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Common name: hairy pinweed<ref name=weakley>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.</ref>
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==Taxonomic notes==
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Synonyms: ''Lechea villosa'' Elliott; <ref name=weakley/>
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Varieties: ''L. villosa'' var. ''typica''<ref name=weakley/>
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==Description==  
 
==Description==  
 
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Frequent within sandhill habitats.<ref name="FSU Herbarium">Florida State University Robert K. Godfrey Herbarium database. URL: [http://herbarium.bio.fsu.edu http://herbarium.bio.fsu.edu]. Last accessed: June 2014.  Collectors: R.A. Norris, R.F. Doren, R. Komarek, Cecil R. Slaughter, and Lisa Keppner. States and Counties: Florida: Duval, Leon, St. Johns, and Washington. Georgia: Coffee and Grady.</ref>
 
==Distribution==
 
==Distribution==
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''L. mucronata'' ranges from New Hampshire to Michigan and Oklahoma, them south to peninsular Florida, Texas, and northern Mexico.<ref name=weakley/>
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==Ecology==
 
==Ecology==
===Habitat=== <!--Natural communities, human disturbed habitats, topography, hydrology, soils, light, fire regime requirements for removal of competition, etc.-->
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===Habitat=== <!--Natural communities, human-disturbed habitats, topography, hydrology, soils, light, fire regime requirements for removal of competition, etc.-->
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This species has been found in open areas in sandy soils of longleaf pine, scrub oak, wiregrass sand ridges as well as sandhills in general.<ref name="FSU Herbarium"/> It has also been found in human disturbed areas around garbage dumps and powerline corridors (FSU Herbarium). Associated species include Longleaf pine and wiregrass.<ref name="FSU Herbarium"/>
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''L. mucronata'' was found to increase its occurrence in response to soil disturbance by agriculture in South Carolina coastal plain and longleaf pine communities.<ref>Brudvig, L.A. and E.I. Damchen. (2011). Land-use history, historical connectivity, and land management interact to determine longleaf pine woodland understory richness and composition. Ecography 34: 257-266.</ref> It has shown regrowth in reestablished native longleaf pine habitats that were disturbed by agricultural practices, making it an indicator species for post-agricultural woodlands.<ref>Brudvig, L.A., E Grman, C.W. Habeck, and J.A. Ledvina. (2013). Strong legacy of agricultural land use on soils and understory plant communities in longleaf pine woodlands. Forest Ecology and Management 310: 944-955.</ref> However, ''L. mucronata'' was found to be neutral in its long-term response following cessation of repeated soil disturbance.<ref name=Dixon>Dixon, C. M., K. M. Robertson, A. M. Reid and M. T. Rother. 2024. Mechanical soil disturbance in a pine savanna has multiyear effects on plant species composition. Ecosphere 15(2):e4759.</ref>
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===Phenology=== <!--Timing off flowering, fruiting, seed dispersal, and environmental triggers.  Cite PanFlora website if appropriate: http://www.gilnelson.com/PanFlora/ -->
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This species has been observed flowering in June<ref>Nelson, G.  [http://www.gilnelson.com/ PanFlora]: Plant data for the eastern United States with emphasis on the Southeastern Coastal Plains, Florida, and the Florida Panhandle. www.gilnelson.com/PanFlora/  Accessed: 19 MAY 2021</ref> and fruits July through October.<ref name=weakley/>
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===Seed dispersal===
 
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This species is thought to be dispersed by consumption by vertebrates.<ref>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.</ref> 
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===Fire ecology=== <!--Fire tolerance, fire dependence, adaptive fire responses-->
 
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''Lechea mucronata'' occurs in areas that are burned.<ref name="FSU Herbarium"/>
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==Conservation and Management==
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==Cultivation and restoration==
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==Conservation, cultivation, and restoration==
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==Cultural use==
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==Photo Gallery==
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==References and notes==
 
==References and notes==
==Photo Gallery==
 

Latest revision as of 20:24, 2 August 2024

Lechea mucronata
Lech mucr.jpg
Photo by Shirley Denton (Copyrighted, use by photographer’s permission only), Nature Photography by Shirley Denton
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Division: Magnoliophyta - Flowering plants
Class: Magnoliopsida – Dicotyledons
Order: Violales
Family: Cistaceae
Genus: Lechea
Species: L. mucronata
Binomial name
Lechea mucronata
Raf.
LECH MINO dist.jpg
Natural range of Lechea mucronata from USDA NRCS Plants Database.

Common name: hairy pinweed[1]

Taxonomic notes

Synonyms: Lechea villosa Elliott; [1]

Varieties: L. villosa var. typica[1]

Description

Frequent within sandhill habitats.[2]

Distribution

L. mucronata ranges from New Hampshire to Michigan and Oklahoma, them south to peninsular Florida, Texas, and northern Mexico.[1]

Ecology

Habitat

This species has been found in open areas in sandy soils of longleaf pine, scrub oak, wiregrass sand ridges as well as sandhills in general.[2] It has also been found in human disturbed areas around garbage dumps and powerline corridors (FSU Herbarium). Associated species include Longleaf pine and wiregrass.[2]

L. mucronata was found to increase its occurrence in response to soil disturbance by agriculture in South Carolina coastal plain and longleaf pine communities.[3] It has shown regrowth in reestablished native longleaf pine habitats that were disturbed by agricultural practices, making it an indicator species for post-agricultural woodlands.[4] However, L. mucronata was found to be neutral in its long-term response following cessation of repeated soil disturbance.[5]

Phenology

This species has been observed flowering in June[6] and fruits July through October.[1]

Seed dispersal

This species is thought to be dispersed by consumption by vertebrates.[7]

Fire ecology

Lechea mucronata occurs in areas that are burned.[2]

Conservation, cultivation, and restoration

Cultural use

Photo Gallery

References and notes

  1. Jump up to: 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 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.
  2. Jump up to: 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 Florida State University Robert K. Godfrey Herbarium database. URL: http://herbarium.bio.fsu.edu. Last accessed: June 2014. Collectors: R.A. Norris, R.F. Doren, R. Komarek, Cecil R. Slaughter, and Lisa Keppner. States and Counties: Florida: Duval, Leon, St. Johns, and Washington. Georgia: Coffee and Grady.
  3. Jump up Brudvig, L.A. and E.I. Damchen. (2011). Land-use history, historical connectivity, and land management interact to determine longleaf pine woodland understory richness and composition. Ecography 34: 257-266.
  4. Jump up Brudvig, L.A., E Grman, C.W. Habeck, and J.A. Ledvina. (2013). Strong legacy of agricultural land use on soils and understory plant communities in longleaf pine woodlands. Forest Ecology and Management 310: 944-955.
  5. Jump up Dixon, C. M., K. M. Robertson, A. M. Reid and M. T. Rother. 2024. Mechanical soil disturbance in a pine savanna has multiyear effects on plant species composition. Ecosphere 15(2):e4759.
  6. Jump up Nelson, G. PanFlora: Plant data for the eastern United States with emphasis on the Southeastern Coastal Plains, Florida, and the Florida Panhandle. www.gilnelson.com/PanFlora/ Accessed: 19 MAY 2021
  7. Jump up 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.