Plantae > Tracheophyta > Magnoliopsida > Rosales > Rosaceae > Geum > Geum rossiiGeum rossii (Ross' avens)Synonyms: Acomastylis nivalis; Acomastylis rossii (homotypic); Acomastylis rossii var. rossii; Acomastylis sericea; Geum filipes; Geum humile; Geum rossii var. humile; Geum rossii var. rossii; Geum sericeum; Geum triflorum (heterotypic); Novosieversia rossii; Potentilla nivalis (heterotypic); Sieversia humilis; Sieversia rossii (homotypic); Sieversia sericea Geum rossii is a species of flowering plant in the rose family known by the common names Ross' avens and alpine avens. It is native to North America where its distribution spans northern Canada and the high mountains of the western United States. It grows at high-latitude and high-elevation habitat, including the Arctic and in alpine climates. There are three varieties. One, var. depressum, is endemic to Washington in the United States, where it is limited to the Wenatchee Mountains. |
Allergen Potential [1] | Low |  | Lifespan [2] | Perennial | Structure [3] | Herb |
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Aniakchak National Monument National Preserve |
Ib |
458519 |
Alaska, United States |
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Aulavik National Park |
II |
3021211 |
Northwest Territories, Canada |
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Denali Biosphere Reserve |
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1932364 |
Alaska, United States |
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Gates of the Arctic National Park |
Ib |
184461 |
Alaska, United States |
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Ivvavik National Park |
II |
2382752 |
Yukon, Canada |
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Lake Clark National Park and Preserve |
Ib |
386679 |
Alaska, United States |
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Nahanni National Park Reserve |
II |
1309627 |
Northwest Territories, Canada |
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Noatak Biosphere Reserve |
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7500143 |
Alaska, United States |
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Yellowstone Biosphere Reserve |
II |
2196863 |
Idaho, Montana, Wyoming, United States |
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Attributes / relations provided by ♦ 1Derived from Allergy-Free Gardening OPALS™, Thomas Leo Ogren (2000) ♦ 2USDA Plants Database, U. S. Department of Agriculture ♦ 3Kattge, J. et al. (2011b) TRY - a global database of plant traits Global Change Biology 17:2905-2935 ♦ 4Marmota caligata (Rodentia: Sciuridae), JANET K. BRAUN, T. SCOTT EATON, JR., AND MICHAEL A. MARES, MAMMALIAN SPECIES 43(884):155–171 (2011) ♦ 5Disparate determinants of summer and winter diet selection of a general herbivore, Ochotona princeps, M. Denise Dearing, Oecologia (1996) 108:467-478 ♦ 6Mosquin, T., and J. E. H. Martin. 1967. Observations on the pollination biology of plants on Melville Island, N.W.T., Canada. Canadian Field Naturalist 81:201-205. |
Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0
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