the coastal fog belt, dominated by redwoods.) |
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RV |
Riparian Vegetation (Vegetation of streams & watercourses up to 30'
from banks). Can also include plants that only grow in wet places. |
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MW |
Mixed Woodland (Warmer & drier sites on higher elevations where RF
gives way first to Tanbark/Madrone and then Oak/Buckeye. Tanbark/Madrone
or Douglas Fir often dominates in logged-over Redwood Forests.) |
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HG |
Hill Grassland (Grassy hills, slopes & canyons. Mostly inland and
above the RF and integrating with MW.) |
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CB |
Coastal Bluffs (Slopes, bluffs, meadows & canyons. Mainly near Irish
Hill and Chanslor Ranch near the mouth of Salmon Creek) |
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PHOTO/Fig:
Pages listed here have drawings or photos of the plant (or a closely
related plant). See the reference list below. |
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Website: Cal Photo
http://elib.cs.berkeley.edu/photos/flora
By 4/03 they had 50,122 photos of native CA plants, scientific
information, distribution map, links to more information |
| GENERAL
NOTES |
| Note-1 |
Invasive (Invasive
= noxious problem plant) |
| Note-2 |
Toxic,
Poisonou |
| Note-3
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Does it occur in Salmon Creek
Watershed? Where? |
| Note-4
(??) |
Occurs in SC watershed in at least 1 location, unknown abundance |
| Note-5 |
Best
was used as the authority on abundance unless otherwise observed. |
| Note-6 |
Parenthesis
[…] around plant names represent differences between references and
between plant lists. |
| Note-7 |
Photos
or figures in (…) are closely related, not the exact subspecies or
variety |
| Note-8 |
(...)
around common names are translations of the Latin when there is no other
common name. |
| Note-9 |
No periods were used
after ssp or var |
