About the Golden Paintbrush


  • ·         Endemic to the Pacific Northwest, in Canada and Washington (Kaye, 2008)
  • ·         Threatened under the Endangered species Act (Wayne, 2004)
  • ·         There are only 11 populations (Kaye, 2008)
  • ·         Found in prairies (Kaye, 2008)
  • ·         Facultative hemiparasites, they can live without plant host (Kaye, 2008)
  • ·         In natural they are usually found with hosts (Kaye, 2008)
  • ·         Bound to hosts by haustoria, a connections with hosts’ roots (Kaye, 2008)
  • ·         They are photosynthetic (Kaye, 2008)
  • ·         They draw water, nutrients, and secondary components from their host (Kaye, 2008)
  • ·         Mostly pollinated by Bombus ssp. (Kaye, 2011)
  • ·         Only known to reproduce by seeds (Kaye, 2011)

2 comments:

  1. nthnchrchsFebruary 28, 2012 at 6:49 PM

    These are good bullet points, but you may want to synthesize a paragraph describing why each one of these characteristics is important or unique to the species. You could also include a section here about the history of the literature on the Golden Paintbrush. One last thing, I think a single set of references at the bottom would suffice, but you may want to check on that.
    Nathan Churches

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  2. Hrach GabrielyanFebruary 29, 2012 at 7:58 PM

    Have you considered providing a more thorough description of the graphs on the home page.
    I like the fact that you've cited all of your info.
    The information is a bit disorganized, you include natural history, as well as conservation info. Are the traits that you've listed supposed to be the mot vital, or the most interesting?
    Consider being clearer with your intentions for this page.

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