Oxalidaceae: Oxalis montana Raf.
(woodsorrel)
Recently used synonym: Oxalidaceae: Oxalis acetosella L.
Woodsorrel is a perennial, evergreen groundcover common in coniferous and mixed forest. It has three basal, clover-like leaflets
and solitary, white flowers with reddish veins on long peduncles. It spreads laterally by rhizomes. Pavek describes reproduction as involving "episodes of seedling recruitment as a result of disturbance, such as fire and logging, followed by long periods of vegetative clonal growth. Common woodsorrel forms extensive colonies in boreal spruce-fir forests; however, its colonies rarely exceed several feet in diameter in the northern hardwood forests".1 Woodsorrel is native to eastern North America from southern Newfoundland and Labrador to Ontario and Minnesota, south to Tennesee, North Carolina and Georgia.
Sources | Notes | Selected Web Resources | Line Drawing
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Photographer: Heather Drope.
July 29, 2007. Colchester Co.: Salmon River. Photographer: Heather Drope. |
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Selected Web Resources
- Taxonomic Status (ITIS) Copy the species name above and paste it into a form on this ITIS Canada page to confirm the nomenclature and list synonyms.
- NatureServe Explorer Copy the species name above and paste it into a form on this page to view a map of its distribution within North America and its conservation status by province and state.
- Fire Effects Information System Referenced overview of botanical and ecological characteristics, fire ecology, managment.
Notes
- Pavek, Diane S. 1992. Oxalis montana. In: Fire Effects Information System, [Online]. U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Research Station, Fire Sciences Laboratory (Producer). Available: http://www.fs.fed.us/database/feis/ [Accessed 1 Dec. 2007]
Page posted Oct. 31, 2007. Modified 3 Dec. 2008.
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