Phyllodoce glanduliflora (Hook.) Coville
yellow mountain-heather (yellow mountainheath)
Ericaceae (Crowberry family)
Introduction to Vascular Plants
yellow mountain-heather (yellow mountainheath)
Ericaceae (Crowberry family)
Introduction to Vascular Plants
Species Information
General:
Low, matted shrub; stems erect or ascending, 10-40 cm tall, finely glandular-hairy.
Leaves:
Alternate, evergreen, spreading-ascending, linear, 4-12 mm long, 1-2 mm wide, grooved beneath, finely glandular-hairy, margins appearing to be rolled under and blunt-toothed.
Flowers:
Several to many, nodding to erect in terminal clusters; flower stalks 2-3 cm long, densely glandular-hairy; corollas yellowish to greenish-white, narrowly urn-shaped, 5-9 mm long, glandular-hairy externally, the lobes spreading; calyx lobes greenish, narrowly lance-shaped, 3-5 mm long, sharp-pointed, glandular-hairy; filaments hairy, anthers purplish.
Fruits:
Capsules, nearly globe-shaped, 3-5 mm long, nearly as wide, glandular-hairy.
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 Phyllodoce glanduliflora
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) |
1988 | 22 | 3000 |
| Slope
Gradient (%) |
27 | 0 | 220 |
|
Aspect (degrees) |
176 | 0 | 360 |
| Soil
Moisture Regime (SMR) [0 - very xeric; 4 - mesic; 8 - hydric] |
3 | 0 | 7 |
| Modal
Nutrient Regime
Class |
C | ||
| #
of field plots species was recorded in: |
790 | ||
| Modal
BEC Zone Class |
ESSF | ||
|
All BEC Zones (# of stations/zone) species was recorded in |
AT(98), BAFA(64), CMA(41), CWH(4), ESSF(378), IMA(84), MH(22), MS(4), SBPS(1), SBS(4), SWB(14) | ||
|
Source:
Klinkenberg 2013
|
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Habitat and Range
Dry to moist open forest, meadows, and heath in the upper montane to alpine zones; frequent throughout BC; N to SE AK, YT, and NT, E to W AB, and S to OR and WY.Status Information
Synonyms
Synonyms and Alternate Names:
Phyllodoce aleutica subsp. glanduliflora (Hook.) Hultén