Artemisia suksdorfii Piper
Suksdorf's mugwort (coastal mugwort; coastal wormwood)
Asteraceae (Aster family)
Introduction to Vascular Plants
Suksdorf's mugwort (coastal mugwort; coastal wormwood)
Asteraceae (Aster family)
Introduction to Vascular Plants
Species Information
General:
Perennial herb from a short, stout rhizome; stems erect, stout, clustered, 0.5-1.5 m tall
Leaves:
Stem leaves numerous, white- to grey-woolly beneath, green and glabrous or glabrate on the upper side, broadly lanceolate to oblanceolate or elliptic, entire or toothed or coarsely lobed below, 8-15 cm long, 1.5-5 cm wide, reduced upwards.
Flowers:
Heads disciform, numerous in a branched, elongate inflorescence; involucres oblong or nearly egg-shaped, 3-4 mm tall; involucral bracts broadly lanceolate, finely woolly-hairy or glabrate, yellowish-green and shiny; receptacles glabrous; female flowers 3-7; disk flowers 2-8.
Fruits:
Achenes glabrous.
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 Artemisia suksdorfii
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) |
5 | 5 | 5 |
| Slope
Gradient (%) |
0 | 0 | 0 |
|
Aspect (degrees) |
0 | ||
| Soil
Moisture Regime (SMR) [0 - very xeric; 4 - mesic; 8 - hydric] |
5 | 5 | 5 |
| Modal
Nutrient Regime
Class |
E | ||
| #
of field plots species was recorded in: |
1 | ||
| Modal
BEC Zone Class |
CWH | ||
|
All BEC Zones (# of stations/zone) species was recorded in |
CWH(1) | ||
|
Source:
Klinkenberg 2013
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