''Galium palustre'', the common marsh bedstraw or simply marsh-bedstraw,
is a herbaceous
annual plant
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of the family
Rubiaceae. This plant is widely distributed, native to virtually every country in
Europe, plus
Morocco, the
Azores,
Turkey,
Turkmenistan,
Western Siberia
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,
Greenland, eastern
Canada,
St. Pierre & Miquelon, and parts of the
United States (primarily the
Michigan and the
Northeast
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, but with isolated populations in
Tennessee,
Montana,
Washington and
Oregon). The species is classified as a noxious weed in
New York
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* New York (state), a state in the northeastern United States
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,
Pennsylvania,
Massachusetts,
Connecticut,
Vermont and
New Hampshire. It is considered naturalized in
Kamchatka,
Australia
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,
New Zealand and
Argentina.
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Ecology
In Britain, ''Galium palustre'' is part of the . It is a component of Purple moor grass and rush pastures
Purple moor grass and rush pastures is 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 ...
- 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
External links
Emorsgate Seeds (King's Lynn, Norfolk UK), Marsh BedstrawTela Botanica, Gaillet des maraisWisconsin Department of Natural ResourcesNaturespot, recording the wildlife of Leicestershire & Rutland, marsh-bedstrawFlora-on PortugalFlore-alpes, Gaillet chétif
*
New Zealand Plant Conservation Network
* ttp://flora-emslandia.de/wildblumen/rubiaceae/galium/galium_palustre.htm Flora Emslandia, Pflanzen im Emsland (plants in northwestern Germany), Sumpf-Labkraut, ''Galium palustre''
palustre
Flora of Europe
Flora of the Northeastern United States
Flora of Eastern Canada
Flora of Subarctic America
Flora of Morocco
Flora of the Azores
Flora of Turkey
Flora of Turkmenistan
Flora of Siberia
Flora of Manitoba
Flora of Montana
Plants described in 1753
Taxa named by Carl Linnaeus
Flora without expected TNC conservation status
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