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Cream-bush Oceanspray - Holodiscus discolor

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Native Species

Global Rank: G5
State Rank: S5
(see State Rank Reason below)
C-value: 4


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Common in western Montana.
 
General Description
Shrubs to 3 m tall. Stems erect; bark reddish tan, becoming gray. Leaves simple, petiolate, exstipulate; the blades 2–9 cm long, ovate, lobed, dentate, pubescent, sparsely so above. Inflorescence a many-flowered, highly branched pyramidal panicle at branch tips. Flowers small, perfect, perigynous, 5-merous; hypanthium saucer-shaped; sepals 1.5– 2 mm long; petals white, as long as sepals; stamens 20; styles 5. Fruit a hirsute, 1-seeded achene, ca. 1.5 mm long; style ca. 1 mm long (Lesica et al. 2012. Manual of Montana Vascular Plants. BRIT Press. Fort Worth, TX).

Species Range
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Native
 


Range Comments
BC to CA, ID and MT (Lesica et al. 2012. Manual of Montana Vascular Plants. BRIT Press. Fort Worth, TX).

Observations in Montana Natural Heritage Program Database
Number of Observations: 902

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Habitat
Rocky soil of dry, open forest, brushy slopes; valleys to lower subalpine (Lesica et al. 2012. Manual of Montana Vascular Plants. BRIT Press. Fort Worth, TX).

References
  • Literature Cited AboveLegend:   View Online Publication
    • Lesica, P., M.T. Lavin, and P.F. Stickney. 2012. Manual of Montana Vascular Plants. Fort Worth, TX: BRIT Press. viii + 771 p.
  • Additional ReferencesLegend:   View Online Publication
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    • Fogelsong, M.L. 1974. Effects of fluorides on Peromyscus maniculatus in Glacier National Park. M.Sc. Thesis. Bozeman, Montana: Montana State University. 52 p.
    • Klebenow, D.A. 1965. A montane forest winter deer habitat in western Montana. Journal of Wildlife Management 29(1):27-33.
    • 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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