Artemisia furcata M. Bieb.
three-forked mugwort (forked wormwood)
Asteraceae (Aster family)
Introduction to Vascular Plants
three-forked mugwort (forked wormwood)
Asteraceae (Aster family)
Introduction to Vascular Plants
Photograph
Species Information
General:
Perennial herb with a stout taproot and a simple to branched woody base; stems ascending to erect, glabrate to hairy, 3-35 cm tall.
Leaves:
Mainly basal, sparsely to more often densely silky-hairy, often less hairy or greenish above, leaves usually 2-3 times palmately compound, reduced and sometimes entire above.
Flowers:
Heads disciform, few to numerous in a clustered or slightly branched or narrow inflorescence; involucres cup-shaped, 3-6 mm tall; involucral bracts broadly lanceolate to egg-shaped, sparsely to moderately hairy, the margins brownish, dry and somewhat papery; receptacles glabrous; female flowers 4-10; disk flowers 8-25.
Fruits:
Achenes glabrous.
Ecology
Ecological Framework for Artemisia furcata
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) |
335 | 335 | 335 |
| Slope
Gradient (%) |
55 | 55 | 55 |
|
Aspect (degrees) |
180 | 180 | 180 |
| Soil
Moisture Regime (SMR) [0 - very xeric; 4 - mesic; 8 - hydric] |
1 | 1 | 1 |
| Modal
Nutrient Regime
Class |
E | ||
| #
of field plots species was recorded in: |
1 | ||
| Modal
BEC Zone Class |
BWBS | ||
|
All BEC Zones (# of stations/zone) species was recorded in |
BWBS(1) | ||
|
Source:
Klinkenberg 2013
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