Sulphur Buckwheat Oxyria digyna……………………………………………………… Mountain Sorrel Polygonum douglasii…………………………………………… Douglas' knotweed BUTTERCUP Family Aconitum columbianum.………………………………………
Alpine Sorrel Oxyria dygina Polygonaceae the Buckwheat Family Grows in the tundra in shady or moist places, such as rock crevices or ledges.
The total of 121 vascular plant species recorded at the investigation site can be linked to the following life forms (cf. fig. 3, according to Raunkiaer 1904) : hemicrypto-phytes: 62% (>70 plant species, mainly Poaceae, herbs, especially Geum reptans and Oxyria digyna ) ; herbaceous chamaephytes ...
tangere, Kernera saxatilis, Knautia kitaibeliana, Lathyrus hallersteinii, Leucanthemopsis alpina, L. waldsteinii, Ligusticum mutellina, Listera cordata, Melampyrum saxosum, Mercurialis perennis, Minuartia sedoides, Oxyria digyna, Oxytropis carpatica, Papaver alpinum, P. a. ssp. burseri, Pulmonaria ...
... moss-plant) Hierochloe alpina var. orthantha (alpine sweet grass) Huperzia appalachiana (mountain firmoss) Loiseleuria procumbens (alpine azalea) Luzula confusa (northern woodrush) Luzula spicata (spiked woodrush) Nabalus boottii (Boott's rattlesnake root) Omalotheca supina (mountain cudweed) Oxyria digyna ...
... 3, or sometimes 5-6; stamens 2-9+; ovary superior, 2-4 but mostly 3 carpels, 1 style Fruit: dried fruit, 3-sided or flattened with oval hard seed Other: mostly temperate climates; buckwheat and rhubarb food stuff; Dicotyledons Group Genera: 35+ genera; locally Brunnichia, Eriogonum, Fagopyrum, Oxyria ...
... king Henry Lungrot chenopodium bonus-henricus Sea kale Strandkål crambe maritima Lovage Libbsticka levisticum officinale Cicely Spansk körvel myrrhis odorata Rhubarbs Rabarber rheum spp. Strawberries Smultron fragaria spp. Miner's lettuce Vårsköna claytonia sibirica Nettles Nässlor urtica spp. Sorrels Syror mfl oxyria ...
Mountain Sorrel Oxyria digina June-August Leaves are tart but tasty, eaten raw. They are reputed to be high in vitamin C. Whitebark Pine Pinus albicaulis August-September Whitebark pines produce pine nuts, the trick is getting them before the Clark’s
The gill supports a range of tall herb ledge communities with roseroot Sedum rosea , mountain sorrel Oxyria digyna , northern bedstraw, alpine ladyÕs mantle, wild angelica and alpine meadow-rue.
Recently found on Bog Dam road in ditch. Mountain Sorrel Oxyria digyna Typically occurs in snowbank communities and on rocky slopes and ledges of headwalls.