Species Factsheets
Uvularia pudica
Mountain Bellwort
State Status: TU
PBS Status: Pennsylvania Rare (PR)
Federal Status:
Global Rank: G5
rank interpretation
State Rank: S3
Description
Mountain bellwort (Uvularia pudica) is a small perennial herb that grows clonally, raising multiple individual stems (or ramets) from horizontally growing rhizomes. Ramets grow from 10-30cm tall and branch once, just above their midpoints.
Rank Justification
Vulnerable in the nation or state due to a restricted range, relatively few populations (often 80 or fewer), recent and widespread declines, or other factors making it vulnerable to extirpation.
Habitat
Mountain bellwort grows in mountain woods.
Survey Dates
Flowers May
Distribution
Threats
Though it is ranked as secure in Maryland, West Virginia, and North Carolina, mountain bellwort is much rarer at the north end of its range. It is classified as endangered in New Jersey and New York, and as rare in Pennsylvania, where five closely clustered populations are recorded.
Management
Existing mountain bellwort populations will benefit most from the protection of their habitat; protected areas should be large enough to allow population growth. Control of deer browsing will likely be important, as will management of exotic plants.
Conservation Status Map
NatureServe. 2017. NatureServe Explorer: An online encyclopedia of life [web application]. Version 7.1. NatureServe, Arlington, Virginia. Available https://explorer.natureserve.org.
- NatureServe. 2018. NatureServe Explorer: An online encyclopedia of life [web application]. Version 7.1. NatureServe, Arlington, Virginia. Available at https://www.natureserve.org/explorer
- Pennsylvania Natural Heritage Program. 2018.
- Rhoads, A.F. and W.M. Klein, Jr. 1993. The Vascular Flora of Pennsylvania. American Philosophical Society, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Rhoads, A.F. and T.A. Block.
- 2007. The Plants of Pennsylvania: An Illustrated Manual. 2nd edition. University of Pennsylvania Press, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
