Sunday, September 22, 2019

The 10 most commonly collected California plants


Based on tally of 1.3 million specimens, the 10 most well collected California species are: 

Taxon
# sheets
Bromus carinatus
3202
Eriogonum umbellatum
3288
Eriophyllum confertiflorum
3383
Vuplia microstachys
3440
Eriogonum fasciculatum
3525
Frangula californica
3686
Arctostaphylos glandulosa
4070
Diplacus aurantiacus
4469
Salix lasiolepis
4966
Poa secunda
5242














Note: the taxon in the data is a full binomial, and includes all infrataxa of a given taxon
Data from: California_Species_clean_All_epsg_3310
Based on Baldwin et al. Species richness and endemism in the native flora of California, AMERICAN JOURNAL OF BOTANY 104 (3): 487 – 501, 2017, which is about 60% of all 2.2 million Consortium of California Herbaria specimens

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