Silene douglasii Hook.
Douglas' Campion (Douglas' catchfly; Douglas' silene; Mountain Navarretia; seabluff catchfly)
Caryophyllaceae (Pink family)
Introduction to Vascular Plants
Douglas' Campion (Douglas' catchfly; Douglas' silene; Mountain Navarretia; seabluff catchfly)
Caryophyllaceae (Pink family)
Introduction to Vascular Plants
SUBTAXA PRESENT IN BC
Silene douglasii var. douglasii
Species Information
General:
Perennial from a stout taproot and branched stem-base; tufted, often matted; stems decumbent to ascending, several, branched, finely and densely hairy, 10-70 cm tall/long.
Leaves:
Basal leaves mostly matted at the base of the stems, oblanceolate to lanceolate, 2-5 cm long, hairy, stalked, 2-10 mm wide; stem leaves opposite, 1-8 pairs, oblanceolate, 2-8 cm long, becoming smaller and unstalked above, hairy; stipules lacking.
Flowers:
Inflorescence of solitary or more usually 3 flowers; petals 5, creamy white to yellowish or greenish, often tinged with pink or purple, bilobed, 12-16 mm long, stalklike at the bases, the stalks 8-12 mm long; sepals 5, creamy white or pink, greenish or purplish, united, forming a tube 10-15 mm long, inflated and papery in fruit, 10-nerved.
Fruits:
Capsules 1-celled, 8-12 mm long; seeds 1.1-1.5 mm long, reddish-brown, roughened.
Ecology
Ecological Framework for Silene douglasii
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 |
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| Elevation
(metres) |
1321 | 396 | 2312 |
| Slope
Gradient (%) |
37 | 0 | 70 |
|
Aspect (degrees) |
170 | 27 | 360 |
| Soil
Moisture Regime (SMR) [0 - very xeric; 4 - mesic; 8 - hydric] |
2 | 0 | 5 |
| Modal
Nutrient Regime
Class |
B | ||
| #
of field plots species was recorded in: |
53 | ||
| Modal
BEC Zone Class |
ESSF | ||
|
All BEC Zones (# of stations/zone) species was recorded in |
At(2), BG(4), ESSF(15), ICH(3), IDF(9), IMA(1), MS(7), PP(9) | ||
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Source:
Klinkenberg 2013
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