PLANTS Profile for Dryas octopetala (eightpetal mountain-avens)

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Dryas octopetala L.
eightpetal mountain-avens

Symbol:

DROC

Group:

Dicot

Family:

Rosaceae

Duration:

Perennial

Growth Habit:

Subshrub
Shrub
Forb/herb

Native Status:

L48		N
AK		N
CAN		N
GL		N

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Tracey Slotta. Provided by ARS Systematic Botany and Mycology Laboratory. Ireland, Dublin. Usage Requirements.

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Dryas octopetala L.

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Distribution:
Dryas octopetala L.


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USA (AK, CO, ID, MT, OR, UT, WA, WY), CAN (AB, BC, NT, NU, YT), DEN (GL)

Related Taxa:
Dryas octopetala L.

View 72 genera in Rosaceae, 5 species in Dryas or click below on a thumbnail map or name for species profiles.

Distribution of Dryas octopetala L. ssp. alaskensis (A.E. Porsild) Hultén. .

Dryas octopetala ssp. alaskensis
Alaskan mountain-avens

Distribution of Dryas octopetala L. ssp. hookeriana (Juz.) Hultén. . Image Available.

Dryas octopetala ssp. hookeriana
Hooker's mountain-avens

Distribution of Dryas octopetala L. ssp. octopetala. .

Dryas octopetala ssp. octopetala
eightpetal mountain-avens

Distribution of Dryas octopetala L. ssp. punctata (Juz.) Hultén. .

Dryas octopetala ssp. punctata
eightpetal mountain-avens

Distribution of Dryas octopetala L. f. argentea (Blytt) Hultén. .

Dryas octopetala f. argentea

Native

Introduced

Classification:
Dryas octopetala L.

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Kingdom	Plantae – Plants
Subkingdom	Tracheobionta – Vascular plants
Superdivision	Spermatophyta – Seed plants
Division	Magnoliophyta – Flowering plants
Class	Magnoliopsida – Dicotyledons
Subclass	Rosidae
Order	Rosales
Family	Rosaceae – Rose family
Genus	Dryas L. – mountain-avens
Species	Dryas octopetala L. – eightpetal mountain-avens

Wildlife Habitat Values:

Dryas octopetala L.

	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			Low	Moderate

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:
Dryas octopetala L.

View photographs from CalPhotos.

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

View taxonomic account from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) for ITIS Taxonomic Serial Number 24619.

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

View 3 propagation protocols from Native Plants Network.

View species account, photographs, and distribution from University of Washington Burke Museum.

Time Generated: 01/03/2013 10:43 PM CST