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Castilleja

Common names: paintbrush

Taxonomy: Plantae > Tracheophyta > Magnoliopsida > Lamiales > Orobanchaceae

Roles: host plant, study subject, managed species

ITIS TSN: 33049

Synonyms: Castilleja

External: RMBL Collections · iNaturalist · iDigBio · GenBank

Papers: 103 | Mentions: 124

Local Knowledge Graph (Top 77 entities)

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Publications (104)

student_paper

Abiotic influences on intraspecific trait variation in montane species with varied life histories

2026Role: text_match

article

Hemiparasitic Castilleja presence is correlated with increased plant biodiversity across montane plant communities

2026American Journal of BotanyRole: text_match

student_paper

How does long-term, low level nitrogen addition affect plant floral traits?

2026Role: text_match

student_paper

The Relationship between Color, Nectar Concentration, and Broad-Tailed Hummingbird Visitation of Typical and Atypical Hummingbird Flowers

2026Role: most-visited focal flower / bi

student_paper

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

2025Role: text_match

article

Phylogeny does not predict the outcome of heterospecific pollen–pistil interactions in a species-rich alpine plant community

2025American Journal of BotanyRole: text_match

student_paper

Picky eater? How different environmental factors affect broad-tailed hummingbirds’ (Selasphorus platycercus) foraging patterns in the Rocky Mountains

2025Role: text_match

student_paper

Documents (14)

technical report

1980

technical report

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

technical report

Biologically Significant Areas in Gunnison County Colorado

technical report

Biologically Significant Areas in Gunnison County Colorado

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

Document

Moist Forests

environmental assessment

Sheep Grazing above Timberline in the San Juan National Forest

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technical report

Species Endangerment Patterns in the United States

Co-occurring Species

Picky eater? How different environmental factors affect broad-tailed hummingbirds’ (Selasphorus platycercus) foraging patterns in the Rocky Mountains

2025Role: habitat component

student_paper

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

2024Role: text_match

student_paper

The Impact of Delphinium nuttallianum and Ipomopsis aggregata Phenology on Broad-tailed Hummingbird (Selasphorus platycercus) Visitation Patterns

2024Role: text_match

student_paper

The Impact of Delphinium nuttallianum and Ipomopsis aggregata Phenology on Broad tailed Hummingbird (Selasphorus platycercus) Visitation Patterns

2024Role: text_match

student_paper

Host specificity of hemiparasitic Castilleja and its influence on plant community diversity.

2023Role: text_match

student_paper

Environmental and Genetic Effects of Elevation on Plant Defense

2022Role: text_match

article

Legume germination is delayed in dry soils and in sterile soils devoid of microbial mutualists: Species-specific implications for upward range expansions

2022Ecology and EvolutionRole: text_match

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: text_match

article

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

2022Journal of Animal EcologyRole: host plant

thesis

Tritrophic mutualisms in a changing climate

2022Role: text_match

article

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

student_paper

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

2021Role: 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: 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: 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

Intraspecific flower color variation along elevation gradients

2019Role: 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

Parasitism modifies the direct effects of warming on a hemiparasite and its host

2019PLOS ONERole: text_match

article

Atypical flowers can be as profitable as typical hummingbird flowers

2018The American NaturalistRole: text_match

thesis

Conditional Exploitation and Context-Dependent Fitness Consequences of Pollination Mutualisms

2018http://hdl.handle.net/10150/628436Role: text_match

article

Hemiparasitic plants increase alpine plant richness and evenness but reduce arbuscular mycorrhizal fungal colonization in dominant plant species

2018PeerJRole: text_match

article

Effects of road dust on the pollination and reproduction of wildflowers

2017International Journal of Plant SciencesRole: text_match

student_paper

The Role of Castilleja spp. In Plant and Mycorrhizae Communities Within Various Climates

2017Role: text_match

student_paper

Bill Morphology and Niche Partitioning in Selasphorus platycercus

2016Role: text_match

thesis

Competitive context drives pollinator behavior: linking foraging plasticity, natural pollen deposition, and plant reproduction.

2016Role: text_match

article

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

2016EcosphereRole: text_match

article

Heterospecific pollen deposition in Delphinium barbeyi: linking stigmatic pollen loads to reproductive output in the field

2016Annals of BotanyRole: text_match

student_paper

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

2016Role: text_match

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

The Effects of Ants on Ecosystem Dynamics: Investigating the Ecological Influence of Ant Nests in the Rocky Mountains

2016Role: text_match

student_paper

Effects of Alpine Shrub Cover on Territorial Male White-Crown Sparrows Densities.

2015Role: 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: text_match

student_paper

Expansion of herbaria data based on historically surveyed herbaceous plants in the Crested Butte area, Colorado.

2014Role: text_match

student_paper

Influence of elevation on the sexual dimorphic gap in mountain white-crowned sparrows (Zonotrichia leucophrys oriantha).

2014Role: text_match

student_paper

Plant Successional Changes Over 67 Years on the Gothic Earthflow.

2014Role: text_match

article

Stimulation of flower nectar replenishment by removal: a survey of eleven animal-pollinated plant species

2014Journal of Pollination EcologyRole: text_match

student_paper

Measuring the influence of phylogenetic relationships on floral visitation

2013Role: text_match

article

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

2013Arctic, Antarctic, and Alpine ResearchRole: text_match

student_paper

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

2012Role: text_match

article

Asynchronous changes in phenology of migrating Broad-tailed Hummingbirds and their early season nectar resources

2012EcologyRole: text_match

student_paper

Does nutrient enrichment interact with Castilleja miniata to alter plant communities in montane meadows?

2012Role: text_match

article

Local geographic distributions of bumble bees near Crested Butte, Colorado: Competition and community structure revisited

2012Environmental EntomologyRole: text_match

article

Polyploidy in Indian paintbrush (Castilleja; Orobanchaccae) species shapes but does not prevent gene flow across species boundaries

2012American Journal of BotanyRole: text_match

thesis

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

2012Role: text_match

student_paper

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

2011Role: text_match

student_paper

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

2011Role: text_match

student_paper

The effects of hemiparasitism by Castilleja spp on community structure in alpine ecosystems

2011Role: study subject

student_paper

Testing the predictions of the Maximum Information Entropy Theory for abundance and energy distributions on the Gothic earthflow

2010Role: text_match

student_paper

A test of species-area theory on a high disturbance area of the Gothic earthflow

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

student_paper

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

2009Role: text_match

student_paper

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

2009Role: text_match

student_paper

Species richness along an elevational gradient

2009Role: text_match

student_paper

Species richness along elevation gradient and possible correlation factors

2009Role: text_match

article

Tangled trios?: Characterizing a hybrid zone in Castilleja (Orobanchaceae)

2009American Journal of BotanyRole: text_match

student_paper

Climate Change is Causing A Decline in Bombus occidentalis by Reducing its Floral Resources

2008Role: text_match

article

Interactions between nectar robbers and seed predators mediated by a shared host plant, Ipomopsis aggregata

2008OecologiaRole: text_match

article

Context-dependent pollinator behavior: An explanation for patterns of hybridization among three species of Indian paintbrush

2007EvolutionRole: text_match

student_paper

Pollination subsidies between wetland and dry meadow habitats

2007Role: text_match

thesis

Floral larceny: Implications, resistance, and the potential for tolerance

2006Role: text_match

student_paper

Hybridization and pollinator behavior in Castilleja (Orobanchaceae)

2006Role: study subject

student_paper

Effects of Interspecific Pollen Transfer (IPT) in a Specialist and a Generalist Flower

2005Role: text_match

student_paper

The effects of Castilleja miniata's parasitic relationship with Delphinium nuttallianum on pollinator visitation and pollination success

2005Role: study subject

article

Direct and indirect effects of pollinators and seed predators to selection on plant and floral traits

2004OikosRole: text_match

article

The dual role of floral traits: pollinator attraction and plant defense

2004EcologyRole: 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: text_match

student_paper

Effects of nectar availability, floral display, and herbivore damage on pollinator visitation rates in Castilleja miniata and Castilleja linariifolia

2002Role: text_match

article

Host effects on herbivory and pollination in a hemiparasitic plant

2002EcologyRole: text_match

article

INFLUENCE OF PLANT ABUNDANCE ON POLLINATION AND SELECTION ON FLORAL TRAITS OFIPOMOPSIS AGGREGATA

2002EcologyRole: text_match

article

Influence of plant abundance on pollination and selection on floral traits of Ipomopsis aggregata

2002EcologyRole: text_match

article

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

2001OecologiaRole: text_match

thesis

Herbivory and pollination in hemiparasitic plants: effects of host plant and host-obtained alkaloids

2000Role: text_match

article

Interspecific pollen transfer as a mechanism of competition: effect of Castilleja linariaefolia pollen on seed set of Ipomopsis aggregata

2000Canadian Journal of BotanyRole: text_match

article

Effects of Local Density on Pollination and Reproduction in Delphinium nuttallianum and Aconitum columbianum (Ranunculaceae)

1999American Journal of BotanyRole: text_match

chapter

Invertebrates in Freshwater Wetlands of North America: Ecology and Management

1999Role: text_match

article

Pollination of Ipomopsis aggregata (Polemoniacea): Effects of Intra-vs. Interspecific competition

1999American Journal of BotanyRole: text_match

article

Analyzing pollinator-mediated selection in a plant hybrid zone: hummingbird visitation patterns on three spatial scales

1997American NaturalistRole: text_match

student_paper

Effects of interspecific pollen transfer between Ipomopsis aggregata and Castilleja linaerifolia (a case study of I. aggregata)

1997Role: text_match

article

Effects of floral traits, pollinator visitation, and plant size on Ipomopsis aggregata fruit production

1994American NaturalistRole: text_match

student_paper

Competition for pollination in two montane plants: visitation and pollen load differences in Ipomopsis aggregata and Castilleja linarifolia

1992Role: text_match

article

Conservation Lessons from long-term studies of Checkerspot Butterflies

1987Conservation BiologyRole: text_match

student_paper

Comparison of pollinators on Castilleja miniata and Castilleja sulphurea

1986Role: text_match

article

Local geographic distributions of bumblebees near Crested Butte, Colorado: competition and community structure

1982EcologyRole: text_match

article

Competition for bumblebee pollinators in Rocky Mountain plant communities

1980EcologyRole: text_match

article

Skewed flowering distributions and pollinator attraction

1980EcologyRole: text_match

article

Aboveground productivity and floristic structure of a high subalpine herbaceous meadow

1979Arctic and Alpine ResearchRole: text_match

article

Competition for hummingbird pollination and sequential flowering in two Colorado wildflowers

1978EcologyRole: text_match

article

Checkerspot butterflies: a historical perspective

1975ScienceRole: text_match

student_paper

Castilleja of the Gunnison Basin

1974Role: text_match

student_paper

A study of plant succession on the Gothic earthflow

1969Role: text_match

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Vegetation and environmental patterns in the Crested Butte area, Gunnison County, Colorado

1962Ecological MonographsRole: text_match

student_paper

Morphological variation in Castilleja

0Role: text_match

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

Castilleja

Local Knowledge Graph (Top 77 entities)

Publications (104)

Abiotic influences on intraspecific trait variation in montane species with varied life histories

Hemiparasitic Castilleja presence is correlated with increased plant biodiversity across montane plant communities

How does long-term, low level nitrogen addition affect plant floral traits?

The Relationship between Color, Nectar Concentration, and Broad-Tailed Hummingbird Visitation of Typical and Atypical Hummingbird Flowers

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

Phylogeny does not predict the outcome of heterospecific pollen–pistil interactions in a species-rich alpine plant community

Picky eater? How different environmental factors affect broad-tailed hummingbirds’ (Selasphorus platycercus) foraging patterns in the Rocky Mountains

Documents (14)

1980

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

Biologically Significant Areas in Gunnison County Colorado

Biologically Significant Areas in Gunnison County Colorado

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

Sheep Grazing above Timberline in the San Juan National Forest

Species Endangerment Patterns in the United States

Co-occurring Species

Ipomopsis aggregata

Delphinium

Erigeron

Lupinus

Potentilla

Mertensia

Senecio

Delphinium barbeyi

Taraxacum officinale

Castilleja sulphurea

Picky eater? How different environmental factors affect broad-tailed hummingbirds’ (Selasphorus platycercus) foraging patterns in the Rocky Mountains

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

The Impact of Delphinium nuttallianum and Ipomopsis aggregata Phenology on Broad-tailed Hummingbird (Selasphorus platycercus) Visitation Patterns

The Impact of Delphinium nuttallianum and Ipomopsis aggregata Phenology on Broad tailed Hummingbird (Selasphorus platycercus) Visitation Patterns

Host specificity of hemiparasitic Castilleja and its influence on plant community diversity.

Environmental and Genetic Effects of Elevation on Plant Defense

Legume germination is delayed in dry soils and in sterile soils devoid of microbial mutualists: Species-specific implications for upward range expansions

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

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

Tritrophic mutualisms in a changing climate

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

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

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

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

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

Intraspecific flower color variation along elevation gradients

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

Parasitism modifies the direct effects of warming on a hemiparasite and its host

Atypical flowers can be as profitable as typical hummingbird flowers

Conditional Exploitation and Context-Dependent Fitness Consequences of Pollination Mutualisms

Hemiparasitic plants increase alpine plant richness and evenness but reduce arbuscular mycorrhizal fungal colonization in dominant plant species

Effects of road dust on the pollination and reproduction of wildflowers

The Role of <i>Castilleja spp.</i> In Plant and Mycorrhizae Communities Within Various Climates

Bill Morphology and Niche Partitioning in <i>Selasphorus platycercus</i>

Competitive context drives pollinator behavior: linking foraging plasticity, natural pollen deposition, and plant reproduction.

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

Heterospecific pollen deposition in <i>Delphinium barbeyi</i>: linking stigmatic pollen loads to reproductive output in the field

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

The Effects of Ants on Ecosystem Dynamics: Investigating the Ecological Influence of Ant Nests in the Rocky Mountains

Effects of Alpine Shrub Cover on Territorial Male White-Crown Sparrows Densities.

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

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

Expansion of herbaria data based on historically surveyed herbaceous plants in the Crested Butte area, Colorado.

Influence of elevation on the sexual dimorphic gap in mountain white-crowned sparrows (Zonotrichia leucophrys oriantha).

Plant Successional Changes Over 67 Years on the Gothic Earthflow.

Stimulation of flower nectar replenishment by removal: a survey of eleven animal-pollinated plant species

Measuring the influence of phylogenetic relationships on floral visitation

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

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

Asynchronous changes in phenology of migrating Broad-tailed Hummingbirds and their early season nectar resources

Does nutrient enrichment interact with <i>Castilleja miniata</i> to alter plant communities in montane meadows?

Local geographic distributions of bumble bees near Crested Butte, Colorado: Competition and community structure revisited

Polyploidy in Indian paintbrush (<i>Castilleja</i>; Orobanchaccae) species shapes but does not prevent gene flow across species boundaries

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