Cypripedium californicum A.Gray

• Region

  North America

• Country

  United States of America

• State/Province

  California

• County/Municipio

  Del Norte Co.

• Locality

  Elk Camp Ridge, Gasquet Toll Road

• Coordinates

  41.8886, -123.866

• Coordinate Uncertainty (m)

  1323

• Georeferencing Method

  Georeferencing Quick Reference Guide (Zermoglio et. Coordinates on Gasquet Toll Rd were located. Geographic radial was approximated as the halved distance between coordinates and the center of nearest named place, Elk Camp Ridge (1315 m). Final uncertainty was found using the MaNIS Georef. Calc.

• Geodetic Datum

  WGS84

• Distribution

  Map all specimens of this taxon

Collector* 8 Hoto	Parks 24008
This beautiful plant grows in what might be called
bogs* Although found occasionally at lower levels
in Smith River, it favors the higher regions around
1500 feet and above. However it is difficult to say
Hbogsn without an understanding of the terrain* The
canyons walls of Smith River are very steep and have
been denuded of a vast amount of the soil covering*
The steep hills are faced with loose broken reddish
sandstone and other rook, frequently held in place
only by the dense shrubby growth} again it is open
and sliding* From the higher ridges much water finds
its way down in brawling creeks and springs which
break forth to the surface in many canyon heads* In
these places and often on the open slopes there are
"bogs11 in which moist earth has gathered and plants of
the Darlingtonia and orehid types, grasses and sedges
take root* Here Cypripedium is abundant* When this
collection was made it was taken frcm a colony on a
very 4teep hillside of loose rock with water gurgling
through everywhere* As far as we could see above our
heads the Cypripedium was in flower and we could have
taken a thousand without diminishing the supply in a
noticeable manner*
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Herbarium of the University of California
PLANTS OP NORTHWESTERN CALIFORNIA
Cypripedium oalifomicum Gray
Forming a dense colony; common at an altitude
of 1500 feet and higher on steep loose, rocky
hillsides with abundant surface moistures Elk
Camp Ridge, Gasquet Toll Hoad,
Del Norte County*
H. E. & S. T. Parks 24008
June 7, 1937
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