Chamaedaphne

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Chamaedaphne - one species: leatherleaf

genus Chamaedaphne

dilleniid dicot genus - genus of more or less advanced dicotyledonous trees and shrubs and herbs

Ericaceae, family Ericaceae, heath family - heathers

Chamaedaphne calyculata, leatherleaf - north temperate bog shrub with evergreen leathery leaves and small white cylindrical flowers

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Pollination of the Ericaceae: Chamaedaphne and Xolisma.

Odd for an ericad: nocturnal pollination of Lyonia lucida (Ericaceae)

In Alaska, nonstratified seeds of Diapensia lapponica, Chamaedaphne calycidata, Saxifraga tricuspidata and Ledum decumbens showed no or few germinating seeds under short-day conditions (Densmore, 1997).

Towards an understanding of factors controlling seed bank composition and longevity in the alpine environment

Bogs in the Northern Lakes Region of Indiana are characterized additionally by the presence of a distinctive suite of ericaceous shrubs including Andromeda glaucophylla, Chamaedaphne calyculata, and Vaccinium macrocarpon, along with carnivorous plants such as Sarracenia (Homoya et al.

Bacon's swamp--ghost of a Central Indiana natural area past

The authors compared the usage and distribution of two plant species reaching their range limit in different parts of Estonia: leatherleaf Chamaedaphne calyculata (common in eastern Estonia, Figures 5 and 6) and bog myrtle Myrica gale (common in western Estonia, Figures 7 and 8).

Herbal landscape: the perception of landscape as a source of medicinal plants

The signature plants of the bogs, Chamaedaphne calyculata, and the fen, Potentilla fruticosa, were NA positive, whereas Sphagnum spp.

Associative rhizosphere nitrogen fixation (acetylene reduction) among plants from Ohio peatlands

chamaeacte, chamaebalanus, chamaecerasus, chamaecyparissos, chamaedaphne, chamaemyrsine, etc.

Lexicologica: el Latercvlvs de Polemio Silvio, tormento del ThlL

White birch Betula papyrifera * * Leatherleaf Chamaedaphne calyculata * Alternate-leaved dogwood Cornus alternifolia * Red-osier dogwood Cornus stolonifera * * Beaked hazelnut Corylus cornuta * Northern bush honeysuckle Diervilla lonicera * Dwarf huckleberry Galussacia dumosa * Sheep laurel Kalmia angustifolia * * Bog laurel Kalmia polifolia * Larch Larix laricina * Labrador tea Ledum groenlandicum * * Northern honeysuckle Lonicera villosa * Sweet gale Myrica gale * Mountain holly Nemopanthus mucronata * * White spruce Picea glauca * * Black spruce Picea mariana * * Cherry Prunus spp.

A telephone questionnaire to assess moose harvest

palustre, Rhododendron lapponicum, Chamaedaphne calyculata, and others (Jonasson 1989, Larsen 1982), which also casts doubt over the strict nutritional interpretation of the extended leaf longevity of many bog plants.

WITHIN-STAND NUTRIENT CYCLING IN ARCTIC AND BOREAL WETLANDS

Associates include Betula pumila, Chamaedaphne calyculata, Thelypteris palustris, Hypericum virginicum, Menyanthes trifoliata, Potentilla palustris, Sarracenia purpurea, Vaccinium macrocarpon, and V.

An illustrated catalogue of macroscopic subfossils from late-Pleistocene and Holocene westland deposits in northern Indiana

This insertion is apparently also present in the Lyonia clade, as well as in Chamaedaphne, Pieris nana, and Agarista populifol ia.