Ericameria nauseosa (Pall. ex Pursh) G.L. Nesom & Baird
common rabbit-brush
Asteraceae (Aster family)
Introduction to Vascular Plants
common rabbit-brush
Asteraceae (Aster family)
Introduction to Vascular Plants
SUBTAXA PRESENT IN BC
Ericameria nauseosa var. speciosa
Species Information
General:
Perennial shrub; stems much branched, densely woolly, 0.5-1.3 (2.0) m tall.
Leaves:
Threadlike to linear-lanceolate, 1-7 cm long, 1-4 mm wide, 1-3 nerved, grey- to white-woolly.
Flowers:
Heads discoid, numerous in a compact terminal cluster; involucres 7-13 mm tall; involucral bracts 20-25, strongly graduated, obtuse or abruptly sharp-pointed, mostly linear-lanceolate to lanceolate; more or less woolly; disk flowers usually 5, 8-13 mm long, yellow.
Fruits:
Achenes appressed, short-hairy; pappus whitish, of numerous hairlike bristles.
Ecology
Ecological Framework for Ericameria nauseosa
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 |
||
|
Avg |
Min |
Max |
|
| Elevation
(metres) |
685 | 184 | 1772 |
| Slope
Gradient (%) |
30 | 0 | 170 |
|
Aspect (degrees) |
199 | 0 | 360 |
| Soil
Moisture Regime (SMR) [0 - very xeric; 4 - mesic; 8 - hydric] |
2 | 0 | 7 |
| Modal
Nutrient Regime
Class |
C | ||
| #
of field plots species was recorded in: |
818 | ||
| Modal
BEC Zone Class |
BG | ||
|
All BEC Zones (# of stations/zone) species was recorded in |
BG(429), IDF(191), MS(1), PP(173) | ||
|
Source:
Klinkenberg 2013
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Habitat and Range
Currently not available.Status Information
Synonyms
Synonyms and Alternate Names:
Chrysothamnus nauseosus (Pallas) Britton