Geranium bicknellii Britton
Bicknell's geranium (Bicknell's crane's-bill)
Geraniaceae (Geranium family)
Introduction to Vascular Plants
Bicknell's geranium (Bicknell's crane's-bill)
Geraniaceae (Geranium family)
Introduction to Vascular Plants
Species Information
General:
Annual to biennial herb from a taproot; stems decumbent to erect, much-branched, spreading-hairy, often glandular above, 5-60 cm tall.
Leaves:
Basal leaves few, reduced and soon deciduous; stem leaves opposite, triangular to rounded in outline, 2-7 cm wide, palmately divided into 5 segments, these cleft or toothed 1/2 their length, hairy.
Flowers:
Inflorescence of 2 flowers per stalk, the stalk axillary or terminal and 1.5 to 3 times the length of the sepals; petals pink, 4-8 mm long, notched at the tip; sepals equal to the petals, bristle-tipped, the tips 1-2 mm long; stamens 10, fertile, not fused.
Fruits:
Carpels, hairy, not wrinkled; styles 1.6-1.9 cm long, the beak 4-5 mm long; seeds oblong, net-veined and pitted.
Illustration
If more than one illustration is available for a species (e.g., separate illustrations were provided for two subspecies) then links to the separate images will be provided below. Note that individual subspecies or varietal illustrations are not always available.
Illustration Source: The Illustrated Flora of British Columbia
Ecology
Ecological Framework for Geranium bicknellii
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) |
882 | 25 | 1639 |
| Slope
Gradient (%) |
27 | 0 | 136 |
|
Aspect (degrees) |
191 | 7 | 350 |
| Soil
Moisture Regime (SMR) [0 - very xeric; 4 - mesic; 8 - hydric] |
3 | 0 | 5 |
| Modal
Nutrient Regime
Class |
C | ||
| #
of field plots species was recorded in: |
104 | ||
| Modal
BEC Zone Class |
SBS | ||
|
All BEC Zones (# of stations/zone) species was recorded in |
BWBS(3), CDF(1), CWH(1), ESSF(1), ICH(2), IDF(7), MS(1), SBS(50), SWB(2) | ||
|
Source:
Klinkenberg 2013
|
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Habitat and Range
Moist to mesic forest openings, recent burns and seepage areas in the lowland, steppe and montane zones; frequent in BC east of the Coast-Cascade Mountains, common on SE Vancouver Island and the Gulf Islands, infrequent in the lower Fraser Valley, absent elsewhere on the coast; N to AK, YT and NT, E to NF and S to IO, IN, CO, UT and N CA.Status Information
Synonyms
Synonyms and Alternate Names:
Geranium bicknellii var. longipes (S. Watson) Fernald
Geranium carolinianum var. longipes S. Watson
Geranium nemorale Suksd.
Geranium nemorale var. bicknellii (Britton) Fernald