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Does well in open canopy areas on longleaf pine habitats.<ref name="Brockway and Lewis 2003"> Sandhill community.<ref>Downer, M. R. (2012). Plant species richness and species area relationships in a Florida sandhill community. Integrative Biology. Ann Arbor, MI, University of South Florida. M.S.: 52.</ref> Does not do well in highly disturbed areas (such as clear cutting).<ref name="Brockway and Lewis 2003"/>
 
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It is a common host plant of the fungus Balansia epichloe in the southeastern United States.<ref>Phelps, R. A., G. Morgan-Jones, et al. (1993). "Systematic and biological studies in the Balansieae and related anamorphs. 7. Host-pathogen relationship of Eragrostis capillaris and Balansia epichloe." Mycotaxon 49: 117-127.</ref>
 
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Revision as of 15:17, 10 June 2015

Eragrostis elliottii
Insert.jpg
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Division: Magnoliophyta - Flowering plants
Class: Liliopsida – Monocotyledons
Order: Cyperales
Family: Poaceae ⁄ Gramineae
Genus: Eragrostis
Species: E. elliottii
Binomial name
Eragrostis elliottii
S. Watson
ERAG ELLI dist.jpg
Natural range of Eragrostis elliottii from USDA NRCS Plants Database.

Description

Distribution

Ecology

Habitat

Does well in open canopy areas on longleaf pine habitats.Cite error: Closing </ref> missing for <ref> tag Does not do well in highly disturbed areas (such as clear cutting).[1]

Phenology

Seed dispersal

Seed bank and germination

Fire ecology

Pollination

Use by animals

Diseases and parasites

It is a common host plant of the fungus Balansia epichloe in the southeastern United States.[2]

Conservation and Management

Cultivation and restoration

Photo Gallery

References and notes

  1. Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; no text was provided for refs named Brockway and Lewis 2003
  2. Phelps, R. A., G. Morgan-Jones, et al. (1993). "Systematic and biological studies in the Balansieae and related anamorphs. 7. Host-pathogen relationship of Eragrostis capillaris and Balansia epichloe." Mycotaxon 49: 117-127.