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- ↑ Mark R. Stromberg, Jeffrey D. Corbin and Carla Marie D'Antonio. 2007. California grasslands: ecology and management, page 149, 390 pages
- ↑ "4.5 Biological resources". General Plan Update - Draft Environmental Impact Report (Report). County of Napa. February 16, 2007. p. 15.
- ↑ C. Michael Hogan. 2009. Yellow Mariposa Lily: Calochortus luteus, GlobalTwitcher.com, ed. N. Stromberg
