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  3. Vascular Plants
  4. Monocots
  5. Agaves, Orchids, Irises, and Allies
  6. Agave and Allies
  7. Century Plant Subfamily
  8. Camas

genus

Camas

Camassia

Traits
Includes
4 native
Where
In the US
Source
iNaturalist

Field notes

Children

  • Small Camas native
  • Great Camas native
  • Atlantic Camas native
  • Prairie Camas native
  • Cusick's Camas native
  • Howell's Camas

Range

United States

Greener is more native, amber more introduced; paler is less certain. How this was decided

Key traits

Layer
Herbaceous plants
Plant type
Perennial Wildflower

From USDA PLANTS.

Top native camas All

Native to the US, ranked by caterpillars, then bees and other hosts, food, flowers and shelter.

  • Small Camas Camassia quamash food 1 flowers 78
  • Atlantic Camas Camassia scilloides food 1 flowers 58
  • Great Camas Camassia leichtlinii flowers 67
  • Prairie Camas Camassia angusta flowers 4
  • Cusick's Camas Camassia cusickii

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