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==Description== | ==Description== | ||
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| − | A description of ''Nabalus | + | A description of ''Nabalus serpentarius'' is provided in [http://efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=1&taxon_id=250067372 The Flora of North America]. |
==Distribution== | ==Distribution== | ||
Revision as of 15:15, 9 October 2015
| Nabalus serpentaria | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Division: | Magnoliophyta – Flowering plants |
| Class: | Magnoliopsida – Dicotyledons |
| Order: | Asterales |
| Family: | Asteraceae ⁄ Compositae |
| Genus: | Nabalus |
| Species: | N. serpentaria |
| Binomial name | |
| Nabalus serpentaria Pursh | |
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| Natural range of Nabalus serpentaria from USDA NRCS Plants Database. | |
Common name: cankerweed
Synonym: Prenanthes serpentaria
Contents
Taxonomic notes
Description
A description of Nabalus serpentarius is provided in The Flora of North America.
Distribution
Ecology
Habitat
In the Coastal Plain in Florida and Georgia, N. serpentaria can be found in longleaf pine-wiregrass flatwoods, beech magnolia woods, rich loam on steep slopes of wooded sinkhole ravines, rich mesic woodlands of shallow ravines, wooded ravine bottoms, dry woods, clay hillsides, clay loam in open stands, mixed pine-hardwood stands, open pine-oak woodlands, hardwood forest bluffs, drying loamy sand along mesic woodlands with limestone outcrops, subxeric woodlands on slopes of rivers, and frequently burned mature longleaf pine-wiregrass community (FSU Herbarium). It can also be found along sidewalks.
Phenology
Flowering and fruiting have been observed in October (FSU Herbarium).
Seed dispersal
Seed bank and germination
Fire ecology
Pollination
Use by animals
Diseases and parasites
Conservation and Management
Cultivation and restoration
Photo Gallery
References and notes
Florida State University Robert K. Godfrey Herbarium database. URL: http://herbarium.bio.fsu.edu. Last accessed: July 2015. Collectors: James R. Burkhalter, Loran C. Anderson, P. L. Redfearn, Robert K. Godfrey, R. S. Mitchell, Robert Kral, Rodie White. States and Counties: Florida: Escambia, Gadsden, Jackson, Jefferson, Leon, Liberty, Okaloosa, Santa Rosa, Wakulla, Washington. Georgia: Grady, Thomas. Compiled by Tall Timbers Research Station and Land Conservancy.
