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Common Name: slimleaf pawpaw
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Revision as of 08:07, 6 July 2015

Asimina angustifolia
Asimina angustifolia Gil.jpg
photo by Gil Nelson
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Division: Magnoliophyta - Flowering plants
Class: Magnoliopsida - Dicotyledons
Order: Magnoliales
Family: Annonaceae
Genus: Asimina
Species: A. angustifolia
Binomial name
Asimina angustifolia
Raf.
ASIM ANGU dist.jpg
Natural range of Asimina angustifolia from USDA NRCS Plants Database.

Description

Common Name: Slimleaf Pawpaw

Distribution

Ecology

Habitat

Growing in what was previously upland sandhill longleaf pine- wiregrass ecosystem. [1] In Heuberger’s study, they observed Asiminia in burned and in unburned patches. Frequently burned longleaf pine-wiregrass uplands (Ultisols) and longleaf wiregrass sandhills (Entisols) in north Florida and southern Georgia. Asimina angustifolia is predominately in the native groundcover with a statistical affinity in upland pinelands of South Georgia (Ostertag and Robertson 2007).

Phenology

Seed dispersal

Seed bank and germination

Fire ecology

Resprouts and flowers within two months of burning. KMR

Pollination

Use by animals

Diseases and parasites

Conservation and Management

Requires frequent fire and protection from soil disturbance.

Cultivation and restoration

Photo Gallery

Photo taken by Kevin Robertson

References and notes

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. Pages 109–120 in R.E. Masters and K.E.M. Galley (eds.). Proceedings of the 23rd Tall Timbers Fire Ecology Conference: Fire in Grassland and Shrubland Ecosystems.

  1. Heuberger, K. A. and F. E. Putz (2003). "Fire in the suburbs: ecological impacts of prescribed fire in small remnants of longleaf pine (Pinus palustris) sandhill." Restoration Ecology 11: 72-81.