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California Floras, Manuals, and Checklists: a Bibliography Humboldt State University Digital Commons @ Humboldt State University Botanical Studies Open Educational Resources and Data 2019 California Floras, Manuals, and Checklists: A Bibliography James P. Smith Jr Humboldt State University, [email protected] Follow this and additional works at: https://digitalcommons.humboldt.edu/botany_jps Part of the Botany Commons Recommended Citation Smith, James P. Jr, "California Floras, Manuals, and Checklists: A Bibliography" (2019). Botanical Studies. 70. https://digitalcommons.humboldt.edu/botany_jps/70 This Flora of California is brought to you for free and open access by the Open Educational Resources and Data at Digital Commons @ Humboldt State University. It has been accepted for inclusion in Botanical Studies by an authorized administrator of Digital Commons @ Humboldt State University. For more information, please contact [email protected]. CALIFORNIA FLORAS, MANUALS, AND CHECKLISTS Literature on the Identification and Uses of California Vascular Plants Compiled by James P. Smith, Jr. Professor Emeritus of Botany Department of Biological Sciences Humboldt State University Arcata, California 21st Edition – 14 November 2019 T A B L E O F C O N T E N T S Introduction . 1 1: North American & U. S. Regional Floras. 2 2: California Statewide Floras . 4 3: California Regional Floras . 6 Northern California Sierra Nevada & Eastern California San Francisco Bay, & Central Coast Central Valley & Central California Southern California 4: National Parks, Forests, Monuments, Etc.. 15 5: State Parks and Other Sites . 23 6: County and Local Floras . 27 7: Selected Subjects. 56 Endemic Plants Rare and Endangered Plants Extinct Aquatic Plants & Vernal Pools Cacti Carnivorous Plants Conifers Ferns & Fern Allies Flowering Trees & Shrubs Grasses Orchids Ornamentals Weeds Medicinal Plants Poisonous Plants Useful Plants & Ethnobotanical Studies Wild Edible Plants 8: Sources . 69 I N T R O D U C T I O N The purpose of this compilation is to identify floras, I am the author or coauthor of a number of checklists. manuals, checklists, theses, dissertations, websites, and Many of them are available through the Digital other references for those interested in the identification Commons Program at the Humboldt State University and uses of California's lycophytes (fern allies), ferns, Library. gymnosperms, and flowering plants, including photographic essays. I have also cited checklists in ACKNOWLEDGMENTS unpublished reports, environmental impact statements, contracts, and privately published and distributed It is a pleasure to acknowledge and to thank the material. Many of these items can be found in the following individuals who were kind enough to assist me libraries associated with the major herbaria around the in locating references in this and in previous editions: state. Douglas Barbe, Linda Barker, Pam Brown, Joe Callizo, Beecher Crampton, Rosamond Day, Mary DeDecker, No attempt has been made to include works that are John Thomas Howell, James Jokerst, David J. Keil, primarily ecological or physiological in emphasis or those Walter Knight, William Lennox, Jack Major, Joseph in which only incidental mention is made of California Medeiros, Elizabeth McClintock, Gilbert Muth, John plants. Sawyer, Gary Schoolcraft, Peter Seligmann, James Shevock, Teresa Sholars, Gladys L. Smith, Veva Stansell, With few exceptions, I have arbitrarily limited this G. Ledyard Stebbins, Robert Thorne, Ray Vizgirdas, and survey to publications that have appeared since 1900 Barbara Williams. The coverage of southern California and I have excluded what I believe to be ephemeral has benefitted significantly from Robert Thorne’s checklists because they are too difficult to obtain and compilation. their authors probably never meant for them to be cited or widely circulated. A REQUEST Floras are organized in a hierarchical arrangement, as I plan to issue revisions of this compilation from time to illustrated in the following examples. A reference whose time. Additions, corrections, and suggestions for scope is the wildflowers of North America appears under improvement are always welcome. “North America.” A flora of the southwestern United States that covers a portion of California is shown under the heading “Western Regional Floras.” A flora of the James P. Smith, Jr. vascular plants of Monterey County or Toro Regional Department of Biological Sciences Park, which occurs in that county, will be found under Humboldt State University the Monterey County heading. National forests, parks, Arcata, California 95521 monuments, and historic sites are listed under their own section, as are similar state parks, etc. [email protected] See Sections 7 for treatments that focus on a limited sampling of the larger plant families, habitats, or our uses of California plants. -1- 1: REGIONAL FLORAS The purpose of this section is to list the various floras of Bailey, V. L. & H. E. Bailey. 1955. A guide to the North America, the United States, and the western U. S. flowering plants and ferns of the western national parks. that you may also find helpful. American Midl. Nat. 54(1): 1-32. NORTH AMERICA & THE UNITED STATES Batson, W. T. 1982. Genera of the western plants. State Printing Co. Columbia, S. Carolina. 207pp. û Flora North America Editorial Committee. 1993 . Flora Clark, L. J. 1976. Wild flowers of the Pacific Northwest of North America north of Mexico. Oxford Univ. Press. from Alaska to northern California. Gray's Publ. Ltd. New York, NY. Sidney, BC. 604 pp. Heller, A. A. 1900. Catalogue of North American plants Cooper, W. S. 1936. The strand and dune flora of the north of Mexico, exclusive of the lower cryptogams. Pacific coast of North America: a geographic study. In, Second edition. Publ. by author. Lancaster, PA. 252 pp. Goodspeed, T. H. (editor). Essay in geobotany. Univ. California Press. Berkeley. Pp. 141-187. House, H. D. 1961. Wild flowers. Revised edition. Macmillan Co. New York, NY. 632pp. Crittenden, M. & D. Telfer. 1975. Wildflowers of the West. Celestial Arts Press. Millbrae, CA. 207 pp. Kartesz, J. T. & C. A. Meacham. 1999. Synthesis of the North American flora. CD-ROM. Version 1.0. Biota of Cronquist, A., N. H. Holmgren, & P. K. Holmgren. 1997. North America Program. Univ. North Carolina. Chapel Intermountain flora: vascular plants of the Hill. Intermountain West, U. S. A. Vol. 3, Pt. A. Subclass Rosidae (except Fabales). New York Bot. Gard. Bronx, Mohlenbrock, R. H. 1987. Wildflowers: a quick NY. 446 pp. identification guide to the wildflowers of North America. Macmillan Field Guide. Macmillan Publ. New York, NY. Cronquist, A., A. H. Holmgren, N. H. Holmgren, & J. L. 203 pp. Reveal. 1972. Intermountain flora: vascular plants of the Intermountain West, U. S. A. Vol. 1. Geological and New York Botanical Garden. 1905-1959. North American botanical history of the region, its plant grography and flora. Series I. Vols. 1-34. Bronx, NY. a glossary. The vascular cryptogams and the gymnosperms. Hafner Publ. Co. New York, NY. 270 pp. Nicholls, G. 2002. Alpine plants of North America. Timber Press. Portland, OR. 344 pp. Cronquist, A., A. H. Holmgren, N. H. Holmgren, J. L. Reveal, & P. K. Holmgren. 1977. Intermountain flora: Orcutt, C. R. 1907-1910. American plants. Three vols. vascular plants of the Intermountain West, U. S. A. Vol. Publ. by author. San Diego, CA. 6. The monocotyledons. Columbia Univ. Press. New York, NY. 584 pp. Stubbendieck, J., S. L. Hatch, & C. H. Butterfield. 1997. North American range plants. Fifth edition. Univ. Cronquist, A. C., A. H. Holmgren, N. H. Holmgren, J. L. Nebraska Press. Lincoln. 499 pp. Reveal, & P. K. Holmgren. 1984. Intermountain flora: vascular plants of the Intermountain West, U. S. A. Vol. United States Department of Agriculture. Plants 4. Subclass Asteridae (except Asteraceae). New York database. http://www.plants.usda.gov Bot. Gard. Bronx. 573 pp. Venning, F. D. 1984. A guide to field identification: Cronquist, A., A. H. Holmgren, N. H. Holmgren, J. L. wildflowers of North America. Golden Press. New York, Reveal, & P. K. Holmgren. 1989. Intermountain flora: NY. 340 pp. vascular plants of the Intermountain West, U. S. A. Vol. 3, Pt. B. Fabales. New York Bot. Gard. Bronx, NY. 279 WESTERN UNITED STATES pp. Abrams, L. 1923-1951. Illustrated flora of the Pacific Cronquist, A., A. H. Holmgren, N. H. Holmgren, J. L. States, Washington, Oregon, and California. Three vols. Reveal, & P. K. Holmgren. 1994. Intermountain flora: Stanford Univ. Press. Stanford, CA. vascular plants of the Intermountain West, U. S. A. Vol. 5. Asterales. New York Bot. Gard. Bronx, NY. 496 pp. Armstrong, M. 1915. Field book of western wild flowers. G. P. Putnam's Sons. New York, NY. 644 pp. Dayton, W. A. 1931. Important western browse plants. U. S. Dept. Agric. Misc. Publ. No. 101. Washington, D. Arnberger, L. P. & J. R. Janish. 1968. Flowers of the C. 213 pp. southwest mountains. Fourth edition. Southwestern Monuments Assoc. Globe, Arizona. 112 pp. Eastwood, A. 1901. Bergen's botany; key and flora. Pacific coast edition. Ginn & Co. Boston, MA. 199 pp. -2- Fagan, D. 2006. Pacific Northwest wildflowers: a guide Houk, R. 1987. Wildflowers of the American West. to common wildflowers of Washington, Oregon, Chronicle Books. San Francisco, CA. 108 pp. northern California, western Idaho, southeast Alaska, and British Columbia. Globe Pequot Press. Guilford, CT. Jepson, W. L. 1902. A school flora for the Pacific coast. 229 pp. Appleton and Co. New York, NY. 96 pp. Ferris, R. S. 1960. Illustrated flora of the Pacific States, MacKay, P. 2003. Mojave desert wildflowers. Globe Washington, Oregon, and California. Vol. 4. Compositae. Pequot Press. Guilford, CT. 338 pp. Stanford Univ. Press. Stanford, CA. 732 pp. McConnaughey, B. H. & E. McConnaughey. 1985. Pacific Gilkey, H. M. & L. R. Dennis. 2001. Handbook of coast. The Audubon Soc. nature guides. A. A. Knopf. northwestern plants. Revised by L. R. J. Dennis. Oregon New York, NY. 633 pp. State Univ. Press. Corvallis. 507 pp. [Although California does not fall within the range of this flora, it remains a Munz, P.
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