Polygonella gracilis

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Polygonum pinicola

Polygonella gracilis
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Photo taken by Gil Nelson
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Division: Magnoliophyta - Flowering plants
Class: Magnoliopsida – Dicotyledons
Order: Caryophyllales
Family: Polygonaceae
Genus: Polygonella
Species: P. gracilis
Binomial name
Polygonella gracilis
Meisn.
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Natural range of Polygonella gracilis from USDA NRCS Plants Database.

Common name: Tall jointweed

Taxonomic notes

Description

A description of Polygonella gracilis is provided in The Flora of North America.

Distribution

Ecology

Habitat

Phenology

Seed dispersal

This species is thought to be dispersed by gravity. [1]

Seed bank and germination

Fire ecology

Pollination

The following Hymenoptera families and species were observed visiting flowers of Polygonella gracilis at Archbold Biological Station (Deyrup 2015):

Colletidae: Colletes mandibularis, Colletes thysanellae, Hylaeus confluens

Halictidae: Augochlora pura, Augochloropsis anonyma, A. metallica, A. sumptuosa, Lasioglossum coreopsis, L. miniatulus, L. nymphalis, L. placidensis, Sphecodes heraclei

Leucospididae: Leucospis affinis, L. robertsoni, L. slossonae

Megachilidae: Anthidiellum notatum rufomaculatum, Heriades leavitti

Pompilidae: Anoplius marginalis, Episyron conterminus posterus, Evagetes parvus

Sphecidae: Anacrabro ocellatus, Cerceris blakei, C. flavofasciata floridensis, C. rufopicta, C. tolteca, Ectemnius rufipes ais, Isodontia exornata, Oxybelus emarginatus, O. laetus fulvipes, Philanthus politus, P. ventilabris, Tachysphex apicalis, T. similis

Vespidae: Eumenes fraternus, E. smithii, Euodynerus castigatus rubrivestris, Leptochilus alcolhuus, L. republicanus, Pachodynerus erynnis, Parancistrocerus fulvipes rufovestris, P. pedestris bifurcus, P. perennis anacardivora, P. salcularis rufulus, Polistes bellicosus, P. dorsalis hunteri, Stenodynerus beameri, S. fundatiformis, S. histrionalis rufustus, S. lineatifrons, S. pulvinatus surrufus, Zethus slossonae, Z. spinipes

Use by animals

Diseases and parasites

Conservation and Management

Cultivation and restoration

Photo Gallery

References and notes

Deyrup, M.A. and N.D. 2015. Database of observations of Hymenoptera visitations to flowers of plants on Archbold Biological Station, Florida, USA.

  1. Kirkman, L. Katherine. Unpublished database of seed dispersal mode of plants found in Coastal Plain longleaf pine-grasslands of the Jones Ecological Research Center, Georgia.