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Strophostyles umbellata
Strophostyles umbellata Gil.jpg
Photo taken by Gil Nelson
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Division: Magnoliophyta – Flowering plants
Class: Magnoliopsida – Dicotyledons
Order: Fabales
Family: Fabaceae ⁄ Leguminosae
Genus: Strophostyles
Species: S. umbellata
Binomial name
Strophostyles umbellata
(Muhl. ex Willd.) Britton
STRO UMBE dist.jpg
Natural range of Strophostyles umbellata from USDA NRCS Plants Database.

Common name: pink fuzzybean

Taxonomic notes

Description

Distribution

Ecology

Habitat

It is associated with longleaf pine-wiregrass communities (Hainds et al 1999). Is found in limestone glades in Leavenworth Barrens Nature Preserve in Crawford County, Indiana where burning is important (Wade and Menges 1986). Strophostyles umbellata is predominately in native groundcover with a statistical affinity in upland pinelands of South Georgia (Ostertag and Robertson 2007).

Phenology

It blooms from late June to early July (Hainds et al 1999).

Seed dispersal

Seed bank and germination

Fire ecology

It occurs in areas that are frequently burned (Hainds et al 1999).

Pollination

Use by animals

It is included in bobwhite quail diet (Sweeney 1981).

Diseases and parasites

Conservation and Management

Cultivation and restoration

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References and notes

Hainds, M. J., R. J. Mitchell, B. J. Palik, L. R. Boring and D. H. Gjerstad. 1999. Distribution of native legumes (Leguminoseae) in frequently burned longleaf pine (Pinaceae)-wiregrass (Poaceae) ecosystems. American Journal of Botany 86:1606-1614.

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.

Sweeney, J. M., C. R. Wenger and N. S. Yoho. 1981. Bobwhite quail food in young Arkansas loblolly pine plantations. Arkansas Experiment Station bulletin 852. Fayetteville, AR, University of Arkansas, Divisionn of Agriculture, Agricultural Experiment Station.

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.