Veratrum californicum

Common names: veratrum, hellebore, corn lily, Corn lily

Taxonomy: Plantae > Tracheophyta > Magnoliopsida > Liliales > Melanthiaceae

Roles: vegetation component, study subject, community member, mentioned, food plant, dominant vegetation, habitat plant, habitat, habitat component, dominant species, riparian vegetation, habitat indicator species, habitat vegetation, habitat indicator

ITIS TSN: 42757

Synonyms: Veratrum californicum, veratrum, corn lilies, Corn lily, Veratrum

External: RMBL Collections · iNaturalist · iDigBio · GenBank

Papers: 94 | Mentions: 114

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Publications (94)

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Depth of nutrient uptake by deep-rooted plants is regulated by water availability

2026PNASRole: text_match

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Flying by night: Comparing nocturnal pollinator networks over time in the Colorado Rocky Mountains

2025Ecological EntomologyRole: text_match

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Quantifying the effect of petrogenic carbon on SOC turnover for two Rocky Mountain soils: when are petrogenic carbon corrections required?

2025Journal of Geophysical Research: BiogeosciencesRole: dominant vegetation

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Shorter seasonal snow cover poses a risk to solitary bee populations in a mountainous ecosystem

2025Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological SciencesRole: text_match

Veratrum californicum

Local Knowledge Graph (Top 79 entities)

Publications (94)

Depth of nutrient uptake by deep-rooted plants is regulated by water availability

Flying by night: Comparing nocturnal pollinator networks over time in the Colorado Rocky Mountains

Quantifying the effect of petrogenic carbon on SOC turnover for two Rocky Mountain soils: when are petrogenic carbon corrections required?

Shorter seasonal snow cover poses a risk to solitary bee populations in a mountainous ecosystem

The effects of drought on wildflower size and seed set

Variations in bedrock and vegetation cover modulate subsurface water flow dynamics of a mountainous hillslope

Advanced monitoring of soil-vegetation co-dynamics reveals the successive controls of snowmelt on soil moisture and on plant seasonal dynamics in a mountainous watershed

Documents (6)

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

Biologically Significant Areas in Gunnison County Colorado

Moist Forests

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

Vegetation and Wildlife Studies for the Mount Emmons Project

Wetlands of the Crested Butte Region

Co-occurring Species

Veratrum

Veratrum californicum var. californicum

Potentilla gracilis

Potentilla

Potentilla pulcherrima

Potentilla hippiana

Salix lucida subsp. lasiandra

Barbey's Larkspur

Nuttall's Larkspur

Larkspurs

Virus diversity and activity is driven by snowmelt and host dynamics in a high-altitude watershed soil ecosystem

Comparison of Bee Bowls and Netting for Monitoring Native Bees

Habitat selection in a fluctuating ground squirrel population: Density - dependence and fitness consequences

How understory bee communities compare to open meadows in the Rocky Mountains

Life-history traits predict responses of wild bees to climate variation

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

Effects of Climate Variation and Nesting Traits on Sex Ratios of Adult Solitary Bees

Effects of nestling begging behavior on parental food provisioning in the Mountain White-crowned Sparrow

Lagged and dormant season climate better predict plant vital rates than climate during the growing season

Behavioral and spatial dynamics in a fluctuating population of golden-mantled ground squirrels (<i>Callospermophilus lateralis</i>)

Remote Sensing-Informed Zonation for Understanding Snow, Plant and Soil Moisture Dynamics within a Mountain Ecosystem

Soil Respiration Response to Rainfall Modulated by Plant Phenology in a Montane Meadow, East River, Colorado, USA

The Snowmelt Niche Differentiates Three Microbial Life Strategies That Influence Soil Nitrogen Availability During and After Winter

Tracing phenology trends in time and space using herbarium data and citizen science observations in western Colorado

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

Effect of blood parasites on incubation efficiency of <i>Z. l. oriantha</i> in the Colorado Rocky Mountains

Investigating Microtopographic and Soil Controls on a Mountainous Meadow Plant Community Using High-Resolution Remote Sensing and Surface Geophysical Data

Pollinator mediated reproductive consequences of altered co-flowering under climate change depend on abiotic context

The depredation of Mountain White-crowned Sparrow (<i>Zonotrichia leucophyrys oriantha</i>) nests by the golden-mantled ground squirrel (<i>Callospermophilus lateralis</i>) and long-tailed weasel (<i>Mustela frenata</i>)

Trap behavior of <i> Zonotrichia leucophrys oriantha </i> at different elevations in the West Elk Mountains, Colorado

Can Variation of Insect Populations Affect Mountain White-crowned Sparrow Daily Nest Survival?

Effect of blood parasites on secondary sexual characteristics and morphology in mountain white-crowned sparrows

Effects of Climate Change on Plants, Pollinators and Their Interactions

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

The effect of surrounding bloom color on pan trap success in sampling Rocky Mountain bees

White-Crowned Sparrow respond to the alarm calls of local species but do not discriminate among them

Assessing the Role of Oxbow Deposits in Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics within Alpine Watersheds

Does it stay or does it go: exploring seasonal influences on nutrients across topography in a Colorado mountain watershed

Effects of <i>Didymosphenia germinata</i> on American Dipper (<i>Cinclus mexicanus</i>) Territory Size

Effects of Climate Changes on Ecologically Important Bees and Flowers

Effects of Life History Traits in the Mountain White-Crowned Sparrow During Incubation

Factors that affect territory size in Mountain White-Crowned Sparrows (<i>Zonotrichia leucophrys oriantha</i>)

Interannual bumble bee abundance is driven by indirect climate effects on floral resource phenology

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

Shifts in water availability mediate plantâ€“pollinator interactions

Correlation of leaf and community traits and various spectra in meadows along an elevation gradient

Effects of Elevation on Trap Behavior in Mountain White-crowned Sparrows (<i>Zonotrichia leucophrys oriantha</i>)

Temperature and Nestling Development: Temporal Variations in <i>Zonotrichia leucophrys oriantha</i> Feeding Frequency

The Changing Floral Color Landscape Across an Alpine Elevation Gradient

The Effects of Nest-Site Selection and Microclimate on Nest Survival in Sparrows of High Elevation

The Role of Alpine Wetlands as Hot Spots of Dissolved Organic Carbon in the East River, Colorado

Causes and consequences of dominant and subdominant plant species effects on ecosystem function: using above-and belowground traits in an alpine meadow system

Does snowmelt timing affect bumble bee colony abundance?

Habitat Selection in Nicrophoryus investigator and defodiens.

The effect of repeated, lethal sampling on wild bee abundance and diversity

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

Behavioral response of mountain white-crowned sparrows towards an interspecific competitor.

Competitive hierarchy or niche packing? An examination of the effects of competition on community.

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

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

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.

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