Callitriche stagnalis Scop.
pond water-starwort
Plantaginaceae (Mare's-tail family)
(Previously in Callitrichaceae)
Introduction to Vascular Plants
pond water-starwort
Plantaginaceae (Mare's-tail family)
(Previously in Callitrichaceae)
Introduction to Vascular Plants
Species Information
General:
Aquatic or semi-aquatic perennial rooting in mud; stems 3-15 cm long, leaf bases joined by small winged ridges.
Leaves:
All opposite, linear and single-nerved to broadly egg- or spoon-shaped and 3- to 5-nerved, 1 cm wide.
Flowers:
Inflorescence of tiny inconspicuous flowers borne with bracts, white; female flowers stalkless or short-stalked; styles sometimes reflexed.
Fruits:
Achene-like, 4, each 1-seeded, 1-1.5 mm long, conspicuously wing-margined all around, minutely 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 Callitriche stagnalis
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) |
0 | 0 | 0 |
| Slope
Gradient (%) |
0 | 0 | 2 |
|
Aspect (degrees) |
0 | ||
| Soil
Moisture Regime (SMR) [0 - very xeric; 4 - mesic; 8 - hydric] |
6 | 6 | 7 |
| Modal
Nutrient Regime
Class |
E | ||
| #
of field plots species was recorded in: |
3 | ||
| Modal
BEC Zone Class |
CWH | ||
|
All BEC Zones (# of stations/zone) species was recorded in |
CWH(3) | ||
|
Source:
Klinkenberg 2013
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