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Deyrup, M.A. and N.D. 2015. Database of observations of Hymenoptera visitations to flowers of plants on Archbold Biological Station, Florida, USA. | Deyrup, M.A. and N.D. 2015. Database of observations of Hymenoptera visitations to flowers of plants on Archbold Biological Station, Florida, USA. | ||
Florida State University Robert K. Godfrey Herbarium database. URL: [http://herbarium.bio.fsu.edu http://herbarium.bio.fsu.edu]. Last accessed: November 2015. Collectors: Jame Amoroso, Loran C. Anderson, G. Avery, Wilson Baker, Morton Bortell, L.J. Brass, Michael B. Brooks, K. Craddock Burks, R.A. Davidson, Robert Doren, C. Florko, William B. Fox, R. Garren, Robert K. Godfrey, Bruce Hansen,JoAnn Hansen, J. Harrison, Norlan C. Henderson, Mabel Kral, Robert Kral, O. Lakela, Robert L. Lazor, Robert J. Lemaire, Sidney McDaniel, Leon Neel, Kent D. Perkins, W.D. Reese, Grady W. Reinert, H.F.L. Rock, Cecil R. Slaughter, K. Studenroth, Bian Tan, R.F. Thorne, D.B. Ward, A.A. Will, Dwayne Wise. States and Counties: Florida: Bay, Broward, Clay, Collier, Columbia, Duval, Escambia, Flagler, Franklin, Gulf, Hernando, Highlands, Indian River, Lake, Levy, Liberty, Marion, Okaloosa, Orange, Palm Beach, Pinellas, Putnam, St. Johns, Taylor, Wakulla, Walton. Compiled by Tall Timbers Research Station and Land Conservancy. | Florida State University Robert K. Godfrey Herbarium database. URL: [http://herbarium.bio.fsu.edu http://herbarium.bio.fsu.edu]. Last accessed: November 2015. Collectors: Jame Amoroso, Loran C. Anderson, G. Avery, Wilson Baker, Morton Bortell, L.J. Brass, Michael B. Brooks, K. Craddock Burks, R.A. Davidson, Robert Doren, C. Florko, William B. Fox, R. Garren, Robert K. Godfrey, Bruce Hansen,JoAnn Hansen, J. Harrison, Norlan C. Henderson, Mabel Kral, Robert Kral, O. Lakela, Robert L. Lazor, Robert J. Lemaire, Sidney McDaniel, Leon Neel, Kent D. Perkins, W.D. Reese, Grady W. Reinert, H.F.L. Rock, Cecil R. Slaughter, K. Studenroth, Bian Tan, R.F. Thorne, D.B. Ward, A.A. Will, Dwayne Wise. States and Counties: Florida: Bay, Broward, Clay, Collier, Columbia, Duval, Escambia, Flagler, Franklin, Gulf, Hernando, Highlands, Indian River, Lake, Levy, Liberty, Marion, Okaloosa, Orange, Palm Beach, Pinellas, Putnam, St. Johns, Taylor, Wakulla, Walton. Compiled by Tall Timbers Research Station and Land Conservancy. | ||
Revision as of 20:30, 16 February 2016
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| Photo by Shirley Denton (Copyrighted, use by photographer’s permission only), Nature Photography by Shirley Denton | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Division: | Magnoliophyta - Flowering plants |
| Class: | Magnoliopsida – Dicotyledons |
| Order: | Fagales |
| Family: | Fagaceae |
| Genus: | Quercus |
| Species: | Q. myrtifolia |
| Binomial name | |
| Quercus myrtifolia Willd. | |
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| Natural range of Quercus myrtifolia from USDA NRCS Plants Database. | |
Common name: myrtle oak
Contents
[hide]Taxonomic notes
Description
A description of Quercus myrtifolia is provided in The Flora of North America.
Distribution
Ecology
Habitat
In the Coastal Plain in Florida, Q. myrtifolia has occurred in scrub oak stands on stabilized dunes, slashpine flatwoods, longleaf pine-wiregrass sand ridges, sandy live oak-myrtle oak woods, mesic pine-oak scrubs, sand barrens, pine-scrub oak-palmetto communities, live oak hammocks, and an ecotone between wet woodlands along a small stream and a tangle of hardwoods on a sand ridge. It has also been recorded as an ornamental tree along city streets (FSU Herbarium). Soil types include sand and loamy sand. Associated species include Quercus incana, Q. myrtifolia, Q. chapmanii, Q. geminata, Q. laevis, Q. minima, Q. hemisphaerica, Q. incana, Pinus clausa, Lyonia ferruginea and Ceratiola (FSU Herbarium).
Phenology
Flowers March through May and fruits April through November (FSU Herbarium).
Seed dispersal
Seed bank and germination
Fire ecology
Pollination
The following Hymenoptera families and species were observed visiting flowers of Quercus myrtifolia at Archbold Biological Station (Deyrup 2015):
Apidae: Apis mellifera, Bombus impatiens
Colletidae: Colletes brimleyi
Halictidae: Agapostemon splendens, Augochlora pura, Augochlorella aurata, Augochloropsis sumptuosa, Lasioglossum placidensis
Use by animals
Diseases and parasites
Conservation and Management
Cultivation and restoration
Photo Gallery
References and notes
Deyrup, M.A. and N.D. 2015. Database of observations of Hymenoptera visitations to flowers of plants on Archbold Biological Station, Florida, USA.
Florida State University Robert K. Godfrey Herbarium database. URL: http://herbarium.bio.fsu.edu. Last accessed: November 2015. Collectors: Jame Amoroso, Loran C. Anderson, G. Avery, Wilson Baker, Morton Bortell, L.J. Brass, Michael B. Brooks, K. Craddock Burks, R.A. Davidson, Robert Doren, C. Florko, William B. Fox, R. Garren, Robert K. Godfrey, Bruce Hansen,JoAnn Hansen, J. Harrison, Norlan C. Henderson, Mabel Kral, Robert Kral, O. Lakela, Robert L. Lazor, Robert J. Lemaire, Sidney McDaniel, Leon Neel, Kent D. Perkins, W.D. Reese, Grady W. Reinert, H.F.L. Rock, Cecil R. Slaughter, K. Studenroth, Bian Tan, R.F. Thorne, D.B. Ward, A.A. Will, Dwayne Wise. States and Counties: Florida: Bay, Broward, Clay, Collier, Columbia, Duval, Escambia, Flagler, Franklin, Gulf, Hernando, Highlands, Indian River, Lake, Levy, Liberty, Marion, Okaloosa, Orange, Palm Beach, Pinellas, Putnam, St. Johns, Taylor, Wakulla, Walton. Compiled by Tall Timbers Research Station and Land Conservancy.
