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Senecio crassulus

Common names: Thick-leaved groundsel, butterweed

Authority: A. Gray

Taxonomy: Plantae > Tracheophyta > Magnoliopsida > Asterales > Asteraceae

Roles: study subject, host plant, dominant forb species, habitat component

ITIS TSN: 36116

Synonyms: SECR, SENCRA, S. crassulus, Senecio crassulus, Senecio

External: RMBL Collections · iNaturalist · iDigBio · GenBank

Papers: 75 | Mentions: 103

Local Knowledge Graph (Top 81 entities)

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Publications (75)

article

Wind-driven seed dispersal differentially promotes seed trapping and retention across alpine plants

2026American Journal of BotanyRole: study subject

student_paper

Alpine plants of Mt. Baldy: modeling phenology and documenting biodiversity

2025Role: study subject

article

Fitness costs and benefits of a non-native floral resource for subalpine solitary bees

2025OikosRole: text_match

article

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

2025Applications in Plant SciencesRole: text_match

article

Rare species do not disproportionately contribute to phylogenetic diversity in a subalpine plant community

2025American Journal of BotanyRole: text_match

article

Temperature influences pollinators' choice of floral partners independently of community composition

2025Journal of Animal EcologyRole: host plant

student_paper

The effect of changing floral density on pollinator networks in a subalpine meadow environment

2025Role: study subject

student_paper

Documents (17)

technical report

1980

technical report

A Classification of the Riparian Vegetation of the Gunnison River Basin, Colorado

wildlife survey

An Illustrated Guide to the Proposed Threatened and Endangered Plant Species in Colorado

environmental assessment

Appendix 2 List of Designated Colorado Natural Areas, List of Registered Colorado Natural Areas, List of Identified Colorado Natural Areas

technical report

Biologically Significant Areas in Gunnison County Colorado

technical report

Colorado Ranch Management School (Part 2)

technical report

Department Of Energy Compliance With Floodplain – Wetlands Environmental Review Requirements

environmental assessment

Draft Environmental Impact Statement

environmental assessment

Draft: Environmental Assessment of the Proposed Remedial Action at the Gunnison Uranium Mill Tailings Site

Document

Homestake Mining Company Pitch Project Environmental Statement

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Document

Moist Forests

Co-occurring Species

Getting to the Root of It: Effects of Castilleja Root Hemiparasitism on Plant Community Structure and Function

2024Role: text_match

student_paper

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

2024Role: text_match

thesis

Effects of microclimate, dispersal, species interactions, and environmental stochasticity on demography

2023Role: text_match

student_paper

Effects of warming, dominant species removal, and accelerated snowmelt on aboveground plant traits in the Colorado Rocky Mountains

2023Role: text_match

article

Linking microenvironment modification to species interactions and demography in an alpine plant community

2023OikosRole: study subject

article

Pollinator and habitat-mediated selection as potential contributors to ecological speciation in two closely related species

2023Evolution LettersRole: text_match

thesis

The causes and consequences of pollen defence

2023Role: text_match

article

The dispersal of microbes among and within flowers by butterflies

2023Ecological EntomologyRole: text_match

student_paper

Environmental and Genetic Effects of Elevation on Plant Defense

2022Role: study subject

thesis

Revealing the direct and indirect effects of climate change on soil nutrient dynamics and forage resources in mountain ecosystems

2022Role: text_match

student_paper

The Effect of Climate Change on Soil Organic Carbon over an Elevational Gradient

2022Role: study subject

student_paper

Investigating the air temperatures of different taxa in an alpine plant community

2021Role: study subject

student_paper

Variation of Pollen Mass Across Species, Habitat Types, and Time

2021Role: text_match

student_paper

How Spatial Variation Affects Plant Phenology

2020Role: text_match

student_paper

Investigating alpine plant community responses to simulated warming and dominant species removal at a low and high elevation in the Colorado Rocky Mountains

2020Role: study subject

article

Low predictability of energy balance traits and leaf temperature metrics in desert, montane and alpine plant communities

2020Functional EcologyRole: study subject

article

Temporal flexibility in the structure of plant–pollinator interaction networks

2020OikosRole: text_match

thesis

Adaptation and diversification of bluebells Mertensia spp., Boranginaceae

2019Role: text_match

article

Comparing predictive measures and model functions for estimating plant biomass: lessons from a sagebrush–rabbitbrush community

2019Plant EcologyRole: text_match

student_paper

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

2019Role: text_match

article

Pollen and vegetative secondary chemistry of three pollen-rewarding lupines

2019American Journal of BotanyRole: text_match

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

student_paper

The Direct and Interactive Effects of Warming and Species Interaction on Plant Functional Traits

2019Role: text_match

student_paper

The Effects of Exclusion Bags and Open-Top Chambers on Pollinator Activity

2019Student paperRole: text_match

thesis

Conditional Exploitation and Context-Dependent Fitness Consequences of Pollination Mutualisms

2018http://hdl.handle.net/10150/628436Role: dominant forb species

article

Microenvironment and functional-trait context dependence predict plant community dynamics

2018Journal of EcologyRole: study subject

student_paper

The Effect of Climate Change on Plant Communities in the Rocky Mountains: How floral traits differ along an elevational gradient and in reciprocally transplanted communities

2018Role: study subject

student_paper

Effects of Climate Changes on Ecologically Important Bees and Flowers

2017Role: text_match

article

Integrating viability and fecundity selection to illuminate the adaptive nature of genetic clines

2017Evolution LettersRole: text_match

article

Delving deeper: Questioning the decline of long-tongued bumble bees, long-tubed flowers and their mutualisms with climate change

2016Journal of Pollination EcologyRole: text_match

article

Effects of climate change on phenologies and distributions of bumble bees and the plants they visit

2016EcosphereRole: host plant

student_paper

Mutualistic Networks Over Time: The Effects of Changing Floral Abundances on Plant- Pollinator Interactions

2016Role: 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

Quantifying within-season floral trait distributions of flowers in Colorado Rocky Mountain sub-alpine dry meadows.

2015Role: text_match

student_paper

Aboveground and belowground traits of dominant and sub-dominant species along an elevational gradient.

2014Role: study subject

article

Aspen (Populus tremuloides) stand dynamics and understory plant community changes over 46 years near Crested Butte, Colorado, USA

2014Forest Ecology and ManagementRole: text_match

article

Coyotes, deer, and wildflowers: diverse evidence points to a trophic cascade

2014NaturwissenschaftenRole: text_match

article

Empirical tests of withinâ€and acrossâ€species energetics in a diverse plant community

2014EcologyRole: study subject

student_paper

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

2014Role: text_match

student_paper

Plant Successional Changes Over 67 Years on the Gothic Earthflow.

2014Role: text_match

article

Patterns of selective caching behavior of a generalist herbivore, the American Pika (Ochotona princeps)

2013Arctic, Antarctic, and Alpine ResearchRole: text_match

thesis

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

2012Role: text_match

article

Butterflies show flower colour preferences but not constancy in foraging at four plant species

2011Ecological EntomologyRole: text_match

student_paper

Spatial distribution of mule deer (Odocoileus hemionus): Effects of plant palatability and habitat structure

2011Role: text_match

article

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

2010Amer J of BotanyRole: text_match

thesis

Plant–Pollinator interactions in a changing climate

2010Role: text_match

student_paper

Determining Long-Term Success of Revegetation Efforts in Disturbed Sites

2009Role: text_match

student_paper

Is there a positive correlation between bee size and size parameters of the flowers the bees visit for pollen to provision their nests?

2009Role: text_match

thesis

The effects of mine disturbance and contamination on pollination of subalpine wildflowers

2009Role: text_match

article

The importance of interannual variation and bottom-up nitrogen enrichment for plant-pollinator networks

2009OikosRole: text_match

thesis

Bottom-up effects of nutrient enrichment on plants, pollinators, and their interactions

2008Role: text_match

student_paper

Butterfly foraging behavior: can butterflies detect nectar in flowering plants?

2008Role: text_match

student_paper

Effect of Soil Metals on Pollination of Subalpine Wildflowers

2008Role: text_match

article

Evaluation of the field impact of an adventitious herbivore on an invasive plant, yellow toadflax, in CO, USA

2008Plant EcologyRole: text_match

thesis

Reciprocal benefits in a plant-pollinator mutualism

2008Role: text_match

student_paper

Pollination subsidies between wetland and dry meadow habitats

2007Role: text_match

student_paper

The effect of sampling effort on species richness estimates of flower visitors

2007Role: text_match

student_paper

Are native bees picky enough? The effect of an invasive plant, Linaria vulgaris, on the foraging of native bee pollinators

2006Role: text_match

thesis

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

2006Role: text_match

chapter

Adaptive speciation

2004Role: text_match

thesis

The structure of plant-pollinator interactions in montane meadow environments

2004Role: text_match

article

The impact of floral larceny on individuals, populations, and communities

2001OecologiaRole: text_match

article

Flowering plant density and pollinator visitation in Senecio

1983OecologiaRole: text_match

article

Seed Dispersal by Ants in the Rocky Mountains

1983Southwestern NaturalistRole: text_match

article

Pollinator foraging behavior and gene dispersal in Senecio (Compositae)

1980EvolutionRole: text_match

article

Aboveground productivity and floristic structure of a high subalpine herbaceous meadow

1979Arctic and Alpine ResearchRole: text_match

student_paper

A study of plant succession on the Gothic earthflow

1969Role: text_match

environmental assessment

Mount Emmons Mining Project Environmental Impact Statement Ch. 3 & 4

technical report

Species Endangerment Patterns in the United States

management plan

The Colorado Division of Wildlife Wetlands Program

environmental assessment

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

environmental assessment

Vegetation and Wildlife Studies for the Mount Emmons Project

environmental assessment

Senecio crassulus

Local Knowledge Graph (Top 81 entities)

Publications (75)

Wind-driven seed dispersal differentially promotes seed trapping and retention across alpine plants

Alpine plants of Mt. Baldy: modeling phenology and documenting biodiversity

Fitness costs and benefits of a non-native floral resource for subalpine solitary bees

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

Rare species do not disproportionately contribute to phylogenetic diversity in a subalpine plant community

Temperature influences pollinators' choice of floral partners independently of community composition

The effect of changing floral density on pollinator networks in a subalpine meadow environment

Documents (17)

1980

A Classification of the Riparian Vegetation of the Gunnison River Basin, Colorado

An Illustrated Guide to the Proposed Threatened and Endangered Plant Species in Colorado

Appendix 2 List of Designated Colorado Natural Areas, List of Registered Colorado Natural Areas, List of Identified Colorado Natural Areas

Biologically Significant Areas in Gunnison County Colorado

Colorado Ranch Management School (Part 2)

Department Of Energy Compliance With Floodplain – Wetlands Environmental Review Requirements

Draft Environmental Impact Statement

Draft: Environmental Assessment of the Proposed Remedial Action at the Gunnison Uranium Mill Tailings Site

Homestake Mining Company Pitch Project Environmental Statement

Moist Forests

Co-occurring Species

Senecio bigelovii

Senecio

Senecio species

Erigeron speciosus

Erigeron

Lupinus prunophilus

Lupinus caespitosus

Potentilla gracilis

Potentilla

Lupinus

Getting to the Root of It: Effects of Castilleja Root Hemiparasitism on Plant Community Structure and Function

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

Effects of microclimate, dispersal, species interactions, and environmental stochasticity on demography

Effects of warming, dominant species removal, and accelerated snowmelt on aboveground plant traits in the Colorado Rocky Mountains

Linking microenvironment modification to species interactions and demography in an alpine plant community

Pollinator and habitat-mediated selection as potential contributors to ecological speciation in two closely related species

The causes and consequences of pollen defence

The dispersal of microbes among and within flowers by butterflies

Environmental and Genetic Effects of Elevation on Plant Defense

Revealing the direct and indirect effects of climate change on soil nutrient dynamics and forage resources in mountain ecosystems

The Effect of Climate Change on Soil Organic Carbon over an Elevational Gradient

Investigating the air temperatures of different taxa in an alpine plant community

Variation of Pollen Mass Across Species, Habitat Types, and Time

How Spatial Variation Affects Plant Phenology

Investigating alpine plant community responses to simulated warming and dominant species removal at a low and high elevation in the Colorado Rocky Mountains

Low predictability of energy balance traits and leaf temperature metrics in desert, montane and alpine plant communities

Temporal flexibility in the structure of plant–pollinator interaction networks

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

Comparing predictive measures and model functions for estimating plant biomass: lessons from a sagebrush–rabbitbrush community

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

Pollen and vegetative secondary chemistry of three pollen-rewarding lupines

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

The Direct and Interactive Effects of Warming and Species Interaction on Plant Functional Traits

The Effects of Exclusion Bags and Open-Top Chambers on Pollinator Activity

Conditional Exploitation and Context-Dependent Fitness Consequences of Pollination Mutualisms

Microenvironment and functional-trait context dependence predict plant community dynamics

The Effect of Climate Change on Plant Communities in the Rocky Mountains: How floral traits differ along an elevational gradient and in reciprocally transplanted communities

Effects of Climate Changes on Ecologically Important Bees and Flowers

Integrating viability and fecundity selection to illuminate the adaptive nature of genetic clines

Delving deeper: Questioning the decline of long-tongued bumble bees, long-tubed flowers and their mutualisms with climate change

Effects of climate change on phenologies and distributions of bumble bees and the plants they visit

Mutualistic Networks Over Time: The Effects of Changing Floral Abundances on Plant- Pollinator Interactions

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

The Changing Floral Color Landscape Across an Alpine Elevation Gradient

Quantifying within-season floral trait distributions of flowers in Colorado Rocky Mountain sub-alpine dry meadows.

Aboveground and belowground traits of dominant and sub-dominant species along an elevational gradient.

Aspen (<i>Populus tremuloides</i>) stand dynamics and understory plant community changes over 46 years near Crested Butte, Colorado, USA

Coyotes, deer, and wildflowers: diverse evidence points to a trophic cascade

Empirical tests of withinâ€and acrossâ€species energetics in a diverse plant community

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

Plant Successional Changes Over 67 Years on the Gothic Earthflow.

Patterns of selective caching behavior of a generalist herbivore, the American Pika (<i>Ochotona princeps</i>)

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

Butterflies show flower colour preferences but not constancy in foraging at four plant species

Spatial distribution of mule deer (<i>Odocoileus hemionus</i>): Effects of plant palatability and habitat structure

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

Empirical tests of withinâ€and acrossâ€species energetics in a diverse plant community