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  • Notholaena californica D.C. Eaton

    Collection Date
    19 Apr 1962
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    Collection Date
    26 Jul 2011
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    8 Sep 1986
    Collection Date
    1965
  • Collema flaccidum (Ach.) Ach.

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    18 Aug 1907
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    2 Jul 1948
  • NSF ADBC EPICC TCN

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    24-Jul-33
  • Muhlenbergia microsperma (DC.) Kunth

    Collection Date
    8 Mar 1936
  • Cladina subtenuis (Abbayes) Hale & W.L. Culb.

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    15 Apr 1925
  • Martes pennanti pennanti

    Collection Date
    26 Oct 2010
  • Tuckermanopsis ciliaris (Ach.) Gyeln.

    Collection Date
    Oct 1954

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