Drypark Pea

More info for the terms: fire use, prescribed fire

The following Research Project Summary provides information on prescribed fire use and
postfire response of many plant species, including drypark pea:

Understory recovery after low- and high-intensity fires in northern Idaho
ponderosa pine forests

drydark pea
pinewoods sweetpea

Drypark pea is a regional endemic [8].

Drypark pea is a native perennial legume. It has slender
rhizomes and grows 8 to 12 inches (10-13 cm) tall. The leaflets are 1
to 6 inches (2-15 cm) long; the tendrils are bristlelike. The
bluish-pink flowers are approximately 0.5 inch (10-13 mm) across. The
pod is 1 to 1.5 inches (3-4 cm) long and contains 7 to 12 seeds [5].
Drypark pea is a nitrogen fixer [2].

Drypark pea is found in eastern Washington and Idaho. It is a
regional endemic in Montana [5,8].

Occurrence in Glacier National Park: along Inside Road 1.5 miles south
of Logging Lake Ranger Station [7].

More info for the term: fire regime

Drypark pea's belowground rhizomes are likely protected from fire.

FIRE REGIMES :
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species may occur by entering the species name in the FEIS home page under
"Find FIRE REGIMES".

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More info for the term: hemicryptophyte

Hemicryptophyte

Drypark pea grows in open ponderosa pine (Pinus
ponderosa)-western larch (Larix occidentalis) forests at low elevations
in foothills and open parks under trees [5,7].

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This species is known to occur in association with the following cover types (as classified by the Society of American Foresters):

237 Interior ponderosa pine

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This species is known to occur in the following ecosystem types (as named by the U.S. Forest Service in their Forest and Range Ecosystem [FRES] Type classification):

FRES21 Ponderosa pine

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This species is known to occur in association with the following plant community types (as classified by Küchler 1964):

More info for the term: forest

K005 Mixed conifer forest
K011 Western ponderosa forest

Fire likely top-kills drypark pea.

More info for the term: forb

Forb

Drypark pea should be protected from damage due to road
maintenance in Glacier National Park [7].

Drypark pea is a poisonous plant [2].

ID MT WA

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Drypark pea flowers from May through July [5].

More info for the term: top-kill

Drypark pea likely sprouts from rhizomes after top-kill by fire.

More info for the terms: herb, rhizome

Rhizomatous herb, rhizome in soil

Drypark pea reproduces by both sexual and vegetative means [2].

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This species can be found in the following regions of the western United States (according to the Bureau of Land Management classification of Physiographic Regions of the western United States):

8 Northern Rocky Mountains

The currently accepted scientific name of drypark pea is Lathyrus
bijugatus White [5].