Comptonia


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Related to Comptonia: Comptonia peregrina, sweet fern
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Noun1.Comptonia - one species: sweet fern
genus Comptonia
dicot genus, magnoliopsid genus - genus of flowering plants having two cotyledons (embryonic leaves) in the seed which usually appear at germination
family Myricaceae, Myricaceae, wax-myrtle family - constituting the order Myricales
Comptonia asplenifolia, Comptonia peregrina, sweet fern - deciduous shrub of eastern North America with sweet scented fernlike leaves and tiny white flowers
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The opening site was an old lumber camp (45[degrees] 42' 13" N, 78[degrees] 15' 9.5" W) with ground vegetation <0.3 m high and comprised of scattered grasses, sweet fern (Comptonia peregrina), bracken (Pteridium aquilinum), and blueberry (Vaccinea sp.); trees were limited to red pine (Pinus resinosa) and white spruce (Picea glauca) <3 m high and present in 11% of plots.
Recruitment of winter ticks (Dermacentor albipictus) in contrasting forest habitats, Ontario, Canada
The most common shrub species were Amelanchier stolonifera, Clethra alnifolia, Comptonia peregrine, Ilex verticillata, Kalima angustifolia, Myrica gale, Rosa multiflora, Sambucus Canadensis, Spirea tomentosum, Vaccinium corymbosum, and Viburnum dentatum.
Does proximity to wetland shrubland increase the habitat value for shrubland birds of small patches of upland shrubland in the northeastern United States?
State-listed endangered Comptonia peregrina (sweet fern), Hypericum adpressum (shore Saint John's-wort), Polygonum careyi (Carey's smartweed), Rubus setosus (bristly blackberry), Sisyrinchium atlanticum (eastern blue-eyed grass), and Viola primulifolia (primrose violet) were observed.
Vegetation of forest and savanna communities on glacial sand deposits in northeastern Illinois

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