Eriogonum visheri (Visher's buckwheat) seed, pollen, and insects at Badlands National Park, South Dakota, USA, 2014-2015, 2017

Publication Date

2021-01-14

Start Date

2014

End Date

2017

Larson, J.L., Larson, D.L., Symstad, A.J., Buhl, D. A., and Portman, Z. M., 2021, Eriogonum visheri (Visher's buckwheat) seed, pollen, and insects at Badlands National Park, South Dakota, USA, 2014-2015, 2017: U.S. Geological Survey data release, https://doi.org/10.5066/P9MNIVB3.

Type: Related Primary Publication

Eriogonum visheri (Visher's buckwheat) is rare native plant that is endemic to the sparse vegetation type which occurs in the western half of North and South Dakota, and eastern Montana, USA. Previous network analyses at Badlands National Park, South Dakota, suggest strong linkages between E. visheri and a native congener (E. pauciflorum, fewflower buckwheat) as well as the invasive plant Salsola tragus (Russian thistle). These analyses also suggested a weaker link to the invasive plant Melilotus officinalis (yellow sweetclover). Fitness components including seed set and germination, insect visitation and pollen deposited on stigmas were measured to assess potential population-level effects of the invasive plants on four populations of E. visheri at Badlands National Park.

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