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WILD FLOWERS OF CALIFORNIA 



1691. Dwarf cypress Cupressus pygmaea 



1692. MacNab cypress Cupressus Macnabiana 



1693. Dwarf Juniper Juniperus communis 



1694. Western Juniper Juniperus occidentalis 



California coast, Mendocino 

 County. Wet soil and 

 poor barrens. 



Coast range of California 

 from the Siskiyous to 

 Napa County and in the 

 Sierras to Yuba County 

 in foothills. 



In the Sierras from Mono 

 County northward in high 

 elevations. 



Washington, Oregon and 

 California. In Sierras 

 south of Mohav 

 9000 feet, on 

 slopes on dry 

 soils. 



Desert ranges of the Sierra 

 Nevada. Inyo Moun- 

 tains. Desert foothills. 

 Also in the Panamint 

 Mountains. 



Central California to south- 

 ern borders. In the Coast 

 ranges. Tehachapi Moun- 

 tains, and in the Sierra 

 Nevada in Fresno County. 



FROGS-BIT FAMILY HYDROCHARIDACEAE 



i, up to 



exposed 

 gravelly 



1695. Utah Juniper 



Juniperus Utahensis 



1696. California Juniper Juniperus Californica 



1697. 

 1698. 



Water-weed 

 Eel-grass 



1699. Frogs-Bit 



Elodea Canadensis 

 Vallisneria spiralis 



Limnobium Spongia 



Low streams and ponds. 

 Extreme northern Coast 

 counties. 



Slow streams ; a favorite 

 food of the canvas-back 

 duck. Just south of 

 northern Coast border. 



In shallow stagnant waters. 

 Northern Coast border. 



ORCHID FAMILY ORCHIDACEAE 



1700. Mountain Lady's 

 Slipper 



1701. Mountain Lady's 

 Slipper 



1702. Rein-orchis 

 Wood Rein-orchis 



1703. Rein-orchis 



1704. Sierra Rein-orchis 

 Indian Moccasin 



Cypripedium montanum 



Cypripedum Californicum 



Habenaria elegans 



Habenaria Michaelii 

 Habenaria leucostachys 



Woods ; rare in our dis- 

 trict. Near Coast in May; 

 Sierras in August and 

 September. Often found 

 associated with California 

 Pitcher plant. 



Blossoms have comparative- 

 ly short greenish-yellow 

 sepals and petals. The 

 sac is from white to pale 

 rose color. 



Greenish flowers lily-like 



leaves under trees and 

 along banks. Coast. 



Under oaks ; Livermore ; 

 San Luis Obispo. 



In wet or boggy places of 

 middle altitude. Sierras 

 This is the handsomest 

 and least rare. 



