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Mertensia oblongifolia (green bluebells) — RMBL Knowledge Commons

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Mertensia oblongifolia

Common names: green bluebells

Taxonomy: Plantae > Tracheophyta > Magnoliopsida > Boraginales > Boraginaceae

Roles: study subject, habitat component

ITIS TSN: 31683

External: RMBL Collections · iNaturalist · iDigBio · GenBank

Papers: 11 | Mentions: 13

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Knowledge graph centered on Mertensia oblongifolia with 73 nodes and 249 connections. Top connected: Subalpine meadow flowering phenology responses to , Hummingbird, Bombus, Ipomopsis, Ligusticum porteri.

Publications (11)

The impact of soil moisture, nectar production, and spectral reflectance on hummingbird visitation patterns to the Scarlet Gilia (Ipomopsis aggregata)

2025Role: habitat component

Solitary bee genera differ in foraging activity timing and temperature; Evidence of a seasonal dietary shift in Hoplitis fulgida

2024Role: study subject

The effects of anthropogenic change on pollination in plant-pollinator communities

2021Role: study subject

Adaptation and diversification of bluebells <i>Mertensia</i> spp., Boranginaceae

2019Role: study subject

Climate change, phenological shifts, and species interactions: Case studies in subalpine plant and migratory fish populations

2019Role: study subject

Atypical flowers can be as profitable as typical hummingbird flowers

2018The American NaturalistRole: text_match

Plant–Pollinator interactions in a changing climate

2010Role: study subject

Intercomparison, interpretation, and assessment of spring phenology in North America estimated from remote sensing for 1982 to 2006

Documents (1)

environmental assessment

Vegetation Appendix Materials for Vegetation and Wildlife Studies for the Mount Emmons Project

Co-occurring Species

Mertensia

Boraginaceae13 shared papers

Delphinium

Ranunculaceae13 shared papers

Delphinium nuttallianum

Ranunculaceae11 shared papers

Ipomopsis

Polemoniaceae9 shared papers

Hummingbird

8 shared papers

Potentilla

Rosaceae8 shared papers

Ranunculus

Ranunculaceae8 shared papers

Erythronium grandiflorum

Liliaceae8 shared papers

Erigeron

Asteraceae7 shared papers

Rushes

7 shared papers

2009Global Change BiologyRole: study subject

Variation in the impact of climate change on flowering phenology and abundance: an examination of two pairs of closely related wildflower species

2009American Journal of BotanyRole: text_match

Ecosystem responses to warming-induced plant species loss and increased nitrogen availability in a Rocky Mountain subalpine meadow

2006Role: study subject

Subalpine meadow flowering phenology responses to climate change: integrating experimental and gradient methods

2003Ecological MonographsRole: text_match