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It resprouts after fire.<ref name="Simkin et al 2001">Simkin, S. M., W. K. Michener, et al. (2001). "Plant response following soil disturbance in a longleaf pine ecosystem." Journal of the Torrey Botanical Society 128: 208-218.</ref> It flowers within two months of burning in the spring.[[KMR]]Extremely vulnerable to disturbance.<ref> Kirkman, L. K., K. L. Coffey, et al. (2004). "Ground cover recovery patterns and life-history traits: implications for restoration obstacles and opportunities in a species-rich savanna." Journal of Ecology 92(3): 409-421.</ref>
 
It resprouts after fire.<ref name="Simkin et al 2001">Simkin, S. M., W. K. Michener, et al. (2001). "Plant response following soil disturbance in a longleaf pine ecosystem." Journal of the Torrey Botanical Society 128: 208-218.</ref> It flowers within two months of burning in the spring.[[KMR]]Extremely vulnerable to disturbance.<ref> Kirkman, L. K., K. L. Coffey, et al. (2004). "Ground cover recovery patterns and life-history traits: implications for restoration obstacles and opportunities in a species-rich savanna." Journal of Ecology 92(3): 409-421.</ref>
Was observed to resprout one month after a fire in July of 1993.<ref>Pavon, M. L. (1995). Diversity and response of ground cover arthropod communities to different seasonal burns in longleaf pine forests. Tallahassee, Florida A&M University.</ref>
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Was observed to resprout one month after a fire in July of 1993.<ref>Pavon, M. L. (1995). Diversity and response of ground cover arthropod communities to different seasonal burns in longleaf pine forests. Tallahassee, Florida A&M University.</ref>.
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''Dyschoriste oblongifolia'' is restricted to native groundcover with a statistical affinity in upland pinelands of South Georgia (Ostertag and Robertson 2007).
  
 
===Pollination===  
 
===Pollination===  
 
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===Use by animals=== <!--Herbivory, granivory, insect hosting, etc.-->
 
===Diseases and parasites===
 
===Diseases and parasites===
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==Conservation and management==
 
==Conservation and management==
 
==Cultivation and restoration==
 
==Cultivation and restoration==
 
==References and notes==
 
==References and notes==

Revision as of 14:31, 30 June 2015

Dyschoriste oblongifolia
Dyschoriste oblongifolia 01.JPG
photo by Kevin Robertson
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Division: Magnoliophyta - Flowering plants
Class: Magnoliopsida - Dicotyledons
Order: Scrophulariales
Family: Acanthaceae
Genus: Dyschoriste
Species: D. oblongifolia
Binomial name
Dyschoriste oblongifolia
(Michx.) Kunz
DYSC OBLO dist.jpg
Natural range of Dyschoriste oblongifolia. Image from USDA NRCS Plants Database.

Description

See NRCS Plants Database

Distribution

The Florida distribution is provided by the Atlas of Florida Vascular Plants.

Ecology

Indicator of longleaf pine woodlands; not found on pasture or cultivated lands.[1]

Habitat

D. oblongifolia appears to be restricted to soils with a sandy A horizon, whether in Entisols (sandhills) or Ultisols (clayhills) (KMR,[2]). Native undisturbed longleaf pine assosciate; found in burned and unburned areas.[3] Resides in upland and lowland areas old growth longleaf pine/wiregrass sandhill habitat.[4] A common forb in a fire-maintanied forest structure that is savanna-like with an open canopy of P. palustris.[5] It is found in pineland.[6] It is abundant in longleaf pine communities.[7] Resides in upland, midslope, and lowland areas old growth longleaf pine/wiregrass sandhill habitat.[4]

Phenology

D. oblongifolia germinates and flowers within a few weeks following fire at a wide range of burn dates, at least from March to July (KMR). perennial[3]

Seed dispersal

By ants.[3]

Seed bank and germination

Fire ecology

It resprouts after fire.[7] It flowers within two months of burning in the spring.KMRExtremely vulnerable to disturbance.[8] Was observed to resprout one month after a fire in July of 1993.[9]. Dyschoriste oblongifolia is restricted to native groundcover with a statistical affinity in upland pinelands of South Georgia (Ostertag and Robertson 2007).

Pollination

Use by animals

Diseases and parasites

Conservation and management

Cultivation and restoration

References and notes

  1. Brudvig, L. A. and E. I. Damschen (2010). "Land-use history, historical connectivity, and land management interact to determine longleaf pine woodland understory richness and composition." Ecography 34: 257-266.
  2. Ostertag, T.E. and K.M. Robertson. 2007. A comparison of native versus old-field vegetation in upland pinelands managed with frequent fire, South Georgia, USA. Tall Timbers Fire Ecology Conference Proceedings 23:109-120.
  3. 3.0 3.1 3.2 Creech, M. N., L. K. Kirkman, et al. (2012). "Alteration and Recovery of Slash Pile Burn Sites in the Restoration of a Fire-Maintained Ecosystem." Restoration Ecology 20(4): 505-516.
  4. 4.0 4.1 Gilliam, F. S., W. J. Platt, et al. (2006). "Natural disturbances and the physiognomy of pine savannas: A phenomenological model." Applied Vegetation Science 9: 83-96.
  5. Kirkman, L. K., M. B. Drew, et al. (1998). "Effects of experimental fire regimes on the population dynamics of Schwalbea americana L." Plant Ecology 137: 115-137.
  6. Wade, K. A. and E. S. Menges (1987). "Effects of fire on invasion and community structure of a southern Indiana cedar barrens." Indiana Academy of Science 96: 273-286.
  7. 7.0 7.1 Simkin, S. M., W. K. Michener, et al. (2001). "Plant response following soil disturbance in a longleaf pine ecosystem." Journal of the Torrey Botanical Society 128: 208-218.
  8. Kirkman, L. K., K. L. Coffey, et al. (2004). "Ground cover recovery patterns and life-history traits: implications for restoration obstacles and opportunities in a species-rich savanna." Journal of Ecology 92(3): 409-421.
  9. Pavon, M. L. (1995). Diversity and response of ground cover arthropod communities to different seasonal burns in longleaf pine forests. Tallahassee, Florida A&M University.