speenhw
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Hul’q’umi’num’ Name: speenhw
Taxon Name: Camassia
“Common” Name: camas
Cultural Values:
Ecological Community: Forests, Woodlands and rock outcrops
Wikipedia summary:
Camassia is a genus of plants in the asparagus family native to North America. Common names include camas, quamash, Indian hyacinth, camash, and wild hyacinth.
It grows in the wild in great numbers in moist meadows. They are perennial plants with basal linear leaves measuring 20 to 80 centimetres (8 to 32 in) in length, which emerge early in the spring. They
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Observational Data:
First reported: 2010-05-22
Source: Hunterston
Last reported: 2022-02-20
Source: iNat
Obervation count: 5
