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Culturally Signficant Plants
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Symbol	Scientific Name	Common Name	Plant Guides
ACMI2	Achillea millefolium	common yarrow	doc pdf
AECA	Aesculus californica	California buckeye	doc pdf
ALBIB	Allium bisceptrum var. bisceptrum	twincrest onion	doc pdf
ALHY	Allium hyalinum	glassy onion	doc pdf
ALUN	Allium unifolium	oneleaf onion	doc pdf
ALIN2	Alnus incana	gray alder	doc pdf
ALINR	Alnus incana ssp. rugosa	speckled alder	doc pdf
ALRU2	Alnus rubra	red alder	doc pdf
AMBR2	Amphicarpaea bracteata	American hogpeanut	doc pdf
ANCA10	Anemopsis californica	yerba mansa	doc pdf
APAM	Apios americana	groundnut	doc pdf
APCA	Apocynum cannabinum	Indianhemp	doc pdf
ARME	Arbutus menziesii	Pacific madrone	doc pdf
AREG	Argentina egedii	Pacific silverweed	doc pdf
ARCAC	Artemisia campestris ssp. caudata	field sagewort	doc pdf
ARDR4	Artemisia dracunculus	tarragon	doc pdf
ARFR4	Artemisia frigida	prairie sagewort	doc pdf
ARLU	Artemisia ludoviciana	white sagebrush	doc pdf
ASCA	Asarum canadense	Canadian wildginger	doc pdf
ASCO	Asclepias cordifolia	heartleaf milkweed	doc pdf
ASFA	Asclepias fascicularis	Mexican whorled milkweed	doc pdf
ASSP	Asclepias speciosa	showy milkweed	doc pdf
ASSY	Asclepias syriaca	common milkweed	doc pdf
ASTU	Asclepias tuberosa	butterfly milkweed	doc pdf
ASTR	Asimina triloba	pawpaw	doc pdf
BAAU	Baptisia australis	blue wild indigo	doc pdf
BRCO3	Brodiaea coronaria	crown brodiaea	doc pdf
CACI2	Calandrinia ciliata	fringed redmaids	doc pdf
CAAM2	Callicarpa americana	American beautyberry	doc pdf
CALU9	Calochortus luteus	yellow mariposa lily	doc pdf
CASU3	Calochortus superbus	yellow mariposa	doc pdf
CAVE3	Calochortus venustus	butterfly mariposa lily	doc pdf
CAQUB2	Camassia quamash ssp. breviflora	small camas	doc pdf
CAQUQ	Camassia quamash ssp. quamash	small camas	doc pdf
CABA4	Carex barbarae	Santa Barbara sedge	doc pdf
CAOB3	Carex obnupta	slough sedge	doc pdf
CAGI10	Carnegiea gigantea	saguaro
CAGI7	Carnegia gigantea		doc pdf
CAIL2	Carya illinoinensis	pecan	doc pdf
CEAM	Ceanothus americanus	New Jersey tea	doc pdf
CEHE	Ceanothus herbaceus	Jersey tea	doc pdf
CELA	Celtis laevigata	sugarberry	doc pdf
CECA4	Cercis canadensis	eastern redbud	doc pdf
CEOR9	Cercis orbiculata	California redbud	doc pdf
CHPO3	Chlorogalum pomeridianum	wavyleaf soap plant	doc pdf
COES	Colocasia esculenta	coco yam	doc pdf
COSE16	Cornus sericea	redosier dogwood	doc pdf
COSEO	Cornus sericea ssp. occidentalis	western dogwood	doc pdf
COSES	Cornus sericea ssp. sericea	redosier dogwood	doc pdf
CYACA2	Cylindropuntia acanthocarpa var. acanthocarpa	buckhorn cholla
OPAC	Opuntia acanthocarpa		doc pdf
CYER	Cyperus eragrostis	tall flatsedge	doc pdf
DICA14	Dichelostemma capitatum	bluedicks	doc pdf
DICAC5	Dichelostemma capitatum ssp. capitatum	bluedicks	doc pdf
DICAP	Dichelostemma capitatum ssp. pauciflorum	bluedicks	doc pdf
ECAN2	Echinacea angustifolia	blacksamson echinacea	doc pdf
ECPU	Echinacea purpurea	eastern purple coneflower	doc pdf
EPNE	Ephedra nevadensis	Nevada jointfir	doc pdf
EPVI	Ephedra viridis	mormon tea	doc pdf
ERPH	Erigeron philadelphicus	Philadelphia fleabane	doc pdf
ERCA6	Eriodictyon californicum	California yerba santa	doc pdf
ERAQ	Eryngium aquaticum	rattlesnakemaster	doc pdf
FRCH	Fragaria chiloensis	beach strawberry	doc pdf
FRCHC	Fragaria chiloensis ssp. chiloensis	beach strawberry	doc pdf
FRCHL	Fragaria chiloensis ssp. lucida	beach strawberry	doc pdf
FRCHP	Fragaria chiloensis ssp. pacifica	Pacific beach strawberry	doc pdf
FRCHS2	Fragaria chiloensis ssp. sandwicensis	Sandwich beach strawberry	doc pdf
FRVE	Fragaria vesca	woodland strawberry	doc pdf
FRVI	Fragaria virginiana	Virginia strawberry	doc pdf
FRAM2	Fraxinus americana	white ash	doc pdf
FRNI	Fraxinus nigra	black ash	doc pdf
FRCA6	Fremontodendron californicum	California flannelbush	doc pdf
FRAF2	Fritillaria affinis	checker lily	doc pdf
FRCA5	Fritillaria camschatcensis	Kamchatka fritillary	doc pdf
GUSA2	Gutierrezia sarothrae	broom snakeweed	doc pdf
GYDI	Gymnocladus dioicus	Kentucky coffeetree	doc pdf
HEAN3	Helianthus annuus	common sunflower	doc pdf
HEFA	Hemizonia fasciculata	clustered tarweed	doc pdf
HEWH	Hesperoyucca whipplei	chaparral yucca
YUWH	Yucca whipplei		doc pdf
HEAR5	Heteromeles arbutifolia	toyon	doc pdf
HIHIA	Hierochloe hirta ssp. arctica	northern sweetgrass	doc pdf
HIOD	Hierochloe odorata	sweetgrass	doc pdf
HYHYH	Hypericum hypericoides ssp. hypericoides	St. Andrew's cross	doc pdf
ILVO	Ilex vomitoria	yaupon	doc pdf
IRDO	Iris douglasiana	Douglas iris	doc pdf
IRFE	Iris fernaldii	Fernald's iris	doc pdf
IRMA	Iris macrosiphon	bowltube iris	doc pdf
IRMI	Iris missouriensis	Rocky Mountain iris	doc pdf
IRPU	Iris purdyi	Purdy's iris	doc pdf
IRVI	Iris virginica	Virginia iris	doc pdf
JUNI	Juglans nigra	black walnut	doc pdf
JUARL	Juncus arcticus ssp. littoralis	mountain rush
JUBA	Juncus balticus		doc pdf
JUEF	Juncus effusus	common rush	doc pdf
JULE	Juncus lesueurii	salt rush	doc pdf
JUTE2	Juncus textilis	basket rush	doc pdf
JUPI	Juniperus pinchotii	Pinchot's juniper	doc pdf
JUSC2	Juniperus scopulorum	Rocky Mountain juniper	doc pdf
JUVI	Juniperus virginiana	eastern redcedar	doc pdf
LECA8	Lespedeza capitata	roundhead lespedeza	doc pdf
LERE7	Lewisia rediviva	bitter root	doc pdf
LIPA	Lilium pardalinum	leopard lily	doc pdf
LIST2	Liquidambar styraciflua	sweetgum	doc pdf
LIDE3	Lithocarpus densiflorus	tanoak	doc pdf
LOCA2	Lobelia cardinalis	cardinalflower	doc pdf
LOIN	Lobelia inflata	Indian-tobacco	doc pdf
LOSI	Lobelia siphilitica	great blue lobelia	doc pdf
LUNO	Lupinus nootkatensis	Nootka lupine	doc pdf
LUPE3	Lupinus perennis	sundial lupine	doc pdf
MAEL	Madia elegans	common madia	doc pdf
MASA	Madia sativa	coast tarweed	doc pdf
MAIN3	Mangifera indica	mango	doc pdf
MAES	Manihot esculenta	cassava	doc pdf
MEDI	Mentzelia dispersa	bushy blazingstar	doc pdf
MOFI	Monarda fistulosa	wild bergamot	doc pdf
MOPU	Monarda punctata	spotted beebalm	doc pdf
MOCA6	Morella californica	California wax myrtle	doc pdf
MORU2	Morus rubra	red mulberry	doc pdf
MURI2	Muhlenbergia rigens	deergrass	doc pdf
NOMI	Nolina microcarpa	sacahuista	doc pdf
OEBI	Oenothera biennis	common evening primrose	doc pdf
PAQU	Panax quinquefolius	American ginseng	doc pdf
PAIN3	Parthenium integrifolium	wild quinine	doc pdf
PAIN6	Passiflora incarnata	purple passionflower	doc pdf
PEGR7	Penstemon grandiflorus	large beardtongue	doc pdf
PISI	Picea sitchensis	Sitka spruce	doc pdf
PIED	Pinus edulis	twoneedle pinyon	doc pdf
PIMO	Pinus monophylla	singleleaf pinyon	doc pdf
PIRA2	Pinus radiata	Monterey pine	doc pdf
PIRE	Pinus resinosa	red pine	doc pdf
PISA2	Pinus sabiniana	California foothill pine	doc pdf
PLCI2	Platanthera ciliaris	yellow fringed orchid	doc pdf
PLOC	Platanus occidentalis	American sycamore	doc pdf
POIN3	Poliomintha incana	frosted mint	doc pdf
POAN3	Populus angustifolia	narrowleaf cottonwood	doc pdf
POBAT	Populus balsamifera ssp. trichocarpa	black cottonwood	doc pdf
POFR2	Populus fremontii	Fremont cottonwood	doc pdf
POTR5	Populus tremuloides	quaking aspen	doc pdf
PRPA2	Proboscidea parviflora	doubleclaw	doc pdf
PRGL2	Prosopis glandulosa	honey mesquite	doc pdf
PRGLT	Prosopis glandulosa var. torreyana	western honey mesquite	doc pdf
PRPU	Prosopis pubescens	screwbean mesquite	doc pdf
PRVE	Prosopis velutina	velvet mesquite	doc pdf
PRAM	Prunus americana	American plum	doc pdf
PREM	Prunus emarginata	bitter cherry	doc pdf
PRIL	Prunus ilicifolia	hollyleaf cherry	doc pdf
PRVI	Prunus virginiana	chokecherry	doc pdf
PSME	Pseudotsuga menziesii	Douglas-fir	doc pdf
QUAG	Quercus agrifolia	California live oak	doc pdf
QUBI	Quercus bicolor	swamp white oak	doc pdf
QUDO	Quercus douglasii	blue oak	doc pdf
QUKE	Quercus kelloggii	California black oak	doc pdf
QUMA2	Quercus macrocarpa	bur oak	doc pdf
QURU	Quercus rubra	northern red oak	doc pdf
QUSH	Quercus shumardii	Shumard's oak	doc pdf
QUWI2	Quercus wislizeni	interior live oak	doc pdf
RACO3	Ratibida columnifera	upright prairie coneflower	doc pdf
RAPI	Ratibida pinnata	pinnate prairie coneflower	doc pdf
RHAR4	Rhus aromatica	fragrant sumac	doc pdf
RHARA	Rhus aromatica var. arenaria	fragrant sumac	doc pdf
RHARA2	Rhus aromatica var. aromatica	fragrant sumac	doc pdf
RHARS	Rhus aromatica var. serotina	fragrant sumac	doc pdf
RHGL	Rhus glabra	smooth sumac	doc pdf
RHTR	Rhus trilobata	skunkbush sumac	doc pdf
RHTRA	Rhus trilobata var. anisophylla	skunkbush sumac	doc pdf
RHTRP	Rhus trilobata var. pilosissima	pubescent skunkbush sumac	doc pdf
RHTRQ	Rhus trilobata var. quinata	skunkbush sumac	doc pdf
RHTRR	Rhus trilobata var. racemulosa	skunkbush sumac	doc pdf
RHTRS	Rhus trilobata var. simplicifolia	skunkbush sumac	doc pdf
RHTRT	Rhus trilobata var. trilobata	skunkbush sumac	doc pdf
RIAU	Ribes aureum	golden currant	doc pdf
RIAUA	Ribes aureum var. aureum	golden currant	doc pdf
RIAUG	Ribes aureum var. gracillimum	golden currant	doc pdf
RIAUV	Ribes aureum var. villosum	golden currant	doc pdf
ROVI2	Rosa virginiana	Virginia rose	doc pdf
ROVIL	Rosa virginiana var. lamprophylla	Virginia rose	doc pdf
ROVIV2	Rosa virginiana var. virginiana	Virginia rose	doc pdf
ROWO	Rosa woodsii	Woods' rose	doc pdf
ROWOG	Rosa woodsii var. glabrata	Woods' rose	doc pdf
ROWOG2	Rosa woodsii var. gratissima	Tehachapi rose	doc pdf
ROWOU	Rosa woodsii var. ultramontana	Woods' rose	doc pdf
ROWOW	Rosa woodsii var. woodsii	Woods' rose	doc pdf
RUID	Rubus idaeus	American red raspberry	doc pdf
RUSP	Rubus spectabilis	salmonberry	doc pdf
SAMI8	Sabal minor	dwarf palmetto	doc pdf
SAPA	Sabal palmetto	cabbage palmetto	doc pdf
SACU	Sagittaria cuneata	arumleaf arrowhead	doc pdf
SALA2	Sagittaria latifolia	broadleaf arrowhead	doc pdf
SAAM2	Salix amygdaloides	peachleaf willow	doc pdf
SABE2	Salix bebbiana	Bebb willow	doc pdf
SAEX	Salix exigua	narrowleaf willow	doc pdf
SAHU2	Salix humilis	prairie willow	doc pdf
SALU	Salix lucida	shining willow	doc pdf
SALUL	Salix lucida ssp. lasiandra	Pacific willow	doc pdf
SASI2	Salix sitchensis	Sitka willow	doc pdf
SAAP2	Salvia apiana	white sage	doc pdf
SACO6	Salvia columbariae	chia	doc pdf
SANIC4	Sambucus nigra ssp. canadensis	American black elderberry	doc pdf
SANIC5	Sambucus nigra ssp. cerulea	blue elderberry	doc pdf
SAAL5	Sassafras albidum	sassafras	doc pdf
SCACO2	Schoenoplectus acutus var. occidentalis	tule	doc pdf
SCAM6	Schoenoplectus americanus	chairmaker's bulrush	doc pdf
SCCA11	Schoenoplectus californicus	California bulrush	doc pdf
SCPU10	Schoenoplectus pungens	common threesquare	doc pdf
SCTA2	Schoenoplectus tabernaemontani	softstem bulrush	doc pdf
SCCY	Scirpus cyperinus	woolgrass	doc pdf
SHCA	Shepherdia canadensis	russet buffaloberry	doc pdf
SIPE2	Silphium perfoliatum	cup plant	doc pdf
SIPEC2	Silphium perfoliatum var. connatum	cup plant	doc pdf
SIPEP	Silphium perfoliatum var. perfoliatum	cup plant	doc pdf
SPAM	Sparganium americanum	American bur-reed	doc pdf
SPAN	Sparganium androcladum	branched bur-reed	doc pdf
SPAN2	Sparganium angustifolium	narrowleaf bur-reed	doc pdf
SPER	Sparganium erectum	simplestem bur-reed	doc pdf
SPERS2	Sparganium erectum ssp. stoloniferum	simplestem bur-reed	doc pdf
SPEU	Sparganium eurycarpum	broadfruit bur-reed	doc pdf
SPFL	Sparganium fluctuans	floating bur-reed	doc pdf
SPGL	Sparganium glomeratum	clustered bur-reed	doc pdf
SPHY	Sparganium hyperboreum	northern bur-reed	doc pdf
SPNA	Sparganium natans	small bur-reed	doc pdf
SPAI	Sporobolus airoides	alkali sacaton	doc pdf
STHE9	Strophostyles helvola	amberique-bean
STHE4	Strophostyles helvula		doc pdf
SYAL	Symphoricarpos albus	common snowberry	doc pdf
SYLAL4	Symphyotrichum lanceolatum ssp. lanceolatum var. lanceolatum	white panicle aster	doc pdf
SYNO2	Symphyotrichum novae-angliae	New England aster	doc pdf
SYNON	Symphyotrichum novi-belgii var. novi-belgii	New York aster	doc pdf
SYVU	Syringa vulgaris	common lilac	doc pdf
THOC2	Thuja occidentalis	arborvitae	doc pdf
THPL	Thuja plicata	western redcedar	doc pdf
TIAM	Tilia americana	American basswood	doc pdf
TIAMA	Tilia americana var. americana	American basswood	doc pdf
TIAMC	Tilia americana var. caroliniana	Carolina basswood	doc pdf
TIAMH	Tilia americana var. heterophylla	American basswood	doc pdf
TIUS	Tillandsia usneoides	Spanish moss	doc pdf
TRVI	Tradescantia virginiana	Virginia spiderwort	doc pdf
TRLA4	Trichostema lanceolatum	vinegarweed	doc pdf
TRWO	Trifolium wormskioldii	cows clover	doc pdf
TRHY3	Triteleia hyacinthina	white brodiaea	doc pdf
TRIX	Triteleia ixioides	prettyface	doc pdf
TRLA16	Triteleia laxa	Ithuriel's spear	doc pdf
TSCA	Tsuga canadensis	eastern hemlock	doc pdf
TSHE	Tsuga heterophylla	western hemlock	doc pdf
TYAN	Typha angustifolia	narrowleaf cattail	doc pdf
TYDO	Typha domingensis	southern cattail	doc pdf
TYLA	Typha latifolia	broadleaf cattail	doc pdf
ULPU	Ulmus pumila	Siberian elm	doc pdf
ULRU	Ulmus rubra	slippery elm	doc pdf
UMCA	Umbellularia californica	California laurel	doc pdf
VADE	Vaccinium deliciosum	Cascade bilberry	doc pdf
VAME	Vaccinium membranaceum	thinleaf huckleberry	doc pdf
VAOV2	Vaccinium ovatum	California huckleberry	doc pdf
VAPA	Vaccinium parvifolium	red huckleberry	doc pdf
VASC	Vaccinium scoparium	grouse whortleberry	doc pdf
VIOPA2	Viburnum opulus var. americanum	American cranberrybush	doc pdf
WAFI	Washingtonia filifera	California fan palm	doc pdf
YUFI	Yucca filamentosa	Adam's needle	doc pdf
ZAPU	Zamia pumila	coontie	doc pdf
ZAAM	Zanthoxylum americanum	common pricklyash	doc pdf

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