E-Flora BC: Electronic Atlas of the Flora of BC

Galium trifidum L.
small bedstraw (threepetal bedstraw)
Rubiaceae (Madder family)

Introduction to Vascular Plants

Ecological Framework for Galium trifidum

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
Site Information	Avg	Min	Max
Elevation (metres)	844	0	2000
Slope Gradient (%)	11	-2	118
Aspect (degrees) [0 - N; 90 - E; 180 - S; 270 - W]	32	0	360
Soil Moisture Regime (SMR) [0 - very xeric; 4 - mesic; 8 - hydric]	5	1	8
Modal Nutrient Regime Class	D
# of field plots species was recorded in:	1453
Modal BEC Zone Class	SBS
All BEC Zones (# of stations/zone) species was recorded in	BAFA(1), BG(4), BWBS(116), CDF(8), CWH(235), ESSF(136), ICH(253), IDF(101), MH(3), MS(61), PP(6), SBPS(52), SBS(361), SWB(11)
Source: Klinkenberg 2013

Scientific Name	Origin Status	Provincial Status	BC List (Red Blue List)	COSEWIC
Galium trifidum ssp. columbianum	Native	S5	Yellow	Not Listed
Galium trifidum ssp. subbiflorum	Native	S4	Yellow	Not Listed
Galium trifidum ssp. trifidum	Native	S4?	Yellow	Not Listed

BC Ministry of Environment: BC Species and Ecosystems Explorer.

Synonyms and Alternate Names:
Asperula tinctoria L.
Galium brandegeei A. Gray p.p.
Galium claytonii Michx.
Galium claytonii var. subbiflorum (Wiegand) Wiegand
Galium columbianum Rydb.
Galium cymosum Wiegand
Galium obtusum var. floridanum (Wiegand) Fernald
Galium obtusum var. ramosum Gleason
Galium subbiflorum (Wiegand) Rydb.
Galium tinctorium subsp. floridanum (Wiegand) Puff
Galium tinctorium var. diversifolium W. Wight
Galium tinctorium var. floridanum Wiegand
Galium tinctorium var. subbiflorum (Wiegand) Fernald
Galium trifidum subsp. brevipes (Fernald & Wiegand) A. Löve & D. Löve
Galium trifidum subsp. pacificum (Wiegand) Piper
Galium trifidum subsp. tinctorium (L.) H. Hara
Galium trifidum var. latifolium Torr.
Galium trifidum var. pacificum Wiegand
Galium trifidum var. pusillum A. Gray
Galium trifidum var. subbiflorum Wiegand
Galium trifidum var. tinctorium (L.) Torr. & A. Gray

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