Editing Clinopodium douglasii (section)

== Distribution ==
''Clinopodium douglasii'' is native to the western United States and Canada, ranging from western [[British Columbia]] to [[southern California]] and parts of the interior mountain ranges of the [[Pacific Northwest]] and [[northern California]].<ref name="jeps-2012"/><ref name="hitchcock-cronquist-2018"/><ref name="BONAP"/><ref name="douglas-etal-1998">{{Cite book| publisher = British Columbia, Ministry of Environment, Land, and Parks & British Columbia, Ministry of Forests| isbn = 9780772636850| volume = 3| last1 = Douglas| first1 = George Wayne| last2 = Meidinger| first2 = Dellis| last3 = Pojar| first3 = Jim| title = Illustrated Flora of British Columbia| location = Victoria, BC| date = 1998| page = 258}}</ref> The coastal and interior mountain distributions of this species are largely disjunct, and it is largely absent from the dry interior regions between these areas, such as the [[Interior Plateau|Interior]] and [[Columbia Plateau]]s<ref name="oregonflora"/><ref name="douglas-etal-1998"/><ref name="e-flora-bc">{{Cite web| last = Klinkenberg| first = Brian| title = ''Clinopodium douglasii'' (Benth.) Kuntze| work = E-Flora BC Atlas| access-date = 2025-01-15| date = 2020| url = https://linnet.geog.ubc.ca/Atlas/Atlas.aspx?sciname=Clinopodium%20douglasii| publisher = Lab for Advanced Spatial Analysis, Department of Geography, University of British Columbia}}</ref><ref name="cpnwh">{{Cite web| last = Consortium of Pacific Northwest Herbaria| title = Clinopodium douglasii (search results)| work = CPNWH Specimen Database| access-date = 2025-01-15| url = https://www.pnwherbaria.org/data/results.php?DisplayAs=WebPage&ExcludeCultivated=Y&GroupBy=ungrouped&SortBy=Year&SortOrder=DESC&SearchAllHerbaria=Y&QueryCount=1&IncludeSynonyms1=Y&Genus1=Clinopodium&Species1=douglasii&Zoom=4&Lat=55&Lng=-135| date = nd}}</ref> and California's [[Central Valley (California)|Central Valley]].<ref name="jeps-2012"/>

The northern limit of the natural distribution of this species is in British Columbia, in the eastern and southern part of [[Vancouver Island]] and the [[Gulf Islands]], as well as nearby mainland areas along the [[Salish Sea]].<ref name="douglas-etal-1998"/><ref name="e-flora-bc"/> In [[western Washington]] and [[Western Oregon|Oregon]], ''C. douglasii'' ranges from the western side of the [[Cascade Range]] westward through the [[San Juan Islands]], the [[Puget Lowland]], and the [[Williamette Valley]] to the [[Olympic Mountains]] and [[Pacific Coast Ranges]], though it is relatively less frequent near to the Pacific coast.<ref name="oregonflora"/><ref name="hitchcock-cronquist-2018"/><ref name="cpnwh"/> Southward from southwestern Oregon and into California, the distribution gradually becomes more coastal, ranging from the Pacific coast into the [[Klamath Mountains]] and [[California Coast Ranges]]. It is commonly found as far south as the [[Santa Monica Mountains]] and [[Santa Catalina Island (California)|Santa Catalina Island]].<ref name="jeps-2012"/><ref name="oregonflora"/><ref name="jepson-1925">{{Cite book| edition = 1st| publisher = Sather Gate Bookshop| last = Jepson| first = Willis Linn| title = A Manual of the Flowering Plants of California| location = Berkeley| date = 1925| page = 875| url = https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/290980#page/887/mode/1up}}</ref><ref name="munz-keck-1973">{{Cite book| publisher = University of California Press| isbn = 9780520024052| last1 = Munz| first1 = Philip A| last2 = Keck| first2 = David D| title = A California Flora and Supplement| location = Berkeley, CA| date = 1973| page = 708}}</ref> There is also a single collection of ''C. douglasii'' reported from [[Juneau, Alaska]],<ref name="hulten-1968">{{Cite book| publisher = Stanford University Press| isbn = 9780804706438| last = Hultén| first = Eric| title = Flora of Alaska and Neighboring Territories: A Manual of the Vascular Plants| date = 1968| page = 790| url= https://books.google.com/books?id=Sd-Eh1GWsyoC&pg=PA790}} Mirrored at: [https://alaskaflora.org/hulten/do?method=detail&id=790-1 Alaskaflora.org]</ref> but this is thought to be the result of an introduction,<ref name ="walsh-1974">{{Cite book| publisher = Brigham Young University Press| publication-place = Provo, UT| isbn = 0842507051| last = Walsh| first = Stanley| title = Anderson's Flora of Alaska and Adjacent Parts of Canada| date = 1974| url = https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/mlbm/32| page = 264| ol = 5054115M}}</ref> and this species is not otherwise found that far north.<ref name="e-flora-bc"/><ref name="cpnwh"/>

''C. douglasii'' is also found in the moist western ranges of the interior mountains of the Pacific Northwest, such as the [[Columbia Mountains]], the westernmost subranges of the [[Rocky Mountains]], and the [[Blue Mountains (Pacific Northwest)|Blue]] and [[Wallowa Mountains]],<ref name="oregonflora"/><ref name="cpnwh"/> ranging from the [[British Columbia Interior]] south to [[Eastern Oregon|northeastern Oregon]] and as far east as [[northern Idaho]]<ref name="oregonflora"/><ref name="hitchcock-cronquist-2018"/><ref name="e-flora-bc"/><ref name="cpnwh"/> and [[western Montana]].<ref name="hitchcock-cronquist-2018"/><ref name="cpnwh"/><ref name="reel-1989">{{Cite book| publisher = Wildlife and Fisheries, Northern Region, Forest Service, USDA| last = Reel| first = Susan| title = Caring for Our Natural Community: Region 1: Threatened, Endangered & Sensitive Species Program| page= 240| location = Missoula, MT| url = https://books.google.com/books?id=PtIHjtDKCO4C&pg=PA240| date = 1989}}</ref><ref name="lackschewitz-1991">{{Cite book| publisher = Intermountain Forest and Range Experiment Station, Forest Service, USDA| last = Lackschewitz| first = Klaus| title = Vascular Plants of West-Central Montana: Identification Guide Book| page = 260|location = Ogden, UT| series = General Technical Reports (INT-277)| url = https://books.google.com/books?id=RicxXgteU0AC&pg=PA260|date = 1991}}</ref><ref name="lesica-2012">{{Cite book| edition = 1st| publisher = BRIT Press| isbn = 9781889878393| last = Lesica| first = Peter| title = Manual of Montana Vascular Plants| page = 426| location = Fort Worth, TX| date = 2012}}</ref><ref name="mt-fieldguide">{{Cite web| last1 = Montana Natural Heritage Program| last2 = Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks| title = Yerba Buena: ''Satureja douglasii''| work = Montana Field Guide| access-date = 2025-01-24| url = https://fieldguide.mt.gov/speciesDetail.aspx?elcode=PDLAM1T020| date = nd| publisher = Montana State Library}}</ref> In California, it occurs occasionally in the western side of the northern [[Sierra Nevada]].<ref name="jeps-2012"/>