Species: Camassia quamash
Common Camassia
Species
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Encyclopedia of Puget Sound
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A botanist believes Coast Salish tribes once favored small islands in the San Juan archipelago for growing camas, an important food staple. Her studies may also show the vulnerability of these relic gardens to climate change as sea levels rise.
Classification
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Anthophyta
Class
Monocotyledoneae
Order
Liliales
Family
Liliaceae
Genus
Camassia
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Classification
Other Global Common Names
Small Camas - small camas
Informal Taxonomy
Plants, Vascular - Flowering Plants - Lily Family
Formal Taxonomy
Plantae - Anthophyta - Monocotyledoneae - Liliales - Liliaceae - Camassia - is highly variable with much overlap between the eight subspecies. However they retain these long-recognized subspecies to highlight the extreme morphological variability and geographical patterns within the species, and recommend a detailed biosystematic study be conducted. Kartesz (1999) also recognized the eight subspecies.
Conservation Status
NatureServe Global Status Rank
G5
Global Status Last Reviewed
2003-02-28
Global Status Last Changed
1988-05-16
Distribution
Conservation Status Map
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