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Eremogone congesta (Snowball sandwort) — RMBL Knowledge Commons

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Eremogone congesta

Common names: Snowball sandwort

Authority: (Nutt.) Ikonn.

Taxonomy: Plantae > Tracheophyta > Magnoliopsida > Caryophyllales > Caryophyllaceae

Roles: host plant, study subject, habitat component, habitat indicator species

ITIS TSN: 512987

Synonyms: ERCO, E. congesta, Arenaria congesta, Arenaria, A. congesta

External: RMBL Collections · iNaturalist · iDigBio · GenBank

Papers: 52 | Mentions: 69

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Publications (52)

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

2026American Journal of BotanyRole: study subject

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

2025Role: text_match

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

2025Applications in Plant SciencesRole: text_match

The effects of drought on wildflower size and seed set

2025Role: study subject

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

2024Role: host plant

Cross-trophic-level dynamics in aquatic ecosystems and their application across ecological contexts

2023Role: text_match

Current and lagged climate affects phenology across diverse taxonomic groups

2023Proceedings of the Royal Society BRole: text_match

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

Documents (6)

technical report

1980

environmental assessment

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

Homestake Mining Company Pitch Project Environmental Statement

technical report

Species Endangerment Patterns in the United States

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

Co-occurring Species

Eriogonum umbellatum var. majus

Polygonaceae44 shared papers

Eriogonum

Polygonaceae44 shared papers

Lupinus caespitosus

Fabaceae42 shared papers

Lupinus

Fabaceae42 shared papers

Lupinus prunophilus

Fabaceae42 shared papers

Senecio crassulus

Asteraceae41 shared papers

Senecio

Asteraceae40 shared papers

Senecio species

Asteraceae40 shared papers

Senecio bigelovii

Asteraceae40 shared papers

Erigeron speciosus

Asteraceae39 shared papers

2023Role: text_match

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

2023Role: study subject

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

2023OikosRole: study subject

Effects of Experimental Water Addition on Floral Nectar Traits

2022Role: study subject

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

2022Role: text_match

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

2021Role: study subject

Unraveling the ecological and evolutionary impacts of a plant invader on the pollination of a native plant

2021Biological Invasions doi 10.1007/s10530-021-02457-zRole: text_match

Temporal flexibility in the structure of plant–pollinator interaction networks

2020OikosRole: text_match

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

2019Plant EcologyRole: text_match

Context dependent biotic interactions control plant abundance across altitudinal environmental gradients

2019EcographyRole: text_match

Identifying the Impact of Biotic Interactions on Meadow Species Distributions in Sagebrush and Bunchgrass Dominated Systems

2019Role: study subject

Intraspecific flower color variation along elevation gradients

2019Role: study subject

Invasive plants and water availablity mediate outcomes of plant-pollinator interactions

2019Role: text_match

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

2019Role: host plant

Soil microbes that may accompany climate warming increase alpine plant production

2019OecologiaRole: text_match

Volatile organic compounds as signals for pollinators and their consistency across years

2019Role: study subject

Microenvironment and functional-trait context dependence predict plant community dynamics

2018Journal of EcologyRole: study subject

Nesting aggregation as a predictor of brood parasitism in mason bees (<i>Osmia spp.</i>)

2018Ecological EntemologyRole: text_match

Nesting aggregation as a determinant of brood parasitism in mason bees (<i>Osmia</i> spp.)

2016Role: text_match

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

2016Role: text_match

The Changing Floral Color Landscape Across an Alpine Elevation Gradient

2016Role: text_match

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

2014Role: study subject

Plant Successional Changes Over 67 Years on the Gothic Earthflow.

2014Role: text_match

Effects of experimental warming on plant traits of subalpine wildflower species of Gothic, CO

2013Role: study subject

Measuring the influence of phylogenetic relationships on floral visitation

2013Role: study subject

Quantifying the effects of pollen load and heterospecific pollen ratio on the species <i>Delphinium barbeyi</i> (Ranunculaceae)

2013Role: text_match

"With a little help from my friends": Phylogenetic distance as a predictor of floral visitation in the plant communities of Gothic, CO.

2012Role: study subject

A comparative study of plant species diversity on three historic mining sites

2011Role: text_match

Ant presences alter plants: The impact <i>Formica obscuripes</i> presence on plants and soil micro-anthropod diversity

2011Role: habitat component

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

2009Role: study subject

Plant community composition with respect to species richness along an altitudinal gradient in gunnison county, co

2009Role: text_match

Possible influence of altitude, geographical distance between sites and annual precipitation rates on species richness

2009Role: text_match

Species richness along an elevational gradient

2009Role: text_match

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

2009Role: text_match

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

2009OikosRole: text_match

The relationships among butterfly size, visitation rate, handling time, and floral display size

2009Role: study subject

Variation in the structure and dynamics of bee assemblages across distinct montane meadows

2009Role: habitat indicator species

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

2008Role: text_match

Effect of Soil Metals on Pollination of Subalpine Wildflowers

2008Role: text_match

Reciprocal benefits in a plant-pollinator mutualism

2008Role: text_match

Developing an evolutionary ecology of fear: how life history and natural history traits affect disturbance tolerance in birds

2006Animal BehaviourRole: text_match

The structure of plant-pollinator interactions in montane meadow environments

2004Role: text_match

Plant responses to experimental warming in a montane meadow

2001EcologyRole: study subject

A study of plant succession on the Gothic earthflow

1969Role: text_match

Stratigraphy of the Colorado group, Upper Cretaceous, in northern New Mexico

1944Role: text_match