Plantae > Tracheophyta > Magnoliopsida > Apiales > Apiaceae > Heracleum sphondylium > Heracleum sphondylium var. nipponicum

Heracleum sphondylium var. nipponicum (cow parsnip; cowparsnip; common cowparsnip)

Synonyms: Heracleum lanatum f. rubriflorum; Heracleum nipponicum; Heracleum sphondylium f. rubriflora

Attributes

Bloom Period [1]  Early Summer
Drought Tolerance [1]  Low
Fire Tolerance [1]  High
Frost Free Days [1]  3 months 20 days
Fruit/Seed Abundance [1]  High
Fruit/Seed Begin [1]  Summer
Fruit/Seed End [1]  Summer
Growth Form [1]  Multiple Stem
Growth Period [1]  Spring, Summer
Growth Rate [1]  Moderate
Hazards [1]  Slight Toxicity
Leaf Type [1]  Deciduous
Lifespan [1]  Perennial
Propagation [1]  Seed
Regrowth Rate [1]  Slow
Root Depth [1]  12 inches (30 cm)
Seed Spread Rate [1]  Rapid
Seed Vigor [1]  Medium
Seeds Per [1]  47569 / lb (104872 / kg)
Shape/Orientation [1]  Erect
Structure [2]  Herb
Vegetative Spread Rate [1]  Moderate
Flower Color [1]  White
Foliage Color [1]  Green
Fruit Color [1]  Brown
Flower Conspicuous [1]  Yes
Height [1]  7.872 feet (2.4 m)
Hardiness Zone Minimum [1]  USDA Zone: 3 Low Temperature: -40 F° (-40 C°) → -30 F° (-34.4 C°)
Light Preference [1]  Full Sun
Soil Acidity [1]  Neutral
Soil Fertility [1]  Intermediate
Water Use [1]  High
Screening - Summer [1]  Porous
Screening - Winter [1]  Porous

Protected Areas

Predators

Aplodontia rufa californica[3]
Aplodontia rufa humboldtiana[3]
Aplodontia rufa nigra (Point Arena mountain beaver)[3]
Aplodontia rufa phaea[3]
Marmota vancouverensis (Vancouver marmot)[4]

Providers

External References

USDA Plant Profile

Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
♦ 1USDA Plants Database, U. S. Department of Agriculture
♦ 2Kattge, J. et al. (2011b) TRY - a global database of plant traits Global Change Biology 17:2905-2935
♦ 3An Ecological Survey of Endemic MOUNTAIN BEAVERS (Aplodontia rufa) in California, 1979-83, Dale T. Steele', State of California, THE RESOURCES AGENCY, Department of Fish and Game
♦ 4Marmota vancouverensis, David G. Nagorsen, MAMMALIAN SPECIES No. 270, pp. 1-5 (1987)
♦ 5Robertson, C. Flowers and insects lists of visitors of four hundred and fifty three flowers. 1929. The Science Press Printing Company Lancaster, PA.
♦ 6Clements, R. E., and F. L. Long. 1923, Experimental pollination. An outline of the ecology of flowers and insects. Washington, D.C., USA, Carnegie Institute of Washington.
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