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Introductory
SPECIES: Utricularia intermedia | Mountain Bladderwort
ABBREVIATION :
UTRINT
SYNONYMS :
NO-ENTRY
SCS PLANT CODE :
UTIN2
COMMON NAMES :
mountain bladderwort
flatleaf bladderwort
TAXONOMY :
The currently accepted scientific name of mountain bladderwort is
Utricularia intermedia Hayne.
LIFE FORM :
Forb
FEDERAL LEGAL STATUS :
No special status
OTHER STATUS :
Mountain bladderwort is globally secure but critically imperiled in
Montana [5,8] and imperiled in Washington [12].
COMPILED BY AND DATE :
Tara Y. Williams, October 1990
LAST REVISED BY AND DATE :
NO-ENTRY
AUTHORSHIP AND CITATION :
Williams, Tara Y. 1990. Utricularia intermedia. In: Remainder of Citation
DISTRIBUTION AND OCCURRENCE
SPECIES: Utricularia intermedia | Mountain Bladderwort
GENERAL DISTRIBUTION :
Mountain bladderwort is circumboreal. In North America, it extends
south to California, Indiana, and Delaware [3].
ECOSYSTEMS :
FRES37 Mountain meadows
STATES :
AK CA CT DE IN MA ME MI MT NH
OR RI UT VT WA AB BC LB MB NB
NF NS NT ON PQ SK YT
ADMINISTRATIVE UNITS :
ACAD APIS CRLA GLAC ISRO LACL
OLYM PIRO YUCH
BLM PHYSIOGRAPHIC REGIONS :
2 Cascade Mountains
4 Sierra Mountains
8 Northern Rocky Mountains
12 Colorado Plateau
KUCHLER PLANT ASSOCIATIONS :
NO-ENTRY
SAF COVER TYPES :
NO-ENTRY
SRM (RANGELAND) COVER TYPES :
NO-ENTRY
HABITAT TYPES AND PLANT COMMUNITIES :
NO-ENTRY
VALUE AND USE
SPECIES: Utricularia intermedia | Mountain Bladderwort
WOOD PRODUCTS VALUE :
NO-ENTRY
IMPORTANCE TO LIVESTOCK AND WILDLIFE :
NO-ENTRY
PALATABILITY :
NO-ENTRY
NUTRITIONAL VALUE :
NO-ENTRY
COVER VALUE :
NO-ENTRY
VALUE FOR REHABILITATION OF DISTURBED SITES :
NO-ENTRY
OTHER USES AND VALUES :
NO-ENTRY
MANAGEMENT CONSIDERATIONS :
NO-ENTRY
BOTANICAL AND ECOLOGICAL CHARACTERISTICS
SPECIES: Utricularia intermedia | Mountain Bladderwort
GENERAL BOTANICAL CHARACTERISTICS :
Mountain bladderwort is a submersed plant that creeps along the water
bottom. It has slender stems and leaves up to 1 inch (0.5-2 cm ) long.
The winter buds are ovoid or ellipsoid and 5 to 7 mm long. The
zygomorphic flower is spurred with a yellow corrolla [3].
RAUNKIAER LIFE FORM :
Undisturbed State: Cryptophyte (geophyte)
Burned or Clipped State: Cryptophyte (geophyte)
REGENERATION PROCESSES :
NO-ENTRY
SITE CHARACTERISTICS :
Mountain bladderwort grows in shallow, standing or slowly moving water,
including ponds, bogs, swamps, and lakeshores [3,7,10].
SUCCESSIONAL STATUS :
NO-ENTRY
SEASONAL DEVELOPMENT :
Mountain bladderwort flowers in July and August in the Northwest [3] and
from early June to early August in the Northeast [7].
FIRE ECOLOGY
SPECIES: Utricularia intermedia | Mountain Bladderwort
FIRE ECOLOGY OR ADAPTATIONS :
NO-ENTRY
POSTFIRE REGENERATION STRATEGY :
NO-ENTRY
FIRE EFFECTS
SPECIES: Utricularia intermedia | Mountain Bladderwort
IMMEDIATE FIRE EFFECT ON PLANT :
NO-ENTRY
DISCUSSION AND QUALIFICATION OF FIRE EFFECT :
NO-ENTRY
PLANT RESPONSE TO FIRE :
NO-ENTRY
DISCUSSION AND QUALIFICATION OF PLANT RESPONSE :
NO-ENTRY
FIRE MANAGEMENT CONSIDERATIONS :
NO-ENTRY
REFERENCES
SPECIES: Utricularia intermedia | Mountain Bladderwort
REFERENCES :
1. Bernard, Stephen R.; Brown, Kenneth F. 1977. Distribution of mammals,
reptiles, and amphibians by BLM physiographic regions and A.W. Kuchler's
associations for the eleven western states. Tech. Note 301. Denver, CO:
U.S. Department of the Interior, Bureau of Land Management. 169 p.
[434]
2. Garrison, George A.; Bjugstad, Ardell J.; Duncan, Don A.; [and others].
1977. Vegetation and environmental features of forest and range
ecosystems. Agric. Handb. 475. Washington, DC: U.S. Department of
Agriculture, Forest Service. 68 p. [998]
3. Hitchcock, C. Leo; Cronquist, Arthur; Ownbey, Marion. 1959. Vascular
plants of the Pacific Northwest. Part 4: Ericaceae through
Campanulaceae. Seattle, WA: University of Washington Press. 510 p.
[1170]
4. Lesica, Peter. 1984. Rare vascular plants of Glacier National Park,
Montana. Missoula, MT: University of Montana, Department of Botany. 27
p. [12049]
5. Lesica, P.; Moore, G.; Peterson, K. M.; Rumely, J. H. (Montana Rare
Plant Project). 1984. Vascular plants of limited distribution in
Montana. Monograph No. 2. Montana Academy of Sciences, Supplement to the
Proceedings, Volume 43. Bozman, MT: Montana State University, Montana
Academy of Sciences. 61 p. [11656]
6. Raunkiaer, C. 1934. The life forms of plants and statistical plant
geography. Oxford: Clarendon Press. 632 p. [2843]
7. Voss, Edward G. 1972. Michigan flora. Part I. Gymnosperms and monocots.
Bloomfield Hills, MI: Cranbrook Institute of Science; Ann Arbor, MI:
University of Michigan Herbarium. 488 p. [11471]
8. Shelly, J. Stephen, compiler. 1990. Plant species of special concern.
Helena, MT: Montana Natural Heritage Program. 20 p. [12960]
9. U.S. Department of Agriculture, Soil Conservation Service. 1982.
National list of scientific plant names. Vol. 1. List of plant names.
SCS-TP-159. Washington, DC. 416 p. [11573]
10. Welsh, Stanley L.; Atwood, N. Duane; Goodrich, Sherel; Higgins, Larry
C., eds. 1987. A Utah flora. Great Basin Naturalist Memoir No. 9. Provo,
UT: Brigham Young University. 894 p. [2944]
11. Lin, Feng; Yugong, Yang. 1995. Biomass and production of three types of
Dahurian larch virgin forest in the Great Xinganlin Mountains, China.
In: Schmidt, Wyman C.; McDonald, Kathy J., compilers. Ecology and
management of Larix forests: a look ahead: Proceedings of an
international symposium; 1992 October 5-9; Whitefish, MT. Gen. Tech.
Rep. GTR-INT-319. Ogden, UT: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest
Service, Intermountain Research Station: 240-243. [25313]
Index
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