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Penstemon strictus (Rocky Mountain penstemon) — RMBL Knowledge Commons

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Penstemon strictus

Common names: Rocky Mountain penstemon

Taxonomy: Plantae > Tracheophyta > Magnoliopsida > Lamiales > Plantaginaceae

Roles: study subject

ITIS TSN: 33772

External: RMBL Collections · iNaturalist · iDigBio · GenBank

Papers: 21 | Mentions: 25

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Knowledge graph centered on Penstemon strictus with 75 nodes and 268 connections. Top connected: Hummingbird, Bombus, Ipomopsis, Ligusticum porteri, Delphinium.

Publications (21)

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

2025Role: text_match

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

2023Role: text_match

Trade-off mitigation: a conceptual framework for understanding floral adaptation in multispecies interactions

2021Biological ReviewsRole: text_match

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

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

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

2019Plant EcologyRole: text_match

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

2019Role: study subject

Documents (3)

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

Penstemon

Plantaginaceae25 shared papers

I. aggregata

15 shared papers

Ipomopsis

Polemoniaceae14 shared papers

Bombus

Apidae14 shared papers

Ipomopsis aggregata

Polemoniaceae13 shared papers

Aquilegia

Ranunculaceae11 shared papers

Delphinium

Ranunculaceae11 shared papers

Lupinus

Fabaceae10 shared papers

Bombus vosnesenskii

Apidae10 shared papers

Castilleja

Orobanchaceae10 shared papers

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Selection for early reproduction in the solitary bee <i>Hoplitis fulgida</i>

2017Role: text_match

Variability in the effectiveness of <i>Penstemon strictus</i> pollinators and the role that water availability plays

2017Role: text_match

The Changing Floral Color Landscape Across an Alpine Elevation Gradient

2016Role: text_match

Plant Successional Changes Over 67 Years on the Gothic Earthflow.

2014Role: text_match

Activity and abundance of bumble bees near Crested Butte, CO: diel, seasonal, and elevation effects

2011Ecological EntomologyRole: text_match

Nectar and pollen rewards of invasive plants and their native congeners

2010Role: text_match

Effects of nectar robbing on nectar dynamics and bumblebee foraging strategies in Linaria vulgaris

2005OikosRole: text_match

The ecology of pollination and nectar robbing in Linaria vulgaris in the Colorado Rocky Mountains

2004TSpaceRole: text_match

Pollen transfer by hummingbirds and bumblebees, and divergence of pollination modes in <i>Penstemon</i>

2003EvolutionRole: text_match

Estimating species-area relationships from plot to landscape scale using species spatial-turnover data

1999OikosRole: text_match

Trapline foraging by bumblebees: I. Persistence of flight-path geometry

1996Behavioral EcologyRole: text_match

Genetic variation in <i>Penstemon strictus</i>: effects of island habitats

1994Role: text_match

Temperate region interactions between ants and <i>Penstemon strictus</i>

1994Role: text_match

A study of plant succession on the Gothic earthflow

1969Role: text_match