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Chamerion angustifolium ssp. angustifolium (fireweed) — RMBL Knowledge Commons

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Chamerion angustifolium ssp. angustifolium

Common names: fireweed, Epilobium angustifolium

Taxonomy: Plantae > Tracheophyta > Magnoliopsida > Myrtales > Onagraceae

Roles: study subject, host plant, avoided food

ITIS TSN: 566019

Synonyms: Epilobium angustifolium, fireweed, Chamaenerion (Epilobium) angustifolium, chamaenerion_angustifolium

External: RMBL Collections · iNaturalist · iDigBio · GenBank

Papers: 47 | Mentions: 56

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Knowledge graph centered on Chamerion angustifolium ssp. angustifolium with 73 nodes and 227 connections. Top connected: Rocky Mountain Biological Laboratory, Gothic, Crested Butte, Delphinium, Bombus.

Publications (52)

Effects of water availability on the floral traits of Heterotheca villosa.

2026Role: text_match

Temperature and relative humidity effects on nectar quantity, nectar quality, and plant-pollinator interactions

2025Role: text_match

Earlier snow melt and reduced summer precipitation alter floral traits important to pollination

2022Global Change BiologyRole: text_match

Earlier snow melt and reduced summer precipitation alter floral traits important to pollination

2022Global Change BiologyRole: reference species

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

2021Frontiers of Ecology & EvolutionRole: text_match

The effect of early snowmelt on pollination: A study of four Rocky Mountain subalpine plant species

2021Role: text_match

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

2021Role: study subject

Impacts of snowmelt timing and precipitation on the expression of vegetative traits and floral traits in <i>Ipomopsis aggregata</i>

Documents (4)

technical report

1980

technical report

1980

Homestake Mining Company Pitch Project Environmental Statement

environmental assessment

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

Co-occurring Species

Ipomopsis aggregata

Polemoniaceae41 shared papers

Delphinium

Ranunculaceae34 shared papers

Bombus

Apidae27 shared papers

Delphinium barbeyi

Ranunculaceae25 shared papers

Potentilla

Rosaceae24 shared papers

Artemisia tridentata

Asteraceae23 shared papers

Mertensia

Boraginaceae23 shared papers

Senecio

Asteraceae22 shared papers

Erigeron

Asteraceae21 shared papers

Lupinus

Fabaceae21 shared papers

2020Role: text_match

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

2020Functional EcologyRole: study subject

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

2020Role: text_match

Phenotypic plasticity of floral volatiles in response to increasing drought stress

2019American Journal of BotanyRole: text_match

Quantifying Nectar Resources in Bumble Bee Visited Plants

2019Role: study subject

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

2018Role: study subject

Comparing Plant-Pollinator Network Structure between Drought and Non-Drought Years

2018Role: host plant

Conditional Exploitation and Context-Dependent Fitness Consequences of Pollination Mutualisms

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

Traditional plant functional groups explain variation in economic but not size related traits across the tundra biome

2018Global ecology and biogeographyRole: study subject

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

2017Role: text_match

Shifts in water availability mediate plantâ€“pollinator interactions

2017New PhytologistRole: text_match

Comparing clines in floral and vegetative traits along an elevation gradient in an <i>Ipomopsis</i> hybrid zone

2016Role: text_match

Drought, pollen and nectar availability, and pollination success

2016EcologyRole: text_match

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

2016EcosphereRole: host plant

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

2016Global Change BiologyRole: text_match

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

2014NaturwissenschaftenRole: text_match

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

2012Environmental EntomologyRole: text_match

Plant responses to the joint effects of herbivores and pollinators

2012Role: study subject

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

2011Role: study subject

Emergence of a mid-season period of low floral resources in a montane meadow ecosystem associated with climate change

2011Journal of EcologyRole: text_match

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

2011Role: text_match

The effect of ants on the population dynamics of <i>Hamiltonella defensa</i> a protective symbiont of aphids

2011Annals of Entomological Society of AmericaRole: text_match

The effect of ants on the population dynamics of <i>Hamiltonella defensa</i> a protective symbiont of aphids

2011Role: habitat component

The effect of ants on the population dynamics of <i>Hamiltonella defensa</i> a protective symbiont of aphids

2011Role: text_match

The effect of ants on the population dynamics of <i>Hamiltonella defensa</i> a protective symbiont of aphids

2011Annals of Entomological Society of AmericaRole: habitat component

Variation in host plant sex mediates ant-aphid interactions

2009Role: text_match

Mechanisms of tolerance to floral larceny in two animal-pollinated wildflowers, <i>Polemonium viscosum</i> and <i>Ipomopsis aggregata</i>

2008EcologyRole: text_match

Reciprocal benefits in a plant-pollinator mutualism

2008Role: text_match

Pollination subsidies between wetland and dry meadow habitats

2007Role: text_match

Pollination subsidies between wetland and dry meadow habitats

2007Role: study subject

The effects of water and phosphorus on floral traits and nectar production of <i>Ipomopsis aggregata</i>

2007Role: text_match

The Effects of Distance From a Yellow-Bellied Marmot Burrow on Plant Diversity

2004Role: avoided food

Impact of nectar robbing on estimates of pollen flow: conceptual predictions and emperical outcomes

2003EcologyRole: text_match

Observations on plant choice by foraging yellow-bellied marmots

2003Oecologia MontanaRole: text_match

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

2001OecologiaRole: text_match

A trade-off between the frequency and duration of bumblebee visits to flowers

1998OecologiaRole: text_match

Hypothesis concerning the causes of the disappearance of boreal toads from the mountains of Colorado

1993Conservation BiologyRole: text_match

Hypothesis concerning the causes of the disappearance of boreal toads from the mountains of Colorado

1993Conservation BiologyRole: study subject

Sources of variation in plant reproductive success, and implications for concepts of sexual selection

1989American NaturalistRole: text_match

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

1982EcologyRole: habitat component

Optimal foraging in bumblebees: calculation of net rate of energy intake and optimal patch choice

1980Theoretical Population BiologyRole: food plant referenced for B. v

Aboveground productivity and floristic structure of a high subalpine herbaceous meadow

1979Arctic and Alpine ResearchRole: text_match

Optimal foraging in bumblebees and coevolution with their plants

1978OecologiaRole: host plant / study subject

Behavioral and environmental factors in the spatial distribution and population dynamics of a yellow-bellied marmot population

1974EcologyRole: food plant

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

1962Ecological MonographsRole: habitat component