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Cirsium

Common names: thistle, Thistle

Taxonomy: Plantae > Tracheophyta > Magnoliopsida > Asterales > Asteraceae

Roles: host plant, competitor, managed species, study subject

ITIS TSN: 36334

Synonyms: Cirsium spp.

External: RMBL Collections · iNaturalist · iDigBio · GenBank

Papers: 43 | Mentions: 60

Local Knowledge Graph (Top 76 entities)

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Publications (44)

student_paper

A Hard Day’s Buzz: how water availability shapes floral rewards and pollinator foraging on Heliomeris multiflora

2026Role: text_match

student_paper

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

2025Role: text_match

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

student_paper

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

2025Role: study subject

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

Effect of Nitrogen on Linaria vulgaris and Native Species

2024Role: text_match

student_paper

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

Documents (16)

technical report

1980

technical report

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

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

federal proposed rule

Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants; 12-Month Finding on a Petition To List the North American Wolverine as Endangered or Threatened

federal proposed rule

Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants; 12-month Finding on a Petition To Change the Final Listing of the Distinct Population Segment of the Canada Lynx To Include New Mexico

federal proposed rule

Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants; Determination for the Gunnison Sage-grouse as a Threatened or Endangered Species

federal proposed rule

Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants; Endangered Status for Gunnison Sage-Grouse

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Co-occurring Species

2024Role: text_match

thesis

Genetic mechanisms underlying maladaptation in specialized species interactions

2023Role: text_match

article

Removing flowers of a generalist plant changes pollinator visitation, composition, and interaction network structure

2022EcosphereRole: text_match

article

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

2022Journal of Animal EcologyRole: text_match

thesis

The effects of anthropogenic change on pollination in plant-pollinator communities

2021Role: text_match

thesis

Floral reward strategies, visitor behavior, and plant reproductive outcomes

2019Role: text_match

article

Pollen and vegetative secondary chemistry of three pollen-rewarding lupines

2019American Journal of BotanyRole: text_match

student_paper

The Changing Floral Color Landscape Across an Alpine Elevation Gradient

2016Role: text_match

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

student_paper

Potential Effect of Nutrient on Native/Invasive Plants in Disturbed Road-cuts.

2014Role: text_match

thesis

Roles of pollinators, seed predators, and vertebrate herbivores in maintaining females in the gynodioecious Polemonium foliosissimum.

2014Role: text_match

student_paper

Selection on floral traits of Linus lewisii along an elevational gradient.

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

article

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

2012Environmental EntomologyRole: text_match

thesis

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

2012Role: text_match

student_paper

Nectar and pollen rewards of invasive plants and their native congeners

2010Role: text_match

article

Effects of flowering plant density on pollinator visitation, pollen receipt, and seed production in Delphinium barbeyi

2009American Journal of BotanyRole: 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

article

Bridging the generation gap in plants: pollination, parental fecundity, and offspring demography

2008EcologyRole: 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

Changing distributions, changing climate: Using Bombus as an indicator of global warming near Crested Butte, Colorado

2007Role: host plant

article

Life-history consequences of vegetative damage in scarlet gilia, a monocarpic plant

2007OikosRole: 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

student_paper

DOES LINARIA VULGARIS, AN INVASIVE, INTERFERE WITH THE POLLINATION OF THE NATIVE SPECIES, POTENTILLA PULCHERRIMA?

2004Role: competitor

article

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

2004OikosRole: text_match

thesis

The structure of plant-pollinator interactions in montane meadow environments

2004Role: text_match

student_paper

Determining the relationship between an invasive plant, cirsium arvense, and insect species richness

2002Role: text_match

student_paper

The distribution of Cirsium arvense when in the presence of legumes

2002Role: text_match

article

Experimental tests of sex-allocation theory in plants

2000Trends in Ecology and EvolutionRole: text_match

article

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

1982EcologyRole: text_match

article

Pollinator choice and stabilizing selection for flower color in Delphinium nelsonii

1981EvolutionRole: text_match

article

The effect of proboscis and corolla tube lengths on patterns and rates of flower visitation by bumblebees

1980OecologiaRole: text_match

article

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

1962Ecological MonographsRole: text_match

federal rule

Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants; Threatened Status for Gunnison Sage-Grouse

Document

Homestake Mining Company Pitch Project Environmental Statement

Document

Moist Forests

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

Cirsium

Local Knowledge Graph (Top 76 entities)

Publications (44)

A Hard Day’s Buzz: how water availability shapes floral rewards and pollinator foraging on Heliomeris multiflora

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

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

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

Effect of Nitrogen on Linaria vulgaris and Native Species

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

Documents (16)

1980

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

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

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

Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants; 12-Month Finding on a Petition To List the North American Wolverine as Endangered or Threatened

Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants; 12-month Finding on a Petition To Change the Final Listing of the Distinct Population Segment of the Canada Lynx To Include New Mexico

Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants; Determination for the Gunnison Sage-grouse as a Threatened or Endangered Species

Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants; Endangered Status for Gunnison Sage-Grouse

Co-occurring Species

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Taraxacum officinale

Delphinium

Senecio

Castilleja

Penstemon

Lupinus

Thlaspi

Mertensia

Genetic mechanisms underlying maladaptation in specialized species interactions

Removing flowers of a generalist plant changes pollinator visitation, composition, and interaction network structure

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

The effects of anthropogenic change on pollination in plant-pollinator communities

Floral reward strategies, visitor behavior, and plant reproductive outcomes

Pollen and vegetative secondary chemistry of three pollen-rewarding lupines

The Changing Floral Color Landscape Across an Alpine Elevation Gradient

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

Potential Effect of Nutrient on Native/Invasive Plants in Disturbed Road-cuts.

Roles of pollinators, seed predators, and vertebrate herbivores in maintaining females in the gynodioecious <i>Polemonium foliosissimum</i>.

Selection on floral traits of Linus lewisii along an elevational gradient.

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

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

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

Nectar and pollen rewards of invasive plants and their native congeners

Effects of flowering plant density on pollinator visitation, pollen receipt, and seed production in <i>Delphinium barbeyi</i>

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

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

Species richness along an elevational gradient

Bridging the generation gap in plants: pollination, parental fecundity, and offspring demography

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

Reciprocal benefits in a plant-pollinator mutualism

Changing distributions, changing climate: Using <i>Bombus</i> as an indicator of global warming near Crested Butte, Colorado

Life-history consequences of vegetative damage in scarlet gilia, a monocarpic plant

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

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

DOES LINARIA VULGARIS, AN INVASIVE, INTERFERE WITH THE POLLINATION OF THE NATIVE SPECIES, POTENTILLA PULCHERRIMA?

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

The structure of plant-pollinator interactions in montane meadow environments

Determining the relationship between an invasive plant, cirsium arvense, and insect species richness

The distribution of Cirsium arvense when in the presence of legumes

Experimental tests of sex-allocation theory in plants

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

Pollinator choice and stabilizing selection for flower color in Delphinium nelsonii

The effect of proboscis and corolla tube lengths on patterns and rates of flower visitation by bumblebees

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

Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants; Threatened Status for Gunnison Sage-Grouse

Homestake Mining Company Pitch Project Environmental Statement

Moist Forests

Species Endangerment Patterns in the United States

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

Wetlands of the Crested Butte Region