SPECIES:  Erigeron lanatus

• Introductory
• Distribution and Occurrence
• Management Considerations
• Botanical and Ecological Characteristics
• Fire Ecology
• Fire Effects
• References

Introductory
SPECIES: Erigeron lanatus



AUTHORSHIP AND CITATION : 
Williams, Tara Y. 1990. Erigeron lanatus. In: Fire Effects Information System, [Online]. 
U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, 
Rocky Mountain Research Station, Fire Sciences Laboratory (Producer). 
Available: http://www.fs.fed.us/database/feis/ [].




ABBREVIATION : 
ERILAA

SYNONYMS : 
NO-ENTRY


SCS PLANT CODE : 
   ERLA


COMMON NAMES : 
   wooly daisy


TAXONOMY : 
The currently accepted scientific name of wooly daisy is Erigeron
lanatus Hook. [2].


LIFE FORM : 
Forb

FEDERAL LEGAL STATUS : 
No special status

OTHER STATUS : 
Wooly daisy is rare in Glacier National Park, Montana [6].  It is a
regional endemic [7].

DISTRIBUTION AND OCCURRENCE
SPECIES: Erigeron lanatus



GENERAL DISTRIBUTION : 
Wooly daisy occurs in the high mountains of northwestern Montana,
southern Alberta, and southern British Columbia [2].  It is disjunct in
Colorado and the Yukon Territory [2,9].

Occurrence in Glacier National Park:  Piegan Pass [11].


ECOSYSTEMS : 
   FRES44  Alpine


STATES : 
     CO  MT  AB  BC  YT



BLM PHYSIOGRAPHIC REGIONS : 
    8  Northern Rocky Mountains
   11  Southern Rocky Mountains


KUCHLER PLANT ASSOCIATIONS : 
   K052  Alpine meadows and barren


SAF COVER TYPES : 
NO-ENTRY


SRM (RANGELAND) COVER TYPES : 
NO-ENTRY


HABITAT TYPES AND PLANT COMMUNITIES : 
NO-ENTRY

MANAGEMENT CONSIDERATIONS
SPECIES: Erigeron lanatus





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


OTHER MANAGEMENT CONSIDERATIONS : 
The main threat to wooly daisy is off-trail hiking.   It is probably
fairly common in the northern half of Glacier National Park [6].

BOTANICAL AND ECOLOGICAL CHARACTERISTICS
SPECIES: Erigeron lanatus



GENERAL BOTANICAL CHARACTERISTICS : 
Wooly daisy is a native perennial autotrophic forb which grows up to 2
inches (5 cm) high.  It has loosely, long-wooly, villous leaves up to
1.2 inches (3 cm) long.  The solitary heads are densely white wooly, and
the rays are pale purplish [2,11].


RAUNKIAER LIFE FORM : 
   Hemicryptophyte


REGENERATION PROCESSES : 
Wooly daisy reproduces sexually by pollination and fertilization and
dispersal of the resulting seed [3].


SITE CHARACTERISTICS : 
Wooly daisy is found in the high mountains on open, rocky, alpine
slopes, often on limestone talus.  It is common above timberline at
7,500 to 9,000 feet (2,420-2,900 m).  It grows with Siberian aster
(Aster sibiricus) and starwort (Stellaria americana) [2,6,9,11].  In the
Yukon, wooly daisy was found on a steep, scree, alpine slope at 4,200
feet (1,355 m) [9].  It occurs in Colorado at 12,800 to 13,00 feet
(3,900-3,960 m) [3].


SUCCESSIONAL STATUS : 
NO-ENTRY


SEASONAL DEVELOPMENT : 
Wooly daisy flowers in July and early August [6].

FIRE ECOLOGY
SPECIES: Erigeron lanatus



FIRE ECOLOGY OR ADAPTATIONS : 
NO-ENTRY


POSTFIRE REGENERATION STRATEGY : 
   Initial-offsite colonizer (off-site, initial community)

FIRE EFFECTS
SPECIES: Erigeron lanatus



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 for species: Erigeron lanatus

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. Cronquist, Arthur. 1955. Vascular plants of the Pacific Northwest: Part 5: Compositae. Seattle: University of Washington Press. 343 p. [716]

3. Dittberner, Phillip L.; Olson, Michael R. 1983. The plant information network (PIN) data base: Colorado, Montana, North Dakota, Utah, and Wyoming. FWS/OBS-83/86. Washington, DC: U.S. Department of the Interior, Fish and Wildlife Service. 786 p. [806]

4. Dittberner, Phillip L.; Olson, Michael R. 1983. The plant information network (PIN) data base: Colorado, Montana, North Dakota, Utah, and Wyoming. FWS/OBS-83/86. Washington, DC: U.S. Department of the Interior, Fish and Wildlife Service. 786 p. [806]

5. Kuchler, A. W. 1964. Manual to accompany the map of potential vegetation of the conterminous United States. Special Publication No. 36. New York: American Geographical Society. 77 p. [1384]

6. Lesica, Peter. 1984. Rare vascular plants of Glacier National Park, Montana. Missoula, MT: University of Montana, Department of Botany. 27 p. [12049]

7. Willson, Gary D. 1990. Endangered species survey covers Midwest Region parks. Park Science. 10(2): 18-19. [11636]

8. Moss, E. H. 1955. The vegetation of Alberta. Botanical Review. 21(9): 493-567. [6878]

9. Neilson, James A. 1968. New and important additions to the flora of the southwestern Yukon Territory, Canada. Canadian Field-Naturalist. 82: 114-119. [13850]

10. Raunkiaer, C. 1934. The life forms of plants and statistical plant geography. Oxford: Clarendon Press. 632 p. [2843]

11. Standley, Paul C. 1921. Flora of Glacier National Park, Montana. Contributions from the United States National Herbarium. Vol. 22, Part 5. Washington, DC: United States National Museum, Smithsonian Institution: 235-438. [12318]

12. Stickney, Peter F. 1989. Seral origin of species originating in northern Rocky Mountain forests. Unpublished draft on file at: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Intermountain Research Station, Fire Sciences Laboratory, Missoula, MT; RWU 4403 files. 10 p. [20090]

13. 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]

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