PLANTS Profile for Aquilegia brevistyla (smallflower columbine)

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PLANTS Profile

Aquilegia brevistyla Hook.
smallflower columbine

Symbol:

AQBR

Group:

Dicot

Family:

Ranunculaceae

Duration:

Perennial

Growth Habit:

Forb/herb

Native Status:

L48		N
AK		N
CAN		N

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Line Drawing of Aquilegia brevistyla Hook.

Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913. An illustrated flora of the northern United States, Canada and the British Possessions. 3 vols. Charles Scribner's Sons, New York. Vol. 2: 93. Courtesy of Kentucky Native Plant Society. Scanned by Omnitek Inc. Usage Requirements.

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Aquilegia brevistyla Hook.

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Distribution:
Aquilegia brevistyla Hook.


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USA (AK, MN, MT, SD, WY), CAN (AB, BC, MB, NT, NU, ON, SK, YT)

Related Taxa:
Aquilegia brevistyla Hook.

View 25 genera in Ranunculaceae, 23 species in Aquilegia

Classification:
Aquilegia brevistyla Hook.

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Kingdom	Plantae – Plants
Subkingdom	Tracheobionta – Vascular plants
Superdivision	Spermatophyta – Seed plants
Division	Magnoliophyta – Flowering plants
Class	Magnoliopsida – Dicotyledons
Subclass	Magnoliidae
Order	Ranunculales
Family	Ranunculaceae – Buttercup family
Genus	Aquilegia L. – columbine
Species	Aquilegia brevistyla Hook. – smallflower columbine

Wildlife Habitat Values:

Aquilegia brevistyla Hook.

	Large Mammals		Small Mammals		Water Birds		Terrestrial Birds
Source	Large Mammals Food	Large Mammals Cover	Small Mammals Food	Small Mammals Cover	Water Birds Food	Water Birds Cover	Terrestrial Birds Food	Terrestrial Birds Cover
Quinlan							Low	Low

Wildlife Habitat Values

Quinlan, S.E., and S. Cuccarese. 2004. Native Alaskan and exotic plants used by wildlife(AK-Native Alaskan And Exotic Plants Used By Wildlife, 4 April 2005). Alaska Department of Fish and Game, Anchorage.

More Accounts and Images:
Aquilegia brevistyla Hook.

View species account and distribution map from Flora of North America (FNA).

View species account from ARS Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN).

View taxonomic account from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) for ITIS Taxonomic Serial Number 18729.

View species account and photographs from Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center Native Plant Information Network (NPIN).

Time Generated: 05/19/2013 02:58 AM CDT