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Revision as of 10:14, 11 June 2015

Heteropogon melanocarpus
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Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Division: Magnoliophyta - Flowering plants
Class: Liliopsida – Monocotyledons
Order: Cyperales
Family: Poaceae ⁄ Gramineae
Genus: Heteropogon
Species: H. melanocarpus
Binomial name
Heteropogon melanocarpus
(Elliott) Elliott ex Benth.
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Natural range of Heteropogon melanocarpus from USDA NRCS Plants Database.

Description

Distribution

Ecology

Habitat

The soils where H. melanocarpus was encountered during the study are fine sandy loams that are poorly drained with slow surface runoff and medium to very slow permeability.[1]

Phenology

Seed dispersal

Seed bank and germination

Fire ecology

It was found only in plots receiving periodic winter burning in Lewis and Harshbarger's experiment.[1]

Pollination

Use by animals

Diseases and parasites

Conservation and Management

Cultivation and restoration

Photo Gallery

References and notes

  1. 1.0 1.1 Lewis, C. E. and T. J. Harshbarger (1976). "Shrub and herbaceous vegetation after 20 years of prescribed burning in the South Carolina coastal plain." Journal of Range Management 29: 13-18.