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Squashberry - Viburnum edule
Native Species
Global Rank:
G5
State Rank:
S4
(see State Rank Reason below)
C-value:
8
Agency Status
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State Rank Reason (see State Rank above)
Viburnum edulis is a boreal species that occurs in northwest, north-central, and southwest (in vicinities of Yellowstone National Park and Beartooth Plateau) Montana. Although documented locations are scattered, the available information suggests that populations are stable with few, if any, threats. Current data on locations, population sizes, and threats are needed.
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Range Extent
ScoreF - 20,000-200,000 sq km (~8,000-80,000 sq mi)
Area of Occupancy
ScoreD - 6-25 4-km2 grid cells
Number of Populations
ScoreC - 21 - 80
Environmental Specificity
ScoreA - Very narrow. Specialist or community with key requirements scarce
Threats
ScoreD - Low
General Description
Stems spreading to erect, branched, 50–200 cm; twigs brown, glabrous. Leaves exstipulate; blades broadly ovate, mostly 3-lobed above, serrate, 3–10 cm long, sparsely hirsute, sunken-glandular beneath; lobes acute. Inflorescence 1–3 cm across. Flowers: corolla campanulate to rotate, deeply lobed, 2–3 mm long. Drupe red or orange, 7–10 mm long (
Lesica et al. 2012. Manual of Montana Vascular Plants. BRIT Press. Fort Worth, TX).
Species Range
Montana Range
Range Descriptions
Native
Range Comments
AK to NL south to OR, CO, MN and PA (Lesica et al. 2012. Manual of Montana Vascular Plants. BRIT Press. Fort Worth, TX).
Observations in Montana Natural Heritage Program Database
Number of Observations: 69
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Recency
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Habitat
Ecology
POLLINATORS The following animal species have been reported as pollinators of this plant species or its genus where their geographic ranges overlap:
Bombus pensylvanicus and
Bombus griseocollis (Colla and Dumesh 2010).
References
- Literature Cited AboveLegend:
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Colla, S.R. and S. Dumesh. 2010. The bumble bees of southern Ontario: notes on natural history and distribution. Journal of the Entomological Society of Ontario 141:39-68.- Lesica, P., M.T. Lavin, and P.F. Stickney. 2012. Manual of Montana Vascular Plants. Fort Worth, TX: BRIT Press. viii + 771 p.
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Do you know of a citation we're missing?- Culver, D.R. 1994. Floristic analysis of the Centennial Region, Montana. M.Sc. Thesis. Montana State University, Bozeman. 199 pp.
- Lesica, P., M.T. Lavin, and P.F. Stickney. 2022. Manual of Montana Vascular Plants, Second Edition. Fort Worth, TX: BRIT Press. viii + 779 p.
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