Pollination Biology of Potentilla recta (Sulfur Cinquefoil) and Its Cooccurring Native Congener Potentilla gracilis in Northeastern Oregon

Table 6

Proportion of cinquefoil buds (𝑁=10) within which evidence of insect activity was observed, for 15 paired samples of Potentilla gracilis and P. recta, at Ham and Rice sites, June, 2004.

Pair no.	Site	Species	Prop. buds infested	Type of insect activity	Species	Prop. buds infested	Type of insect activity
1	Ham	P. gracilils	0.1	Lepidoptera exuvia	P. recta	0
1	Rice	P. gracilils	0.4	Diptera pupae	P. recta	0
2	Ham	P. gracilils	0.0		P. recta	0
2	Rice	P. gracilils	0.1	Diptera pupa	P. recta	0
3	Ham	P. gracilils	0.1	Diptera pupa	P. recta	0
3	Rice	P. gracilils	0.0		P. recta	0.1	Diptera pupa
4	Ham	P. gracilils	0.0		P. recta	0
4	Rice	P. gracilils	0.2	Excrement	P. recta	0
5	Ham	P. gracilils	0.1	Unknown insect parts	P. recta	0
5	Rice	P. gracilils	0.2	Diptera pupae	P. recta	0
6	Ham	P. gracilils	0.0		P. recta	0
6	Rice	P. gracilils	0.1	Unknown insect parts	P. recta	0
7	Ham	P. gracilils	0.0		P. recta	0
7	Rice	P. gracilils	0.5	Unknown insect parts, Diptera pupae	P. recta	0
8	Ham	P. gracilils	0.0		P. recta	0
8	Rice	P. gracilils	0.4	Unknown insect parts, Diptera pupae	P. recta	0
9	Ham	P. gracilils	0.1	Unknown insect parts	P. recta	0
9	Rice	P. gracilils	0.7	Unknown insect parts, Diptera pupae	P. recta	0
10	Ham	P. gracilils	0.2	Unknown insect parts	P. recta	0
10	Rice	P. gracilils	0.6	Unknown insect parts, Diptera pupae	P. recta	0
11	Ham	P. gracilils	0.2	Unknown insect parts	P. recta	0
11	Rice	P. gracilils	0.4	Unknown insect parts, Diptera pupae	P. recta	0
12	Ham	P. gracilils	0.0		P. recta	0
12	Rice	P. gracilils	0.5	Unknown insect parts	P. recta	0
13	Ham	P. gracilils	0.0		P. recta	0
13	Rice	P. gracilils	0.6	Unknown insect parts, Diptera pupae	P. recta	0
14	Ham	P. gracilils	0.0		P. recta	0.1	Diptera pupa
14	Rice	P. gracilils	0.7	Unknown insect parts, Diptera pupae	P. recta	0
15	Ham	P. gracilils	0.1	Unknown insect parts	P. recta	0
15	Rice	P. gracilils	0.2	Unknown insect parts, Diptera pupae	P. recta	0.1	Diptera pupa
Mean proportion		P. gracilils	0.22		P. recta	0.01