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Ageratina jucunda is endemic to the southeastern United States, only known to occur in Florida and a few counties in Georgia. <ref name="Natureserve"> Natureserve http://www.natureserve.org/, accessed 15 May 2015. </ref> | Ageratina jucunda is endemic to the southeastern United States, only known to occur in Florida and a few counties in Georgia. <ref name="Natureserve"> Natureserve http://www.natureserve.org/, accessed 15 May 2015. </ref> |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Division: | Magnoliophyta - Flowering plants |
Class: | Magnoliopsida - Dicotyledons |
Order: | Asterales |
Family: | Asteraceae ⁄ Compositae |
Genus: | Ageratina |
Species: | A. jucunda |
Binomial name | |
Ageratina jucunda (Greene) Clewell & Woot. | |
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Natural range of Ageratina jucunda from USDA NRCS Plants Database. |
Contents
Description
Common name is hammock snakeroot.
Distribution
Ageratina jucunda is endemic to the southeastern United States, only known to occur in Florida and a few counties in Georgia. [1]
Ecology
Habitat
Sand pine scrub, longleafpine-turkey oak sand ridges, pine-palmetto, live-oak woods, hammocks, dunes, roadsides, old fields, stream banks, dry flatwoods.[2] It is xeric to dry-mesic habitats, including sand pine scrub, longleaf pine-turkey oak. It can also occur along roadsides, in abandoned fields where such habitats used to occur. Ageratina jucunda becomes threatened by habitat loss and fire suppression.[1]
Phenology
Seed dispersal
Seed bank and germination
Fire ecology
Long-term fire management important for survival. [1]
Pollination
Use by animals
Stephanie Sanchez observed a Malachite butterfly feeding on a snakeroot flower.[4]
Diseases and parasites
Conservation and Management
Cultivation and restoration
References and notes
Photo Gallery
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Natureserve http://www.natureserve.org/, accessed 15 May 2015.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Flora of North America http://floranorthamerica.org/, accessed 15 May 2015.
- ↑ USDA NRCS National Plant Data team http://plants.usda.gov/java/,accessed 15 May 2015.
- ↑ http://butterflies.heuristron.net/plants/ageratinaJucunda.html, accessed 15 May 2015).