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Frasera speciosa (Monument plant) — RMBL Knowledge Commons

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Frasera speciosa

Common names: Monument plant

Taxonomy: Plantae > Tracheophyta > Magnoliopsida > Gentianales > Gentianaceae

Roles: study subject

ITIS TSN: 502660

External: RMBL Collections · iNaturalist · iDigBio · GenBank

Papers: 43 | Mentions: 56

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Knowledge graph centered on Frasera speciosa with 77 nodes and 270 connections. Top connected: Hummingbird, Bombus, Ipomopsis, Ligusticum porteri, Delphinium.

Publications (43)

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

2025Role: text_match

Improving plant DNA metabarcoding accuracy with ecological filters and Angiosperms353: Field and pollen microscopy validation

2025Applications in Plant SciencesRole: text_match

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

2025Role: text_match

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

2021Role: text_match

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

2021Global Change BiologyRole: text_match

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

2021Role: 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

Documents (4)

technical report

Biologically Significant Areas in Gunnison County Colorado

Moist Forests

technical report

Prospects The Rocky Mountain Biological Laboratory at Gothic

environmental assessment

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

Co-occurring Species

Frasera

Gentianaceae47 shared papers

Delphinium

Ranunculaceae23 shared papers

Mertensia

Boraginaceae19 shared papers

Delphinium barbeyi

Ranunculaceae18 shared papers

I. aggregata

17 shared papers

Aquilegia

Ranunculaceae17 shared papers

Lathyrus

17 shared papers

Erigeron

Asteraceae17 shared papers

Ipomopsis aggregata

Polemoniaceae16 shared papers

Potentilla

Rosaceae16 shared papers

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

2020Role: text_match

Intraspecific flower color variation along elevation gradients

2019Role: text_match

Low to Mid Elevational Resurvey of Bumble bee Distributions in Response to Climate Change

2019Role: text_match

Quantifying Nectar Resources in Bumble Bee Visited Plants

2019Role: text_match

Spectacle in the meadows

2019Gunnison County TimesRole: text_match

Climate Warming Drives Local Extinction in a Subalpine Meadow

2018Mountain ViewsRole: text_match

Rocky Mountain Biological Lab. Ecology of Place: Making Ecology and Evolutionary Biology spatially explicit

2018Mountain ViewsRole: text_match

Rocky Mountain Biological Laboratory, Gothic CO Ecology of Place: Making Ecology and Evolutionary Biology Spatially Explicit

2018Mountain ViewsRole: text_match

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

2017Role: text_match

The Changing Floral Color Landscape Across an Alpine Elevation Gradient

2016Role: text_match

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

2014Forest Ecology and ManagementRole: text_match

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

2014NaturwissenschaftenRole: text_match

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

2013Arctic, Antarctic, and Alpine ResearchRole: text_match

Phenology: An Integrative Environmental Science

2013Role: text_match

Intraspecific variation of specific leaf area along an elevational gradient

2011Role: text_match

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

2011Role: text_match

The effects of dataset length and mast seeding on the demography of Frasera speciosa, a long-lived monocarpic plant

2011EcosphereRole: text_match

The effect of elevation on the phenology and pollination ecology of <i></i>Frasera speciosa<i></i> (Gentianaceae)

2010Role: text_match

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

2009Role: text_match

Reciprocal benefits in a plant-pollinator mutualism

2008Role: text_match

Predicting the effects of nectar robbing on plant reproduction: implications of pollen limitation and plant mating system

2007American Journal of BotanyRole: text_match

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

2006Role: study subject

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

2005Role: text_match

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

2004TSpaceRole: study subject

Observations on plant choice by foraging yellow-bellied marmots

2003Oecologia MontanaRole: text_match

The foraging behavior of bees in response to the floral biology of <i>Frasera speciosa</i> (Gentianaceae)

2003Role: text_match

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

2001OecologiaRole: text_match

Long-term preformation of leaves and inflorescences by a long-lived perennial monocarp, Frasera speciosa (Gentianaceae)

1986American Journal of BotanyRole: text_match

Synchrony and periodicity of flowering in <i>Frasera speciosa</i> (Gentianaceae)

1985EcologyRole: text_match

The effects of plant quality on bumblebee visitation and seed production in <i>Frasera speciosa</i> (Gentianaceae)

1985Role: text_match

Bumblebee foraging patterns on <i>Frasera speciosa</i> inflorescences or, a monumental approach to Gothic queens

1983Role: text_match

A Study of the Population Biology of <i>Frasera Speciosa</i>

1981Role: text_match

Variation in generation time in Frasera speciosa (Gentianaceae), a long-lived perennial monocarp

1980OecologiaRole: text_match

Effect of altitude on <i>Frasera speciosa</i> populations

1973Role: text_match

Monument plant

1973Role: text_match

The ecology of the pollinators and predators of <i>Frasera speciosa</i>

1973EcologyRole: text_match