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Geum vernum (spring avens)

Synonyms: Stylipus vernus; Stylypus vernus; Stypostylis vernus

Attributes

Height [2]  19 inches (0.5 m)
Allergen Potential [1]  Low
Screening - Summer [2]  Porous
Screening - Winter [2]  Porous
Hardiness Zone Minimum [2]  USDA Zone: 5 Low Temperature: -20 F° (-28.9 C°) → -10 F° (-23.3 C°)
Light Preference [2]  Mostly Shady
Soil Acidity [2]  Moderate Acid
Soil Fertility [2]  Very Rich
Water Use [2]  Moderate
Flower Color [2]  Yellow
Foliage Color [2]  Green
Fruit Color [2]  Black
Flower Conspicuous [2]  Yes
Bloom Period [2]  Mid Spring
Drought Tolerance [2]  Low
Fire Tolerance [2]  Medium
Frost Free Days [2]  4 months 10 days
Fruit/Seed Abundance [2]  Medium
Fruit/Seed Begin [2]  Spring
Fruit/Seed End [2]  Spring
Growth Form [2]  Single Crown
Growth Period [2]  Spring, Summer
Growth Rate [2]  Moderate
Leaf Type [2]  Deciduous
Lifespan [2]  Perennial
Propagation [2]  Seed
Regrowth Rate [2]  Slow
Root Depth [2]  11 inches (30 cm)
Seed Spread Rate [2]  Moderate
Seed Vigor [2]  Medium
Seeds Per [2]  399999 / lb (881848 / kg)
Shape/Orientation [2]  Semi-Erect
Structure [3]  Herb
Vegetative Spread Rate [2]  None

Protected Areas

Name IUCN Category Area acres Location Species Website Map Climate Land Use
Bluestone National Scenic River National River and Wild and Scenic Riverway V 3517 West Virginia, United States
Chesapeake & Ohio Canal National Hist. Park National Historical Park V 19586 Maryland, District of Columbia, United States
Cumberland Gap National Hist. Park National Historical Park V 24282 Kentucky, Tennessee, Virginia, United States
Fort Donelson National Battlefield III 560 Tennessee, United States
Gettysburg National Military Park V 3560 Pennsylvania, United States
Great Smoky Mountains National Park II 515454 North Carolina, Tennessee, United States
Mammoth Cave Area Biosphere Reserve (Natn'l Park) National Park II 51235 Kentucky, United States
Prince William Forest Park 19378 District of Columbia, United States
Southern Appalachian Biosphere Reserve 37548505 North Carolina, Tennessee, United States  

Providers

Pollinated by 
Chloralictus sparsus <Unverified Name>[4]
Chloralictus tegularis <Unverified Name>[4]
Chloralictus versatus <Unverified Name>[4]
Evylaeus foxii <Unverified Name>[4]
Evylaeus pectoralis <Unverified Name>[4]
Mesogramma marginata[4]
Nomada parva[4]
Opandrena personata <Unverified Name>[4]
Oxystoglossa confusa <Unverified Name>[4]
Oxystoglossa similis <Unverified Name>[4]
Paragus bicolor[4]
Prosopis pygmaea <Unverified Name>[4]
Prosopis sayi <Unverified Name>[4]
Prosopis ziziae <Unverified Name>[4]
Seladonia fasciata <Unverified Name>[4]
Siphona geniculata[4]
Sphecodium cressonii <Unverified Name>[4]
Zaodontomerus calcaratus <Unverified Name>[4]

Distribution

External References

USDA Plant Profile

Photos

Citations

Species recognized by R. Pankhurst, 2009, IOPI Global Plant Checklist in Catalog of Life 2011
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 ♦ 4Robertson, C. Flowers and insects lists of visitors of four hundred and fifty three flowers. 1929. The Science Press Printing Company Lancaster, PA.
Protected Areas provided by Biological Inventories of the World's Protected Areas in cooperation between the Information Center for the Environment at the University of California, Davis and numerous collaborators.
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Weather provided by NOAA METAR Data Access