Lespedeza cuneata
| Lespedeza cuneata | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Division: | Magnoliophyta - Flowering plants |
| Class: | Magnoliopsida - Dicotyledons |
| Order: | Fabales |
| Family: | Fabaceae |
| Genus: | Lespedeza |
| Species: | L. cuneata |
| Binomial name | |
| Lespedeza cuneata (Dumont de Courset) G. Don | |
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| Natural range of Lespedeza cuneata from USDA NRCS [1]. | |
Common name: sericea lespedeza, Chinese lespedeza, sericea
Contents
Taxonomic Notes
Synonyms: none[1]
Varieties: none[1]
Description
Distribution
Ecology
Habitat
L. cuneata has been found in communities such as pine-oak woodlands, mixed hardwoods forests, prairies, oak-hickory ravines, longleaf pine flatwoods, annually burned pinelands, sandy alluvium, and stream banks. It is also found in areas of disturbed soil such as powerline corridors, roadsides, construction sites, along fences, and in old fields. L. cuneata can grow in sunny to shaded conditions in dry soils like loam, loamy sand, and sand.[2]
Conservation, cultivation, and restoration
Cultural use
Photo Gallery
References and notes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Weakley, A.S. 2020. Flora of the Southeastern United States. Edition of 20 October 2020. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina.
- ↑ Florida State University Robert K. Godfrey Herbarium database. URL: http://herbarium.bio.fsu.edu. Last accessed: June 2023. Collectors: Loran C. Anderson, Michael B. Brooks, A. F. Clewell, David Dixon, R. K. Godfrey, Bruce Hansen, Clarke Hudson, J. Lazor, R. Lazor, Alex Lasseigne, Sidney McDaniel, R. A. Norris, George Robinson, Annie Schmidt, and John W. Thieret. States and counties: Florida: Clay, Dixie, Franklin, Gadsden, Jackson, Leon, Liberty, Nassau, Okaloosa, Santa Rosa, Wakulla, and Walton. Georgia: Clinch, Decatur, Haralson, and Lowndes. Louisiana: Calcasieu, De Soto and Webster. Mississippi: Lowndes, Oktibbeha, Pike, and Webster.
