Madia citriodora  E. Greene

Ubiquity:  Very uncommon

Distritution:  Reported only from Martin Springs & the Knoxville area

Plant Communities:  ?

Habitats:  Dry, sunny, rocky slopes

Elevations:  1800-2000'

Comments:  Confirmation needed.  Hybridizes with M. gracilis

Updated:  3/31/98

Madia elegans  D. Don./Lindley?

Ubiquity:  Very uncommon

Distritution:  Reported at Bothe and R.L.S. State Parks, & Rector Reservoir

Plant Communities:  Mixed Evergreen Forest, Blue Oak Woodland

Habitats:  Dry, sunny, rocky, forested or wooded or grassy slopes/ridgetops/ & meadows; & in disturbed places like roadsides; in volcanic formations

Elevations:  600-3000'

Comments:  

Updated:  3/31/98

Madia elegans  Lindley/D. Don?

      ssp. densifolia  (E. Greene) Keck

Ubiquity:  Uncommon?

Distritution:  W1/2 except Napa Marsh

Plant Communities:  Coastal Prairie, Mixed Evergreen Forest

Habitats:  Dry, sunny, rocky, forested or grassy slopes/ & valley floors; in volcanic formations

Elevations:  100-1600'

Comments:  

Updated:  3/31/98

Madia elegans  D. Don  ssp. vernalis  Keck

Ubiquity:  Uncommon?

Distritution:  Throughout except Napa Marsh

Plant Communities:  Blue Oak Woodland, Regular Chaparral

Habitats:  Dry, shaded, rocky, wooded or brushy slopes/hillsides/ & valley floors; in volcanic formations

Elevations:  300-3000'

Comments:  

Updated:  3/31/98

Madia exigua  (Smith) A. Gray

Ubiquity:  Common

Distritution:  Throughout except Napa Marsh

Plant Communities:  Regular & Serpentine Chaparral, Northern Interior Conifer Forest

Habitats:  Dry, sunny, rocky, ultramafic or not, brushy slopes; in serpentine or volcanic formations

Elevations:  600-2700'

Comments:  

Updated:  3/31/98

Madia gracilis  (Smith) Keck

Ubiquity:  Common

Distritution:  Throughout except south of Napa

Plant Communities:  Regular Chaparral, Mixed Evergreen Forest, (Blue Oak?) Woodland

Habitats:  Dry, sunny, rocky, ultramafic or not, brushy/wooded/ or forested slopes & creeksides; in disturbed areas like burns (& roadsides?); in volcanic & serpentine formations

Elevations:  100-2500'

Comments:  Said to hybridize with M. anomala, citriodora, & sativa.

Updated:  3/31/98

Madia hallii  Keck

Ubiquity:  Very uncommon

Distritution:  Only known in the Knoxville area; reported from Butts Canyon & Aetna Mine Rd.

Plant Communities:  Serpentine Chaparral

Habitats:  Dry, sunny, rocky, ultramafic, brushy or grassy slopes/ & ridgetops; in serpentine formations

Elevations:  800-1260'

Comments:  Rare & Endangered (CNPS-1B, FED-C2).  Not to be collected

Updated:  3/31/98

Madia madioides  (Nutt.) E. Greene

Ubiquity:  Common

Distritution:  W 1/2 except Napa & S of Napa

Plant Communities:  Mixed Evergreen Forest, Redwood Forest

Habitats:  Dry, shaded, rocky, forested slopes; in volcanic formations

Elevations:  ?

Comments:   

Updated:  3/31/98

Madia nutans  (E. Greene) Keck

Ubiquity:  Common

Distritution:  W1/2 except S of Napa, Wooden & Capell Valleys

Plant Communities:  Mixed Evergreen Forest, Blue Oak Woodland, Regular Chaparral

Habitats:  Dry, sunny, rocky, forested or wooded or brushy hillsides/ridgetops/ & flats; in volcanic formations

Elevations:  250-2700'

Comments:  Limited Distribution (CNPS-4)

Updated:  3/31/98

Madia sativa  Molina

Ubiquity: Common 

Distritution:  W1/2 except Napa Marsh, Pope Valley

Plant Communities:  Annual Grassland, Ruderal

Habitats:  Dry, sunny, rocky or clayey, grassy (or weedy?) fields/hillsides/waste areas/ & moist bottoms of vernal pools; & in disturbed places like burns/roadsides; in alluvial formations

Elevations:  100-2000'

Comments:  = including M. capitata.  Hybridizes with M. gracilis

Updated:  3/31/98