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===Habitat=== <!--Natural communities, human disturbed habitats, topography, hydrology, soils, light, fire regime requirements for removal of competition, etc.--> | ===Habitat=== <!--Natural communities, human disturbed habitats, topography, hydrology, soils, light, fire regime requirements for removal of competition, etc.--> | ||
This species has been observed growing in dry woods, hammocks, along the edges of river banks, floodplains, and streams, slash pine-palmetto woodlands, and pine woodlands (FSU Herbarium). It is also found in areas disturbed by humans such as roadsides, ditches, and clearings (FSU Herbarium). Thriving in light from shade to full sun, this species grows in moist sands or drying loamy sands and has even been recorded to grow in water along edges of springs (FSU Herbarium). | This species has been observed growing in dry woods, hammocks, along the edges of river banks, floodplains, and streams, slash pine-palmetto woodlands, and pine woodlands (FSU Herbarium). It is also found in areas disturbed by humans such as roadsides, ditches, and clearings (FSU Herbarium). Thriving in light from shade to full sun, this species grows in moist sands or drying loamy sands and has even been recorded to grow in water along edges of springs (FSU Herbarium). | ||
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| + | Associated species include oak, beech, cypress, slash pine, saw palmetto, sweetgum, ''Cyrilla, Pinus taeda, P echinata, Quercus nigra, Trichostema dichotomum, Helianthus angustifolius, Agaratina aromatica, Solidago odora, S. nemoralis, Pityopsis aspera var. adenolenepis, Sorghastrum nutans, Andropogon virginicus var. virginicus, Chamaecrista fasciculata, C. nictitans, Eupatorium hyssopifolium, Liatris graminifolia, Rubus cuneifolius'', and others (FSU Herbarium). | ||
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Revision as of 15:57, 21 October 2015
| Conoclinium coelestinum | |
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| photo by Gil Nelson | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Division: | Magnoliophyta - Flowering plants |
| Class: | Magnoliopsida – Dicotyledons |
| Order: | Asterales |
| Family: | Asteraceae ⁄ Compositae |
| Genus: | Conoclinium |
| Species: | C. coelestinum |
| Binomial name | |
| Conoclinium coelestinum (L.) DC. | |
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| Natural range of Conoclinium coelestinum from USDA NRCS Plants Database. | |
Common name: blue mistflower
Contents
Taxonomic notes
Description
A description of Conoclinium coelestinum is provided in The Flora of North America.
Distribution
Ecology
Habitat
This species has been observed growing in dry woods, hammocks, along the edges of river banks, floodplains, and streams, slash pine-palmetto woodlands, and pine woodlands (FSU Herbarium). It is also found in areas disturbed by humans such as roadsides, ditches, and clearings (FSU Herbarium). Thriving in light from shade to full sun, this species grows in moist sands or drying loamy sands and has even been recorded to grow in water along edges of springs (FSU Herbarium).
Associated species include oak, beech, cypress, slash pine, saw palmetto, sweetgum, Cyrilla, Pinus taeda, P echinata, Quercus nigra, Trichostema dichotomum, Helianthus angustifolius, Agaratina aromatica, Solidago odora, S. nemoralis, Pityopsis aspera var. adenolenepis, Sorghastrum nutans, Andropogon virginicus var. virginicus, Chamaecrista fasciculata, C. nictitans, Eupatorium hyssopifolium, Liatris graminifolia, Rubus cuneifolius, and others (FSU Herbarium).
Phenology
This species has been observed flowering from June through December (FSU Herbarium).
Seed dispersal
Seed bank and germination
Fire ecology
This species can grow in areas that are regularly burned (FSU Herbarium).
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: June 2014. Collectors: Ed Keppner, Lisa Keppner, Loran C. Anderson, K. Craddock Burks, Gary R. Knight, Sidney McDaniel, Robert K. Godfrey, Richard S. Mitchell, Kurt E. Blum, J. P. Gillespie, R. Kral, C. Jackson, R. E. Perdue, Jr., James D. Ray, Jr., Olga Lakela, Gwynn W. Ramsey, Dale Samler, Ronald A. Gursell, P. L. Redfearn, Jr., Brenda Herring, Joyce Leiper, A. F. Clewell, W. G. D'Arcy, Robert L. Lazor, V. Sullivan, Bruce Hansen, JoAnn Hansen, D. C. Hunt, R. Komarek, Angela M. Reid, and K. M. Robertson. States and Counties: Florida: Bay, Brevard, Broward, Columbia, Dade, Escambia, Franklin, Gadsden, Hamilton, Holmes, Jackson, Jefferson, Leon, Levy, Liberty, Martin, Okaloosa, Sumter, Suwannee, Wakulla, and Washington. Georgia: Grady and Thomas.
