Galium palustre
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Galium palustre, the common marsh bedstraw{{PLANTS|id=GAPA3|taxon=Galium palustre|accessdate=19 January 2016}} or simply marsh-bedstraw,{{BSBI 2007 |access-date=2014-10-17 }} is a herbaceous annual plant of the family Rubiaceae. This plant is widely distributed, native to virtually every country in Europe, plus Morocco, the Azores, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Western Siberia, Greenland, eastern Canada, St. Pierre & Miquelon, and parts of the United States (primarily the Michigan and the Northeast, but with isolated populations in Tennessee, Montana, Washington and Oregon). The species is classified as a noxious weed in New York, Pennsylvania, Massachusetts, Connecticut, Vermont and New Hampshire. It is considered naturalized in Kamchatka, Australia, New Zealand and Argentina.{{cite web | url=http://plants.usda.gov/java/nameSearch?keywordquery=galium+palustre&mode=sciname&submit.x=0&submit.y=0 | title=USDA Plants Database }}[http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/namedetail.do?name_id=87072 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families][http://bonap.net/MapGallery/County/Galium%20palustre.png Biota of North America Program][http://luirig.altervista.org/flora/taxa/index1.php?scientific-name=galium+palustre Altervista Flora Italiana]
Ecology
In Britain, Galium palustre is part of the British NVC Community M23 (Juncus effusus/acutiflorus – Galium palustre rush-pasture). It is a component of Purple moor grass and rush pastures - a type of Biodiversity Action Plan habitat in the UK. It occurs on poorly drained neutral and acidic soils of the lowlands and upland fringe. It is found in the South West of England, especially in Devon.
Gallery
File:Galium palustre Oulu, Finland 18.07.2013.jpg
File:Galium palustre habitus.jpeg
File:Galium palustre-Sumpf Labkraut.jpg
References
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External links
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- [http://wildseed.co.uk/species/view/241 Emorsgate Seeds (King's Lynn, Norfolk UK), Marsh Bedstraw]
- [http://www.tela-botanica.org/bdtfx-nn-29136-synthese Tela Botanica, Gaillet des marais]
- [http://dnr.wi.gov/topic/EndangeredResources/Plants.asp?mode=detail&SpecCode=PDRUB0N1P0 Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources]
- [http://wilde-planten.nl/moeraswalstro.htm Wilde Planten in Nederland en Belgie, Moeraswalstro]
- [http://www.naturespot.org.uk/species/marsh-bedstraw Naturespot, recording the wildlife of Leicestershire & Rutland, marsh-bedstraw]
- [http://www.flora-on.pt/index.php#/7ygXM Flora-on Portugal]
- [http://www.florealpes.com/fiche_galiumdebile.php Flore-alpes, Gaillet chétif]
- {{Go Botany |genus=Galium |species=palustre |link=1}}
- [http://www.nzpcn.org.nz/flora_details.aspx?ID=3987 New Zealand Plant Conservation Network]
- [http://www.plant-identification.co.uk/skye/rubiaceae/galium-palustre.htm Plant Identification United Kingdom, West Highland Flora, Marsh-bedstraw]
- [http://flora-emslandia.de/wildblumen/rubiaceae/galium/galium_palustre.htm Flora Emslandia, Pflanzen im Emsland (plants in northwestern Germany), Sumpf-Labkraut, Galium palustre]
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Category:Flora of the Northeastern United States
Category:Flora of Eastern Canada
Category:Flora of Subarctic America
Category:Flora of Turkmenistan
Category:Plants described in 1753
Category:Taxa named by Carl Linnaeus
Category:Flora without expected TNC conservation status
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