Solidago nemoralis Aiton
Field Goldenrod (Canada Goldenrod; dyersweed goldenrod; gray goldenrod)
Asteraceae (Aster family)
Introduction to Vascular Plants
Field Goldenrod (Canada Goldenrod; dyersweed goldenrod; gray goldenrod)
Asteraceae (Aster family)
Introduction to Vascular Plants
SUBTAXA PRESENT IN BC
Solidago nemoralis ssp. decemflora
Species Information
General:
Perennial herb from a fibrous-rooted, branching woody stem-base; stems erect, solitary to several, branched above, densely hairy with minute loosely-spreading hairs throughout, 10-60 cm tall.
Leaves:
Basal leaves tufted and persistent, oblanceolate or broader, long-stalked, 5-25 cm long, 8-30 mm wide, toothed; weakly 3-nerved, hairy with short, fine, spreading hairs; stem leaves similar, alternate, progressively reduced upwards.
Flowers:
Heads with ray and disk flowers, numerous in an open, often elongate inflorescence, nodding at the apex or sometimes on more evidently1-sided branches; involucres 4-6 mm tall; involucral bracts lanceolate, obtuse to rounded, glabrous, margins hairy near the tips; ray flowers yellow, about 5-9, 4.5-6 mm long; disk flowers yellow, 5-9.
Fruits:
Achenes short-hairy; pappus of numerous white hairlike bristles.
USDA Species Characteristics
Flower Colour:
Yellow
Blooming Period:
Summer
Fruit/Seed characteristics:
Colour: Brown
Present from Summer to Fall
Source: The USDA
Ecology
Ecological Framework for Solidago nemoralis
The table below shows the species-specific information calculated from
original data (BEC database) provided by the BC Ministry of Forests and Range.
(Updated August, 2013)
The table below shows the species-specific information calculated from
original data (BEC database) provided by the BC Ministry of Forests and Range.
(Updated August, 2013)
| Site Information |
Value / Class |
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Avg |
Min |
Max |
|
| Elevation
(metres) |
1073 | 650 | 1290 |
| Slope
Gradient (%) |
0 | 0 | 0 |
|
Aspect (degrees) |
0 | ||
| Soil
Moisture Regime (SMR) [0 - very xeric; 4 - mesic; 8 - hydric] |
6 | 5 | 7 |
| Modal
Nutrient Regime
Class |
D | ||
| #
of field plots species was recorded in: |
3 | ||
| Modal
BEC Zone Class |
ICH | ||
|
All BEC Zones (# of stations/zone) species was recorded in |
ICH(2), PP(1) | ||
|
Source:
Klinkenberg 2013
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