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Claytonia lanceolata

Common names: spring beauty, Spring beauty

Taxonomy: Plantae > Tracheophyta > Magnoliopsida > Caryophyllales > Montiaceae

Roles: study subject, host plant, competitor, vegetation component, food plant, referenced species, mentioned

ITIS TSN: 20390

Synonyms: C. lanceolata, Clla, Claytonia

External: RMBL Collections · iNaturalist · iDigBio · GenBank

Papers: 61 | Mentions: 69

Local Knowledge Graph (Top 74 entities)

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Publications (61)

article

Does rainfall or temperature influence antipredator vigilance in a hibernating mammal?

2025Behavioral EcologyRole: food plant

student_paper

Impacts of earlier snowmelt on fruiting phenology and seed success of Rocky Mountain wildflowers

2025Role: study subject

article

Improving plant DNA metabarcoding accuracy with ecological filters and Angiosperms353: Field and pollen microscopy validation

2025Applications in Plant SciencesRole: text_match

article

Natural selection on floral volatiles and other traits can change with snowmelt timing and summer precipitation

2025New PhytologistRole: text_match

student_paper

Climate change and phenology

Documents (2)

technical report

Biologically Significant Areas in Gunnison County Colorado

environmental assessment

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

Co-occurring Species

Delphinium barbeyi

Ranunculaceae43 shared papers

Delphinium

Ranunculaceae40 shared papers

Delphinium nuttallianum

Ranunculaceae40 shared papers

Mertensia ciliata

Boraginaceae39 shared papers

Mertensia

Boraginaceae39 shared papers

Mertensia oblongifolia

Boraginaceae38 shared papers

Erythronium grandiflorum

Liliaceae33 shared papers

Potentilla gracilis

Rosaceae31 shared papers

Bombus bifarius

Apidae30 shared papers

Potentilla pulcherrima

Rosaceae30 shared papers

2022WIREs Climate ChangeRole: study subject

article

The shifting importance of abiotic and biotic factors across the life cycles of wild pollinators

2022Journal of Animal EcologyRole: host plant

article

Demographic Consequences of Phenological Shifts in Response to Climate Change

2021Annual Review of Ecology, Evolution, and SystematicsRole: study subject

article

Experimental Test of the Combined Effects of Water Availability and Flowering Time on Pollinator Visitation and Seed Set

2021Frontiers of Ecology & EvolutionRole: text_match

article

Selection of floral traits by pollinators and seed predators during sequential life history stages

2021American NaturalistRole: text_match

article

Birds Perceive More Intraspecific Color Variation in Bird-Pollinated Than Bee-Pollinated Flowers

2020Frontiers in Plant Science. doi 10.3389/fpls.2020.590347Role: study subject

article

Effects of climate change on alpine plants and their pollinators

2020Annals of the New York Academy of SciencesRole: study subject

article

Pollinator visitation rate and effectiveness vary with flowering phenology

2020American Journal of BotanyRole: competitor

student_paper

Quantifying Nectar Trait Responses to Natural Variation in Water Availability in Subalpine Plant Communities

2020Role: study subject

thesis

Adaptation and diversification of bluebells Mertensia spp., Boranginaceae

2019Role: text_match

thesis

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

2019Role: text_match

student_paper

Global Climate Change-Induced Mutualism Breakdown Among Legumes and their Soil Synbionts

2019Role: referenced species

student_paper

Intraspecific flower color variation along elevation gradients

2019Role: study subject

student_paper

Investigating the relationship between plant morphology, density, and herbivory of Thlaspi

2019Role: text_match

student_paper

Niche breadth changes in response to environmental perturbation: the impact of early snowmelt on subalpine plant-pollinator specialization

2019Role: host plant

student_paper

Quantifying Nectar Resources in Bumble Bee Visited Plants

2019Role: study subject

student_paper

Surveying historical patterns in vegetation change (1929-2019) in the upper East River Valley using RMBL's archival herbarium records

2019Role: text_match

article

The individual and combined effects of snowmelt timing and frost exposure on the reproductive success of montane forbs

2019Journal of EcologyRole: study subject

student_paper

Characterizing nectar content in wet and dry subalpine meadows during an extreme summer drought

2018Role: study subject

article

Consistent shifts in pollinator-relevant floral coloration along a Rocky Mountain elevation gradient

2018Journal of EcologyRole: text_match

article

Ecological causes and consequences of flower color polymorphism in a self pollinating plant (Boechera stricta)

2018New PhytologistRole: text_match

thesis

Effects of Climate Change on Plants, Pollinators and Their Interactions

2018Role: text_match

student_paper

First-order controls of soil and leaf moisture

2018Role: vegetation component

thesis

Plant-Pollinator Interactions and Environmental Change: Effects of Experimental Changes in Phenology and Water Availability on a Montane Wildflower

2017Role: text_match

article

Plant-pollinator interactions under climate change: the use of spatial and temporal transplants

2017Applications in Plant SciencesRole: study subject

student_paper

The Effects of Early Snow-melt on the Pollination and Seed Production of Delphinium nuttallianum

2017Role: referenced species

student_paper

The maintenance of flower colour polymorphism in self-pollinating Boechera stricta

2017Role: text_match

student_paper

Impacts of early snow removal and frost on the reproductive success of Delphinium nuttallianum

2016Role: text_match

article

Phenological change in a spring ephemeral: implications for pollination and plant fitness

2016Global Change BiologyRole: study subject

thesis

Temporal ecology of a subalpine ecosystem: Plant communities, plant-pollinator interactions, & climate change.

2016Role: text_match

student_paper

The Changing Floral Color Landscape Across an Alpine Elevation Gradient

2016Role: text_match

student_paper

Effects of early snowmelt and frost on plant-pollinator interactions.

2015Role: study subject

article

The effect of the foresummer drought on carbon exchange in subalpine meadows

2015EcosystemsRole: study subject

thesis

The evolutionary ecology of ultraviolet floral pigmentation

2015Role: text_match

article

Floral scent in natural hybrids of Ipomopsis (Polemoniaceae) and their two parental species

2014Annals of BotanyRole: text_match

student_paper

Frost Sensitivity of Subalpine Plants in the Colorado Rocky Mountains: The Effects of Seasonality, Water Content, and Phylogeny

2014Role: study subject

article

Revisiting Darwin's hypothesis: Does greater intraspecific variability increase species' ecological breadth?

2014American Journal of BotanyRole: study subject

student_paper

Exploring within season temporal variation in plant-pollinator interactions in sub-alpine meadows using weekly pollination interaction networks

2013Role: study subject

article

Flowering date of taxonomic families predicts phenological sensitivity to temperature: Implications for forecasting the effects of climate change on unstudied taxa

2013American Journal of BotanyRole: text_match

chapter

Phenology: An Integrative Environmental Science

2013Role: study subject

thesis

The structure and function of subalpine ecosystems in the face of climate change

2012Role: text_match

student_paper

Understanding the importance of coniferous understory versus open meadows for bees in times of drought

2012Role: study subject

student_paper

Intraspecific variation of specific leaf area along an elevational gradient

2011Role: study subject

article

Consequences of variation in flowering time within and among individuals of Mertensia fusiformis (Boraginaceae), an early spring wildflower

2010Amer J of BotanyRole: competitor

thesis

Plant–Pollinator interactions in a changing climate

2010Role: text_match

article

Effects of climate change on phenology, frost damage, and floral abundance of montane wildflowers

2008EcologyRole: mentioned

thesis

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

2006Role: text_match

thesis

The structure of plant-pollinator interactions in montane meadow environments

2004Role: text_match

article

Observations on plant choice by foraging yellow-bellied marmots

2003Oecologia MontanaRole: food plant

article

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

2003Ecological MonographsRole: study subject

article

Global warming and soil microclimate: results from a meadow-warming experiment

1995Ecological ApplicationsRole: study subject

article

Pollen and gene dispersal: the influences of competition for pollination

1985EvolutionRole: text_match

article

Seed Dispersal by Ants in the Rocky Mountains

1983Southwestern NaturalistRole: text_match

article

The role of field stations in the preservation of biological diversity

1982BioScienceRole: text_match

Claytonia lanceolata

Local Knowledge Graph (Top 74 entities)

Publications (61)

Does rainfall or temperature influence antipredator vigilance in a hibernating mammal?

Impacts of earlier snowmelt on fruiting phenology and seed success of Rocky Mountain wildflowers

Improving plant DNA metabarcoding accuracy with ecological filters and Angiosperms353: Field and pollen microscopy validation

Natural selection on floral volatiles and other traits can change with snowmelt timing and summer precipitation

How does early snowmelt affect pollen deposition on spring wildflowers?

Current and lagged climate affects phenology across diverse taxonomic groups

Evolution of social position and structure – a multilevel selection perspective

Climate change and phenology

Documents (2)

Biologically Significant Areas in Gunnison County Colorado

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

Co-occurring Species

Delphinium barbeyi

Delphinium

Delphinium nuttallianum

Mertensia ciliata

Mertensia

Mertensia oblongifolia

Erythronium grandiflorum

Potentilla gracilis

Bombus bifarius

Potentilla pulcherrima

The shifting importance of abiotic and biotic factors across the life cycles of wild pollinators

Demographic Consequences of Phenological Shifts in Response to Climate Change

Experimental Test of the Combined Effects of Water Availability and Flowering Time on Pollinator Visitation and Seed Set

Selection of floral traits by pollinators and seed predators during sequential life history stages

Birds Perceive More Intraspecific Color Variation in Bird-Pollinated Than Bee-Pollinated Flowers

Effects of climate change on alpine plants and their pollinators

Pollinator visitation rate and effectiveness vary with flowering phenology

Quantifying Nectar Trait Responses to Natural Variation in Water Availability in Subalpine Plant Communities

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

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

Global Climate Change-Induced Mutualism Breakdown Among Legumes and their Soil Synbionts

Intraspecific flower color variation along elevation gradients

Investigating the relationship between plant morphology, density, and herbivory of <i>Thlaspi</i>

Niche breadth changes in response to environmental perturbation: the impact of early snowmelt on subalpine plant-pollinator specialization

Quantifying Nectar Resources in Bumble Bee Visited Plants

Surveying historical patterns in vegetation change (1929-2019) in the upper East River Valley using RMBL's archival herbarium records

The individual and combined effects of snowmelt timing and frost exposure on the reproductive success of montane forbs

Characterizing nectar content in wet and dry subalpine meadows during an extreme summer drought

Consistent shifts in pollinator-relevant floral coloration along a Rocky Mountain elevation gradient

Ecological causes and consequences of flower color polymorphism in a self pollinating plant (<i>Boechera stricta</i>)

Effects of Climate Change on Plants, Pollinators and Their Interactions

First-order controls of soil and leaf moisture

Plant-Pollinator Interactions and Environmental Change: Effects of Experimental Changes in Phenology and Water Availability on a Montane Wildflower

Plant-pollinator interactions under climate change: the use of spatial and temporal transplants

The Effects of Early Snow-melt on the Pollination and Seed Production of <i>Delphinium nuttallianum</i>

The maintenance of flower colour polymorphism in self-pollinating <i>Boechera stricta</i>

Impacts of early snow removal and frost on the reproductive success of <i>Delphinium nuttallianum</i>

Phenological change in a spring ephemeral: implications for pollination and plant fitness

Temporal ecology of a subalpine ecosystem: Plant communities, plant-pollinator interactions, & climate change.

The Changing Floral Color Landscape Across an Alpine Elevation Gradient

Effects of early snowmelt and frost on plant-pollinator interactions.

The effect of the foresummer drought on carbon exchange in subalpine meadows

The evolutionary ecology of ultraviolet floral pigmentation

Floral scent in natural hybrids of <i>Ipomopsis</i> (Polemoniaceae) and their two parental species

Frost Sensitivity of Subalpine Plants in the Colorado Rocky Mountains: The Effects of Seasonality, Water Content, and Phylogeny

Revisiting Darwin's hypothesis: Does greater intraspecific variability increase species' ecological breadth?

Exploring within season temporal variation in plant-pollinator interactions in sub-alpine meadows using weekly pollination interaction networks

Flowering date of taxonomic families predicts phenological sensitivity to temperature: Implications for forecasting the effects of climate change on unstudied taxa

Phenology: An Integrative Environmental Science

The structure and function of subalpine ecosystems in the face of climate change

Understanding the importance of coniferous understory versus open meadows for bees in times of drought

Intraspecific variation of specific leaf area along an elevational gradient

Consequences of variation in flowering time within and among individuals of <i>Mertensia fusiformis</i> (Boraginaceae), an early spring wildflower

Plant–Pollinator interactions in a changing climate

Effects of climate change on phenology, frost damage, and floral abundance of montane wildflowers

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

The structure of plant-pollinator interactions in montane meadow environments

Observations on plant choice by foraging yellow-bellied marmots

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

Global warming and soil microclimate: results from a meadow-warming experiment

Pollen and gene dispersal: the influences of competition for pollination

Seed Dispersal by Ants in the Rocky Mountains

The role of field stations in the preservation of biological diversity